[At-Large] León Felipe Sánchez Ambía Selected by the At-Large Community as the Next ICANN Board Director
Jason Hynds
jason.hynds at partsinc.biz
Mon Feb 27 16:41:26 UTC 2017
I echo Sarah's comments. Commiserations Alan, such a tough fight. Thanks
Rinalia! Big congratulations to León! Fellows rock!
Regards,
Jason Hynds
On 2/27/2017 12:05 PM, Sarah Kiden wrote:
> Congratulations to Leon for being selected as an ICANN Board Director!
> And thanks to Alan for being an equally good candidate.
>
> And also kudos to Rinalia for being a wonderful Board Director!
>
> Regards,
>
> Sarah
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 18:50 León Felipe Sánchez Ambía
> <leonfelipe at sanchez.mx <mailto:leonfelipe at sanchez.mx>> wrote:
>
> Dear Alan,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> It is a privilege and a honor to be able to serve our community. I
> am very grateful to have this opportunity.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
> León
>
>> El 27/02/2017, a las 09:44, Alan Greenberg
>> <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca <mailto:alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>>
>> escribió:
>>
>> Congratulations to Leon. Alan
>> --
>> Sent from my mobile. Please excuse brevity and typos.
>>
>> On February 27, 2017 9:34:17 AM EST, Program Admin
>> <program-admin at atlarge.icann.org
>> <mailto: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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>> ****
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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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