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

"Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de
Mon Feb 27 16:16:44 UTC 2017


And many thanks to Alan for his great work he has done (and hopefully will continue to do) for the At Large Community and the rest of ICANN. Great respect.

wolfgang




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Congratulations to Leon.  Alan
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On February 27, 2017 9:34:17 AM EST, Program Admin <program-admin at atlarge.icann.org> 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.
>
>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).
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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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