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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 NCUC members,<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 would like to have an open call for a drafting team that will work on revising and revisiting the NCUC charter. As it stands now, our charter is not compatible with that of NCSG and there are some provisions that need to change and redrafted.<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'>The NCUC EC agreed for a small team to be devised that will work on the charter, which once finalized, will be put for a vote before the membership. The changes required are not many and updating the charter should not require a lot of work. To this end, I would really like to have the charter ready for the Costa Rica ICANN meeting.<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'>May I ask for 3 volunteers that will work alongside the EC on this issue? For issues of fairness and since we are discussing issues about domain names, I suggest that the selection process is on a first come, first served basis. May I please ask members to email me personally expressing their interest so we can minimize the traffic of this list? <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'>The deadline for expressing your interest is this Sunday, January 22, 2012.<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Many thanks<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-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>