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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 April 2012 10:53, Maria Farrell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maria.farrell@gmail.com">maria.farrell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

Dear Konstantinos,<div><br></div><div>Our loss is ISOC's gain! Congratulations to you. We will miss you very much. </div><div><br></div><div>All my very best, Maria<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 April 2012 16:04, Amr Elsadr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org" target="_blank">aelsadr@egyptig.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>


<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-GB"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Good luck at ISOC KK, and thank you for all your effort as the NCUC Chair. I have learnt a great deal from you during my time as an NCUC member, and look forward to collaborating with you on both fronts (ICANN and ISOC).<u></u><u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Amr<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> NCSG-Discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Konstantinos Komaitis<br>


<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [NCSG-Discuss] Stepping down as Chair of NCUC<u></u><u></u></span></p>


</div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">Dear NCUC members and friends,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">It is with great sadness to inform you that I am stepping down as chair of NCUC. Yesterday I was offered a job as a policy advisor with ISOC, which I happily accepted. <u></u><u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">In light of this development, I feel issues of conflict of interest may arise, which will prevent me from serving NCUC and its membership the way I have done so far; to this end, I have just informed the NCUC Executive Committee that I am stepping down as NCUC Chair.<u></u><u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">Subsequently, I am invoking article VII of the existing charter: <u></u><u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT">VII. Leaving Office<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT">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.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT">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.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">I will help and liaise with the EC in this transitional period and will continue to be an individual member of NCUC.<u></u><u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">I would like to wholeheartedly thank you all for your support and trust during my term as NCUC Chair. I am so very grateful that I have been given the chance to serve you all.<u></u><u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">With appreciation,<u></u><u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">KK<u></u><u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Senior Lecturer,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses<u></u><u></u></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<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">


<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">University of Strathclyde,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">The Law School,<u></u><u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Graham Hills building, <u></u><u></u></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 <u></u><u></u></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">UK<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">tel: <a href="tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306" value="+441415484306" target="_blank">+44 (0)141 548 4306</a><u></u><u></u></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" target="_blank">http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765</a></span><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></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" target="_blank">http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038</a><u></u><u></u></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" target="_blank">www.komaitis.org</a></span><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>


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