we had a face-to-face meeting with members here in Busan on 29 August. Based on the comments received to the original proposal, the proposal was slightly revised and circulated for the community views initially.  I would like to take you to the summary of the revised proposal. The name of the proposal has been mentioned as public policy advisory committee because the community members suggested that only government would not be appropriate, since the aim of the proposal is to have a multi-stakeholder engagement.  We named it Public Policy Advisory Committee in APNIC, and it is supposed to be a multi-stakeholder formal advisory body comprising industry, community participants and some government representatives. The committee will be a framework to institutionalize the private/public engagement within APNIC on matters relating to public policies encompassing all the facets of the Internet. I would like to inform that this committee in no way, as per the proposal, tries to create conflict with the existing set-up, whereas there are broader rules and issues to be discussed on the Internet and that's what it likes to proactively work upon. The role of the committee will be to work with APNIC on matters related to public policy issues for the development of the Internet in the region and will proactively advise APNIC on new policies and emerging developments in the respective regions.  It will also provide APNIC an opportunity to participate in the policy development processes of respective member companies.  It aims to provide an interface with