Adam suggested that I bring up the PIR increase on the PIR Advisory Council list. Here’s the response…

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Frannie Wellings

Associate Policy Director

Free Press

202.265.1490 x 21

www.freepress.net

From: Michael Ward [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:48 PM
To: Frannie Wellings; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: [.ORG Advisory Council] .org fee increase

Frannie,

The .15 cent price increase represents a Registry Transaction Fee that PIR must pay ICANN under the terms of the current .ORG Registry Agreement.

Thanks,

Michael Ward

Director of Marketing

Public Interest Registry

1775 Wiehle Ave., Suite 102A

Reston, VA USA

20190

+1-703-464.7005 x 113

www.pir.org

From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frannie Wellings
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:37 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [.ORG Advisory Council] .org fee increase

Hi everyone,

The NCUC is wondering about the PIR fee increase - why the increase is necessary in relation to costs.

Public Interest Registry Notice of Price Increase [PDF, 393K]

http://www.icann.org/correspondence/frolich-to-twomey-18apr07.pdf

We know that there are fee increases for the other domains as well, but are wondering about the need for this in the .org space. Any comments would be helpful.