ICANN integrity is tested

["Max Menius" <mmeniusjr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The biz/info/org contract discussions of the past 3 months have generated a 
unanimous community position ... which is price protection and price caps for 
the customers of biz/info/org domain names. ICANN have a clear responsibility 
to provide domain registrants long-term safeguards from registry price gouging. 

There should be no "loophole" in the revised contract language, in any form or 
fashion, THAT EVER allows registries or registrars to implement tiered pricing. 
ICANN must be extremely deliberate and clear in ramming this point home to the 
biz/info/org registries. No tiered pricing ... ever! No contingency permitted, 
ever, in which a registry can jack up prices in a discriminatory fashion. These 
tld's are not new launches. Large customer investments in these tld's were made 
years ago and must be honored/protected - not exploited.

Hiring economic consultants to study competition issues may offer helpful 
guidance of more minute issues. Each member of ICANN, however, are responsible 
for ICANN's collective decisions and the impact these decisions will have on 
individual investors and the internet community. ICANN must succeed in making 
just, appropriate policies that reflect objectivity and fairness. 

ICANN must not allow itself to be compromised by big corporations who are 
content to exploit small business and individual registrants.

Max Menius
North Carolina, USA