<div dir="ltr">Wholeheartedly agree with my colleagues. Congratulations to both Leon and Alan for what you do and will continue to do for At-Large<div><br></div><div>Maureen</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Kan Kaili <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kankaili@gmail.com" target="_blank">kankaili@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div><font size="2" face="宋体">My warmest congratulations to Leon! Looking
forward to working with you.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="宋体">As an equally qualified candidate, also glad to keep
Alan as our Chair, leading ALAC thru this turbulent time.</font></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<div style="FONT:9pt 宋体"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 27, 2017 10:34
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<div style="FONT:9pt 宋体"><b>Subject:</b> [At-Large] León Felipe Sánchez Ambía
Selected by the At-Large Community as the Next ICANN Board Director</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">After six months of efforts,
the At-Large Community has successfully concluded its ICANN Board Director
selection process on 27 February 2017. <b>León Felipe Sánchez
Ambía</b> 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).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">The selection process began
in September 2016, with the formation of <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/Vxi4Aw" target="_blank">two committees</a> tasked
with managing the timeline, calling for and evaluating the candidates, and
organizing the final election.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">Among the six individuals who
submitted Expressions of Interest for the position, Alan Greenberg and León
Felipe Sánchez Ambía were chosen as the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/N6bDAw" target="_blank">finalists</a>. Before the election
took place, the At-Large Community enjoyed ample opportunities to ask
questions to the finalists <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/-pXRAw" target="_blank">verbally</a> and <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/ArXDAw" target="_blank">in
writing</a> in order to make an informed choice. At-Large Structures also
participated in the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/SbbDAw" target="_blank">final
election</a> by directing the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/-ZfRAw" target="_blank">votes of Regional
At-Large Organization Chairs</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">Click <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/SbbDAw" target="_blank">here</a> to review the
result, as well as the detailed information about the election
process. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">Please see below the bio and
photo of León Felipe Sánchez Ambía<b>. <u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><img id="m_7776050692870553746Picture_x0020_1" border="0" src="cid:7FC67DB832054B08B16C3FE500E4EB1B@LENOVOC0574B68" width="176" height="178"></span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">In 2008 he was admitted as
professor on Intellectual Property at the UNAM Law
School.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">Heidi Ullrich, Ariel Liang,
and Yesim Nazlar <br><i>At-Large Board Member Selection Program Admin
Staff </i><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div>
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