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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:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='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='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='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='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><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'>KK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Constantia","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;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>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;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>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;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>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;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>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;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>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;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>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;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>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;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>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;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>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;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Selected publications: <a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038"><span style='color:blue'>http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Website: <a href="http://www.komaitis.org"><span style='color:blue'>www.komaitis.org</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>