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Add February 2018 election information 

According to UC charter, elections should happen every 6 months, making
February 2018 the next election.

This patch adds a reference document for the election with some proposed
dates and wording.

Change-Id: Ifa9ec137bce432cb7c2ffbef168673702119d4c6
Signed-off-by: Melvin Hillsman <mrhillsman@gmail.com>
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reference/uc-election-feb2018
reference/uc-election-aug2017
reference/uc-election-feb2017

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==========================
UC Elections February 2018
==========================
We expect all members of our community to adhere to the highest
standards of behavior during User Committee elections.
Officials
=========
| {Official's Name - Official's Email}
| {Official's Name - Official's Email}
Election System
===============
Elections will be held using CIVS and a Condorcet algorithm
(Schulze/Beatpath/CSSD variant). Any tie will be broken using
`Governance/TieBreaking <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/TieBreaking>`_.
Timeline
========
| January 29 - February 11, 05:59 UTC: Open candidacy for UC positions
| February 12 - February 18, 11:59 UTC: UC elections (voting)
Elected Positions
=================
Under the rules of the UC charter, we need to elect 2 UC seats for this
election. Seats are valid for one-year term. User Committee member - 3
positions*.
* We have one member stepping down during this particular election
requiring us to elect 3 positions.
Electorate
==========
The electorate for this election are the Foundation individual members that
are also Active User Contributors (AUC) over the last six months.
The electorate is requested to confirm their email address and (if applicable) IRC handle
in their Foundation Member Profile, https://openstack.org/profile ,
prior to February 5, 2017 05:59 UTC so that the emailed ballots are mailed to the
correct email address.
Candidates
==========
Any individual member of the foundation who is an Active User Contributor (AUC)
can propose their candidacy (except two of the three recently elected members).
Self-nomination is common, no third party nomination is required. Nominate by
sending an email to the user-committee@lists.openstack.org mailing-list, with
the subject: "UC Candidacy" by February 11, 05:59 UTC. The email can include a
description of the candidate platform. The candidacy is then confirmed by
one of the election officials, after verification of the electorate status of
the candidate.
Result
======
{Members Elected} were elected.
* Full Results: {Official Results Link}