<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Congratulations Leon! Well deserved.<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div style=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Le 27 févr. 2017 à 16:50, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía &lt;<a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx" class="">leonfelipe@sanchez.mx</a>&gt; a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Alan,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.&nbsp;</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is a privilege and a honor to be able to serve our community. I am very grateful to have this opportunity.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">León</div>
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<br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">El 27/02/2017, a las 09:44, Alan Greenberg &lt;<a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca" class="">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a>&gt; escribió:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Congratulations to Leon. Alan</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">--<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Sent from my mobile. Please excuse brevity and typos.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On February 27, 2017 9:34:17 AM EST, Program Admin &lt;<a href="mailto:program-admin@atlarge.icann.org" class="">program-admin@atlarge.icann.org</a>&gt; wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">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. &nbsp;</span></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""></span></p><div class="">&nbsp;<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">After six months of efforts, the At-Large Community has successfully concluded its ICANN Board Director selection process on 27 February 2017.&nbsp;<b class="">León Felipe Sánchez Ambía</b>&nbsp;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).</span></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""></span></p><div class="">&nbsp;<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">The selection process began in September 2016, with the formation of&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/Vxi4Aw" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">two committees</a>&nbsp;tasked with managing the timeline, calling for and evaluating the candidates, and organizing the final election.</span></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""></span></p><div class="">&nbsp;<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Among the six individuals who submitted Expressions of Interest for the position, Alan Greenberg and León Felipe Sánchez Ambía&nbsp;were chosen as the&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/N6bDAw" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">finalists</a>. Before the election took place, the At-Large Community enjoyed ample opportunities to ask questions to the finalists&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/-pXRAw" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">verbally</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/ArXDAw" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">in writing</a>&nbsp;in order to make an informed choice. At-Large Structures also participated in the&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/SbbDAw" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">final election</a>&nbsp;by directing the&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/-ZfRAw" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">votes of Regional At-Large Organization Chairs</a>.</span></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""></span></p><div class="">&nbsp;<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Click&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/SbbDAw" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">here</a>&nbsp;to review the result, as well as the detailed information about the election process.&nbsp;</span></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""></span></p><div class="">&nbsp;<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Please see below the bio and photo of&nbsp;León Felipe Sánchez Ambía<b class="">.&nbsp;</b></span></div><p class=""><b class=""></b></p><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""></span></b></div><p class=""><b class="">&nbsp;</b></p><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><object border="0" width="176" height="178" id="Picture_x0020_1" class="" data="cid:image001.png@01D290DC.AA3412F0" type="application/x-apple-msg-attachment"></object></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""></span></b></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""></span></b></div><p class=""><b class="">&nbsp;</b></p><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in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