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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Hello Everyone,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">You may have already heard the
exciting news that the OpenStack Board of Directors recently approved the User
Committee (UC) bylaws and <a href="https://governance.openstack.org/uc/reference/charter.html"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">charter</span></a>. These remarkable changes will bring
the first elected UC representatives in 2017 and expand the UC to 5 members!
Voting for the 2017 UC members will be </span><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)">granted
to the <a href="https://governance.openstack.org/uc/reference/charter.html#active-user-contributors-auc"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">Active User Contributors (AUC).</span></a> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,38,43)">The current UC will continue to serve until the elections
and continue with a 6-month seat. This initial election will run to determine
the other two members. Candidates ranking 1st and 2nd place will get one-year
seats. In the fall of 2017, elections will see the normal renewal of 3 seats
for a one-year period.</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(47,51,57)">Open candidacy for the UC positions
will be from January 30 - February 10, 05:59 UTC. </span><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)">Voting for the 2017 User Committee (UC) members will
be open on </span><span style="color:rgb(47,51,57)">February 13<sup>th</sup> </span><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)">and will remain open until </span><span style="color:rgb(47,51,57)">February
17, 11:59 UTC. Additional details and the process for nomination can be found <a href="https://governance.openstack.org/uc/reference/uc-election-feb2017.html">here</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)">As a reminder, please see the
community code of conduct (<a href="http://www.openstack.org/legal/community-code-of-conduct/"><span style="color:rgb(14,36,178)">http://www.openstack.org/legal/community-code-of-conduct/</span></a>)</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)">Please let me, or anyone from the UC
know if you have any questions, comments or concerns. </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)">Thank you,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">OpenStack User Committee</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Shilla, Edgar, Jonathan<span></span></span></p>
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