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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> apac-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:apac-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Siranush Vardanyan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 17, 2015 12:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [APAC-Discuss] APRALO in 2015!!! More to come in 2016!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks all those, who found a time to participate in today's monthly call, the last call for this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Here are some activities and numbers we TOGETHER accomplished during 2015. I have also posted the links to each topic highlighted for easy access and view:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">a) APRALO Showcase was conducted during ICANN 52 in Singapore meeting on 11th of February 2015 with the support of regional partners (DotAsia, APNIC and APTLD) and APRALO ALSs.
The program and materials of the showcase are available here: </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/APRALO+Outreach+Event+Workspace"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">APRALO
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">b) 6 new ALSs joined during 2015 year, thus the total number of ALSs in APRALO by the end of December is 42. You can view the list of all ALSs here: </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=11141236"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">APRALO
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">c) </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Leveraging APAC for Capacity & Capability Building - 5 webinars were conducted within the
framework of APRALO-APAC HUB. To view all webinars, records and transcrips, please, visit here: </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/2015+APRALO+Capacity+Building+Webinar+Series"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">2015
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">d) Community driven localized materials has been prepared in 5 languages: Korean, Hindi, Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia, Cantonese / Traditional Chinese - all materials
in local languages can be found here: </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/GSEAPAC/KISA-ICANN+Language+Localisation+Pilot+Project"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">KISA-ICANN
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participation. The approved strategy for FY16 can be viewed here: </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/croppfy16/APRALO+Outreach+Strategic+Plan"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">APRALO
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activities can be viewed here: </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://teamup.com/ks8f4dd46342679eea/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://teamup.com/ks8f4dd46342679eea/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">h) APRALO Rules of Procedures is in the process of finalization to increase the opportunity for individual members. The draft ROP can be viewed here: </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Rules+of+Procedures+Review+2015-+Individual+membership"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">APRALO
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">i) Two CROPP requests had been submitted and approved. All 5 slots had been used. The CROPP submissions can be viewed here: </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/croppfy16/APRALO+Trip+Proposal+1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">APRALO
Trip Proposal 1</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> and </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/croppfy16/APRALO+Trip+Proposal+2"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">APRALO
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This is also posted in our monthly report space, which you can always have access at: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Secretariat+Reports+2015" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Secretariat+Reports+2015</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#33CCCC">With this, I would like to thank each and every one of you for being a part of this great team. Without your input and participation it would not be possible
to accomplish so many achievements, but that means that we HAVE A LOT WORK TO DO IN 2016 to keep APRALO standard and spirit on the level we used to:)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#33CCCC">HAPPY NEW YEAR. Seasonal Greetings on behalf of APRALO Leadership team and looking forward working with you in 2016</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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