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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'>PS: Sending off the mail to the list now!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Senior Lecturer,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Strathclyde,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>The Law School,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Graham Hills building, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765">http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Selected publications: <a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038">http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Website: <a href="http://www.komaitis.org">www.komaitis.org</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Milton L Mueller [mailto:mueller@syr.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Τετάρτη, 11 Απριλίου 2012 3:23 μμ<br><b>To:</b> Konstantinos Komaitis; EC-NCUC@ipjustice.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: resigning<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>How much time is left in your term? Shall we link a new chair election to the Charter modification vote?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ec-ncuc-bounces@ipjustice.org [mailto:ec-ncuc-bounces@ipjustice.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Konstantinos Komaitis<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> EC-NCUC@ipjustice.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ec-ncuc] resigning<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'>I have just been offered a job as a policy advisor at ISOC, which I happily accepted. As you can imagine, there is a potential conflict of interest in me continuing performing my duties as Chair as well as my duties in the new post; at the same time, I feel that I won’t be able to represent you in the same way I did for the past year and a half. To this end, I would like to inform you that I am stepping down as a chair of NCUC and I invoke article VII of the existing charter:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black'>VII. Leaving Office<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black'>A. An elected representative of the Executive Committee or Policy Committee may submit an email or notice of resignation to the Chair whenever circumstances call for such an action.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black'>B. In the event of resignation of the Chair, the Executive Committee shall within two weeks elect one of its members to serve as interim Chair. If the remaining term of the resigning Chair is greater than six (6) months, a new election shall be organized.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Many thanks for all your support. It has been an honour working with you over the past few years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'>KK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Senior Lecturer,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Strathclyde,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>The Law School,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Graham Hills building, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765">http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Selected publications: <a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038">http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D'>Website: <a href="http://www.komaitis.org">www.komaitis.org</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>