FYI Begin forwarded message: From: "Drazek, Keith" <kdrazek@verisign.com<mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com>> Date: February 21, 2019 at 7:27:30 PM EST To: Kurt Pritz <kurt@kjpritz.com<mailto:kurt@kjpritz.com>> Cc: GNSO EPDP <gnso-epdp-team@icann.org<mailto:gnso-epdp-team@icann.org>>, "rafik.dammak@gmail.com<mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com>" <rafik.dammak@gmail.com<mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com>>, Pam Little <pam.little@alibaba-inc.com<mailto:pam.little@alibaba-inc.com>> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Resignation from EPDP Hi Kurt, 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. Best regards, Keith On Feb 21, 2019, at 7:15 PM, Kurt Pritz <kurt@kjpritz.com<mailto:kurt@kjpritz.com>> wrote: Dear Keith: 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. 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. 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. I will remain available to you, the Council Leadership and the EPDP Team as necessary and at your convenience. Thanks for your and the Council Leadership’s support. Sincerely, Kurt Pritz