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

[Barrack Otieno]

Congratulations ALAC,

Well done BMSPC through the Chair for a job well done. Wishing Leon
the best when he starts his term. Thank you Alan as well for your
candidature.

REgards

On 2/28/17, Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wholeheartedly agree with my colleagues. Congratulations to both Leon and
> Alan for what you do and will continue to do for At-Large
>
> Maureen
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Kan Kaili <kankaili at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My warmest congratulations to Leon!  Looking forward to working with you.
>>
>> As an equally qualified candidate, also glad to keep Alan as our Chair,
>> leading ALAC thru this turbulent time.
>>
>> Kaili
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Program Admin <program-admin at atlarge.icann.org>
>> *To:* at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
>> *Sent:* Monday, February 27, 2017 10:34 PM
>> *Subject:* [At-Large] León Felipe Sánchez Ambía Selected by the At-Large
>> Community as the Next ICANN Board Director
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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).
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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>.
>>
>>
>>
>> Click here <https://community.icann.org/x/SbbDAw> to review the result,
>> as well as the detailed information about the election process.
>>
>>
>>
>> Please see below the bio and photo of León Felipe Sánchez Ambía*. *
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Heidi Ullrich, Ariel Liang, and Yesim Nazlar
>> *At-Large Board Member Selection Program Admin Staff *
>>
>>
>>
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