<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Thank you, Keith.   Kurt's undertaking (along with the EPDP WG) was monumental!  I hope we will be able to find time in Kobe to discuss with Kurt his lessons learned so those may be utilized for phase 2.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default">Darcy</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 4:28 PM Drazek, Keith via council <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">



<div dir="auto">
<div dir="ltr"></div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
FYI<br>
<br>
Begin forwarded message:<br>
<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Drazek, Keith" <<a href="mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com" target="_blank">kdrazek@verisign.com</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> February 21, 2019 at 7:27:30 PM EST<br>
<b>To:</b> Kurt Pritz <<a href="mailto:kurt@kjpritz.com" target="_blank">kurt@kjpritz.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> GNSO EPDP <<a href="mailto:gnso-epdp-team@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-epdp-team@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>>, Pam Little <<a href="mailto:pam.little@alibaba-inc.com" target="_blank">pam.little@alibaba-inc.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: [EXTERNAL] Resignation from EPDP</b><br>
<br>
</div>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr"><span></span><br>
<span>Hi Kurt,</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>Thanks for your email, and more importantly for your commitment, sacrifice and service over the last seven months. I will follow up with another email soon, but I wanted to acknowledge receipt of your message and express my gratitude and appreciation
 on behalf of the GNSO Council. I also appreciate and welcome your willingness to continue as Chair during the transition to Phase 2 and the next Chair.</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>Best regards,</span><br>
<span>Keith</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>On Feb 21, 2019, at 7:15 PM, Kurt Pritz <<a href="mailto:kurt@kjpritz.com" target="_blank">kurt@kjpritz.com</a>> wrote:</span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>Dear Keith: </span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>For a set of personal and professional reasons, I am writing to resign my post as Chair of the EPDP for Registration Data. I was honored to be selected by the GNSO Council leadership for the post and attempted to live up to the
 position expectations and requirements at every moment since I began in July. </span>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>I will stay on for as long as it takes to find a replacement Chair and smoothly transition the responsibilities. I have several thoughts about the follow-on work that I can share for Council and EPDP Team consideration.</span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>I wish to thank the Support Team for their incredibly hard, incredibly excellent work, and the EPDP Team members for their tireless, constructive participation and willingness to compromise.
</span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>I will remain available to you, the Council Leadership and the EPDP Team as necessary and at your convenience.
</span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks for your and the Council Leadership’s support.
</span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>Sincerely, </span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>Kurt Pritz</span><br>
</blockquote>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>

_______________________________________________<br>
council mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council</a><br>
</blockquote></div></div>