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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Alan and Leon, both great candidates.
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Congratulations Leon, we look forward to your representation and
working with you.<br>
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Leah Symekher<br>
SFBay ISOC Chapter<br>
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On 2/27/17 7:50 AM, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía wrote:<br>
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Dear Alan,
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<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. </div>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div class="">El 27/02/2017, a las 09:44, Alan Greenberg
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On February 27,
2017 9:34:17 AM EST, Program Admin <<a
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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. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:
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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. <b
class="">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).</span></div>
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process began in September 2016, with the
formation of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/x/Vxi4Aw"
style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);
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committees</a> tasked with managing the
timeline, calling for and evaluating the
candidates, and organizing the final election.</span></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Among the six
individuals who submitted Expressions of
Interest for the position, Alan Greenberg and
León Felipe Sánchez Ambía were chosen as the <a
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Before the election took place, the At-Large
Community enjoyed ample opportunities to ask
questions to the finalists <a
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writing</a> in order to make an informed
choice. At-Large Structures also participated in
the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);
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election</a> by directing the <a
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href="https://community.icann.org/x/-ZfRAw"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79,
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style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);
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review the result, as well as the detailed
information about the election process. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:
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style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">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.</span></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">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.</span></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">In 2008 he was
admitted as professor on Intellectual Property
at the UNAM Law School.</span></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">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.</span></div>
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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
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