I SAY NO

[<earehanpk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here are a few of the objections to the prior contract:
1) Insufficient time for public comment
2) Lack of competitive bidding for renewal (i.e. awarding a permanent monopoly) 
3) Uncapped price increases in the face of declining costs of required 
technology
4) Permitting differential pricing on domain renewals
5) Registry ownership and the unfettered resale of public and private data

You have responded with:

1) Even less time for public comment
2) Lack of competitive bidding for renewal (i.e. a permanent monopoly) 
3) 10% annual price increases in the face of declining costs
4) Permitting differential pricing
5) Registry ownership and the unfettered resale of public and private data

I publicly question ICANNs motives in rushing to push through such a 
fundamentally flawed contract to award monopolies. There is either undeniable 
incompetence or corruption at hand. These contracts are clearly a sweetheart 
deal for a few registries at the expense of thousands of businesses and 
individuals who's views ICANN is also supposed to consider, and who have 
strongly voiced their opposition to these terms.