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

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Dear Leon,

congratulations on your selection to the ICANN Board by the At-Large
Community.
The EURALO community will look forward to working with you when you
succeed Rinalia Abdul Rahim in this important position.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 27/02/2017 14:34, Program Admin wrote:
>
> 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>.
>
>  
>
> 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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>  
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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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>  
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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. 
>
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>
> Heidi Ullrich, Ariel Liang, and Yesim Nazlar 
> /At-Large Board Member Selection Program Admin Staff /
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