Dear APRALO members, As you all know yesterday the capacity building webinar on policy development had been conducted by APNIC Policy Development Specialist Adam Gosling. The presentation and the recording are available online for those who were not able to participate. I urge you to hear the recording, as the webinar was very informative and interesting and fill provide the floor for finding out the ways for our members to be involved more in policy development within ICANN. I also would like to let you know that due to the holiday season, as well as several activities at the end of August (Australian IGF) and the beginning of September (IGF in Istanbul), we will not be holding our monthly meeting in August. But there are some urgent issues, where we seek for your feedback and comments to be submitted via e-mail by the end of August. APRALO - ICANN APAC HUB PILOT FRAMEWORK - Draft document is HERE. The deadline for comments is August 31st, 2014 and 2. APRALO members to provide feedback for improvement of the At-Large site - http://atlarge.icann.org/, the deadline is end of August. All links had been posted in our APRALO monthly report space - https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Monthly+Reports+2014 and Current issues space - https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/Current+Issues (By the way, these links are being updated on monthly basis, so, please, visit them from time to time to review the reminders, current issues and monthly reports). Please, provide your feedback to the list and we will compile them and present the further steps during our monthly call in September, the details on which we will inform you in later. Enjoy holidays for those who have it. Best SiranushAPRALO Chair