[At-Large] León Felipe Sánchez Ambía Selected by the At-Large Community as the Next ICANN Board Director

[Sarah Kiden]

Congratulations to Leon for being selected as an ICANN Board Director! And
thanks to Alan for being an equally good candidate.

And also kudos to Rinalia for being a wonderful Board Director!

Regards,

Sarah
On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 18:50 León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <
leonfelipe at sanchez.mx> wrote:

> Dear Alan,
>
> Thank you very much for your kind message. It’s been a honor to run by
> your side and I thank you for being and excellent candidate and a honorable
> competitor.
>
> I also thank the At-Large community, the RALOs, the ALAC the BMSPC, the
> BCEC and the At-Large Support Staff for your work, openness and support
> throughout the process.
>
> It is a privilege and a honor to be able to serve our community. I am very
> grateful to have this opportunity.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
> León
>
> El 27/02/2017, a las 09:44, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> escribió:
>
> Congratulations to Leon. Alan
> --
> Sent from my mobile. Please excuse brevity and typos.
>
> On February 27, 2017 9:34:17 AM EST, Program Admin <
> program-admin at atlarge.icann.org> wrote:
>
> On behalf of Tijani Ben Jemaa, Chair of the Board Member Selection Process
> Committee (BMSPC), we are announcing the final election result of ICANN
> Board Director (Seat #15) selected by the At-Large Community.
>
>
>
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> After six months of efforts, the At-Large Community has successfully
> concluded its ICANN Board Director selection process on 27 February 2017. *León
> Felipe Sánchez Ambía* has been selected by At-Large as the successor of
> Rinalia Abdul Rahm and will begin his 3 year term as an ICANN Board
> Director at the end of ICANN60 (3 November 2017).
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> The selection process began in September 2016, with the formation of two
> committees <https://community.icann.org/x/Vxi4Aw> tasked with managing
> the timeline, calling for and evaluating the candidates, and organizing the
> final election.
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> Among the six individuals who submitted Expressions of Interest for the
> position, Alan Greenberg and León Felipe Sánchez Ambía were chosen as the
> finalists <https://community.icann.org/x/N6bDAw>. Before the election
> took place, the At-Large Community enjoyed ample opportunities to ask
> questions to the finalists verbally <https://community.icann.org/x/-pXRAw>
>  and in writing <https://community.icann.org/x/ArXDAw> in order to make
> an informed choice. At-Large Structures also participated in the final
> election <https://community.icann.org/x/SbbDAw> by directing the votes of
> Regional At-Large Organization Chairs
> <https://community.icann.org/x/-ZfRAw>.
>
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> Click here <https://community.icann.org/x/SbbDAw> to review the result,
> as well as the detailed information about the election process.
>
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>
>
> Please see below the bio and photo of León Felipe Sánchez Ambía*. *
>
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> León Felipe Sánchez Ambía is an intellectual property attorney graduated
> from the the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He also has
> completed postgraduate studies on intellectual property at the UNAM and on
> Internet Law at Harvard Law School.
>
>
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> Since 2006 he has been partner at Fulton & Fulton, a law firm specialized
> in intellectual property and IT law based in Mexico City, and is head of
> the Intellectual Property division.
>
>
> In 2008 he was admitted as professor on Intellectual Property at the UNAM
> Law School.
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> He is co-lead for the Mexican chapter of Creative Commons and advisor to
> different Government bodies that include the Digital Strategy Coordination
> Office of the Mexican Presidency, the Special Commission on Digital Agenda
> and IT of the Mexican House of Representatives and the Science and
> Technology Commission of the Mexican Senate.
>
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> He drafted the Internet Users Rights Protection Act for Mexico and has
> been very active on issues like Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA),
> Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA), Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)
> and other local initiatives of the same kind, always advocating to defend
> users’ and creators’ rights in order to achieve a balance between
> regulation and freedom.
>
>
>
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> He currently serves as the ALAC Vice-Chair in ICANN and Co-Chair of the
> CCWG on Accountability where he has been deeply involved with the IANA
> transition.
>
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> Heidi Ullrich, Ariel Liang, and Yesim Nazlar
> *At-Large Board Member Selection Program Admin Staff *
>
>
>
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