Dear LIRs, I am happy to inform you that the first draft of the Global IPv6 policies document is ready for a collective review by the RIRs. This draft incorporates the results of discussions that took place at open policy meetings and intensive meetings among the RIRs and the IETF. This review will also allow time for APNIC to present some of the new developments already discussed in the ARIN and RIPE community to its community at the upcoming APNIC open policy meeting on 28 - 31 August. As agreed at RIPE 39, following the RIR revision, the document will be sent to an editorial team for review. We hope to have a final draft ready to publish to the LIR-WG approximately 3 weeks prior to the RIPE 40 Meeting. However, this relies on the reactions from both the APNIC community and the editorial team. Thank you for all the useful contributions made so far. Regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC