A huge congratulations and thanks, Konstantinos, for your amazing and dedicated service to NCUC, and to the noncommercial issues online. All the best with ISOC -- they are fortunate to have your expertise, insight and passion -- and come back and visit! Best, Kathy Dear NCUC members and friends, > > 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. > > 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. > > Subsequently, I am invoking article VII of the existing charter: > > *VII. Leaving Office* > > *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.* > > ** > > *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.* > > I will help and liaise with the EC in this transitional period and > will continue to be an individual member of NCUC. > > 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. > > With appreciation, > > KK > > Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, > > Senior Lecturer, > > Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses > > Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law > > University of Strathclyde, > > The Law School, > > Graham Hills building, > > 50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA > > UK > > tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306 > > http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765 > > Selected publications: > http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038 > > Website: www.komaitis.org <http://www.komaitis.org> >