[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*. *
>>
>>         **
>>
>>         **
>>
>>
>>         ****
>>
>>
>>         **
>>
>>         **
>>
>>
>>         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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