diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 2c9a7dd..0516288 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 I'd like to request a new data observatory extension deploy: dump + extension
 
+## Performance comparison to last deployment
+
+Please include link here to comparison perftests:
+
+http://52.71.151.140/perftest/#oldsha..newsha
+
 ## Dump database id to be deployed
 
 Please put here the dump id to be deployed: <dump_id>
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 073b373..3cba36f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+1.1.7 (2016-12-15)
+
+__Improvements__
+
+* Use simpler raster table and simplified `_OBSGetGeometryScores` functions to
+  improve performance
+* In cases where geometry passed into geometry scoring function has greater
+  than 10K points, simply use its buffer instead
+* Add `IMMUTABLE` to `_OBSGetGeometryScores`
+* Add tests explicitly for `_OBSGetGeometryScores` in perftest.py
+* Yields a ~50% improvement in performance for `_OBSGetGeomeryScores`.
+
 1.1.6 (2016-12-08)
 
 __Bugfixes__
diff --git a/src/python/test/autotest.py b/src/python/test/autotest.py
index 897eba0..5edea53 100644
--- a/src/python/test/autotest.py
+++ b/src/python/test/autotest.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ SKIP_COLUMNS = set([
     u'mx.inegi_columns.VIV41',
     u'mx.inegi_columns.VIV40',
     u'mx.inegi_columns.VIV17',
+    u'mx.inegi_columns.VIV25',
     u'mx.inegi_columns.EDU10'
 ])