Add an introduction for the 2016Q4 report

Reviewed by:	allanjude

en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml

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   <section>
     <title>Introduction</title>
 
-    <p><strong>This is a draft of the October&ndash;December 2016
-      status report.  Please check back after it is finalized, and
-      an announcement email is sent to the &os;-Announce mailing
-      list.</strong></p>
+    <p>Another year has passed (and another has gotten well
+      underway, while we worked to assemble this report).  Over the
+      past two years that I have been part of the monthly@ team that
+      assembles these reports, it has been enlightening to watch the
+      individual entries pass through my emacs and/or vim.  These
+      reports give me a picture of what is going on with &os; that I
+      could not get just from reading commit mail; I hope that is
+      also true for our readers.</p>
 
-    <?ignore
-    <p>This report covers &os;-related projects between October and
-      December 2016.  This is the last of four reports planned for
-      2016.</p>
+    <p>This quarter brings the usual mix of continuations of many
+      stalwart projects and entires of new participants, as well as
+      the return of some items after a few quarters' hiatus.  Enjoy
+      and be enlightened!</p>
 
-    <p>The last quarter of 2016 was another productive quarter for
-      the &os; project and community. [...]</p>
+    <p>&mdash;Benjamin Kaduk</p>
 
-    <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work!</p>
+    <p><hr /></p>
 
     <p>The deadline for submissions covering the period from January
       to March 2017 is April 7, 2017.</p>
-     ?>
   </section>
 
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