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+Hi there,
+
+I'd like to continue to be the PTL for OpenStack Telemetry for the
+next Xena cycle.
+
+In the past, we have seen a continued decrease in contribution. However,
+the situation with Gnocchi being external is still causing frictions,
+but I've had some contribution to Gnocchi.
+
+Looking back, we fixed bugs in ceilometer and also dropped six from
+ceilometer, aodh, and panko.
+
+Telemetry should participate in the next PTG in April and should
+have planning sessions there, after we had a community session on
+the future use of gnocchi in Telemetry.
+
+Thank you for your support and your consideration.
+Matthias