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+==========================
+UC Elections February 2017
+==========================
+
+We expect all members of our community to adhere to the highest
+standards of behavior during User Committee elections.
+
+Officials
+=========
+
+Matt Jarvis - matt at mattjarvis dot org dot uk
+Matt Van Winkle - mvanwink at rackspace dot com
+
+Election System
+===============
+Elections will be held using CIVS and a Condorcet algorithm
+(Schulze/Beatpath/CSSD variant). Any tie will be broken using
+Governance/TieBreaking.
+
+Timeline
+========
+
+January 30 - February 3, 05:59 UTC: Open candidacy for UC positions
+February 6 - February 10, 11:59 UTC: TC 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 - 2
+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 in gerrit,
+review.openstack.org > Settings > Contact Information > Preferred Email, prior
+to February 4, 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 Contributors
+(AUC) can propose their candidacy (except the three UC members who were appointed
+prior to the elected system based on UC charter resolution: Shilla Saebi,
+Jonathan Proulx and Edgar Magana.
+Self-nomination is common, no third party nomination is required. They do so by
+sending an email to the user-committee@lists.openstack.org mailing-list, with
+the subject: "UC candidacy" by February 3, 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.
+