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

Tue Feb 28 10:31:12 UTC 2017

Thank you Leon and Alan for the great work you are doing for the community. Great candidates both of you !  Too bad we had to choose only one !!! 

Congratulations Leon and best wishes for a very successful collaboration with all of us. 

Kudos to the selecting committees !!!  Well done !

Best,
Fatimata 

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> On Feb 28, 2017, at 4:46 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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