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

Tue Feb 28 14:19:01 UTC 2017

Congrats Leon......

Alan keep up the good work dear....

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On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Satish Babu <sb at inapp.com> wrote:

> Congratulations to Alan and León for stepping up and contesting. We had
> two great candidates.
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> Congratulations León! Wishing you the best for your work on the Board,
> and looking forward to working with you.
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> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 2:08 AM, Leah Symekher <lsymek at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Alan and Leon, both great candidates.
>> Congratulations Leon, we look forward to your representation and working
>> with you.
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>> Leah Symekher
>> SFBay ISOC Chapter
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>> On 2/27/17 7:50 AM, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía wrote:
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>> Dear Alan,
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> It is a privilege and a honor to be able to serve our community. I am
>> very grateful to have this opportunity.
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>> Kind regards,
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>> León
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>> El 27/02/2017, a las 09:44, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
>> escribió:
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>> Congratulations to Leon. Alan
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>> Sent from my mobile. Please excuse brevity and typos.
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>> On February 27, 2017 9:34:17 AM EST, Program Admin <
>> program-admin at atlarge.icann.org> wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Heidi Ullrich, Ariel Liang, and Yesim Nazlar
>>> *At-Large Board Member Selection Program Admin Staff *
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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