And there goes the life of the party.

You will be sorely missed friend, especially your thought-provoking questions.

Dear Prudence wishing you all the best in your future endeavours and see you around sometime soon.

Lawrence.

From: Ashcraft, Damon via council <council@icann.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2026 2:39 AM
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Subject: [council] Re: Thank you

Prudence,

Thank you for your service on Council. I have found you to be a gracious, well prepared, and dedicated Councillor. You are also a great person and friend.

I look forward to working with in other capacities at ICANN.

Happy New Year as you start this new chapter.

Damon

J. Damon Ashcraft

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On Dec 31, 2025, at 6:27 PM, Prudence Malinki via council <council@icann.org> wrote:

[EXTERNAL] council@icann.org

Dear GNSO Council, Staff and Team,

The sale of the Markmonitor business to Com Laude has officially closed as of a few moments ago. As a result of this, I shall need to step down from my role as RrSG Rep, effective immediately. I wanted to take a few moments to thank you all, it has genuinely been a joy to work alongside you and you have supported, encouraged, and handled all of my questions with great kindness and good nature. I wish Susan and the new leadership of Council all of the very best!

Now that I am stepping down, I shall leave as a gift a wonderful position of liaison to one of the most efficient and effective PDPs to date (ok I might be biased here) the LD PDP- which I hope one of you shall kindly take the reins of and lead it to its successful completion.

Although gone from Council I shall remain at ICANN meetings, where I hope to still see you all (however I’ll miss our dinners)!

Thank you again everyone, it really has been a pleasure. Wishing you all the warmest and happiest of New Years. I hope to see you in 2026.

Best,

Prudence Malinki

Head of Industry Relations, Markmonitor

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