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

[Leah Symekher]

Alan and Leon, both great candidates.
Congratulations Leon, we look forward to your representation and working 
with you.

Leah Symekher
SFBay ISOC Chapter

On 2/27/17 7:50 AM, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía 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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>>     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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