Public Comment is a vital part of our multistakeholder model. It provides a mechanism for stakeholders to have their opinions and recommendations formally and publicly documented. It is an opportunity for the ICANN community to effect change and improve policies and operations.
ICANN and Verisign should simply renew the existing contract with absolutely no changes. Allowing more government control, however well intentioned, grants too much power with little-to-no oversight. Governments do not have a good track record of respecting the will and rights of free people. The internet connects people, and this proposal clearly seeks to pervert that.
I urge that the proposal be abolished, and that ICANN and Verisign should simply renew the existing contract with absolutely no changes.