This document provides updates on Ceph community events and initiatives, including: - An upcoming APAC roadshow for Ceph Days events in various cities from August 18-29 - Metrics on community growth tracked via various platforms - Details on the User Committee and steps towards broader governance - Recurring technical talks and developer meetings held monthly - Plans to redesign the Ceph.com website on a new hosting platform - A traveling Ceph demo pod to demonstrate the technology - An upcoming MOOC course on open source storage technologies including Ceph - Notes on continued testing and maturation of the CephFS functionality - Announcement of Cephalocon 2017 conference to take place in Boston in