Document the term for 2023 end user seats

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+# 2023 CDF TOC Elections
+
+## Purpose
+
+The terms of several [TOC members](https://github.com/cdfoundation/toc#members) expire during 2023 as listed below.
+* Two (2) Elected End User Seats (expires May 1, 2023)
+  * End user representatives can be nominated by anyone. The seats are elected by CDF End User Member organizations.
+* Four (4) Elected Project Seats (expires 30 June 2023)
+  * Each CDF project may nominate a project representative to run for these seats. The seats are elected by CDF project contributors.
+
+This document describes the process to follow and documents the timeline for the elections.
+
+## TOC Overview
+
+The role of the elected TOC representatives is to be part of the team responsible for the technical vision, project oversight and technical community decisions for the CDF.
+The vision of the CDF is to be the most trusted community that supports organizations in becoming high performing software delivery organizations while leveraging open source and open practices, and continuously improving their pursuit of software delivery excellence.
+
+As documented in the [CDF Charter](https://github.com/cdfoundation/charter/blob/main/CHARTER.md#7-technical-oversight-committee-toc), the TOC is responsible for:
+* coordinating collaboration among Technical Projects, including development of an overall technical vision for the community;
+* making recommendations to the Budget Committee of resource priorities for Technical Projects;
+* electing annually a chairperson to preside over meetings, set the agenda for meetings, ensure meeting minutes are taken and who will also serve on the Governing Board as the TOC’s representative (the "TOC Representative");
+* creating, maintaining and amending project lifecycle procedures and processes, subject to the approval of the Governing Board; and
+such other matters related to the technical role of the TOC as may be communicated to the TOC by the Governing Board.
+
+## End User Representative Elections
+
+Two (2) CDF Elected End User Seats are up for election for one (1) year term, 1 May 2023 through 1 May 2024.
+
+### Timeline
+
+| Date    | Event                         | Details
+| ------- | ----------------------------- | -------
+| April 3 | Election Process starts       | CDF community is notified regarding the start of election process
+| April 7 | Nominations open              | Start of CDF community nominating their candidates using the medium shared by the CDF Staff
+| April 21| Nominations close             | Last date for CDF community to nominate their candidates
+| April 22| Voting opens                  | Ballots are sent to eligible voters
+| April 30| Voting closes                 | Last day to submit a ballot
+| May 1   | Announcement                  | Successful end user representatives announced
+| May 1   | Term Begins                   | New end user representatives begin their term
+
+### Candidates Eligibility
+
+Anyone in CDF community can nominate others as the CDF TOC End User Representatives.
+Candidates can be anyone who represents an end user organization regardless of the organization's CDF membership however, the candidates should meet the criteria listed below and ideally contributing to the CDF.
+
+* commit that they have the available bandwidth to make the time to invest in the CDF TOC,
+* technical background with experience of continuous delivery and open source technologies
+* good communication skills with experience of participating in open source communities
+* operate neutrally in discussions and put the goals and success of CDF in balance with corporate objectives or any particular project in CDF
+
+### Candidate Nominations
+
+Nomination periods will be announced on corresponding maillists (e.g., member maillists) as well as CDF Slack.
+
+### Voter Eligibility
+
+Only voting contacts of the CDF End User Member organizations are eligible to vote in this election.
+
+### Voting Process
+
+Voting contacts of the CDF End User Member organizations will receive a ballot via email.
+Elections will be held using time-limited, [ranked voting](https://www.opavote.com/methods/ranked-choice-voting) via OPA Vote.
+
+### Election Officers
+
+* Andrea Frittoli, IBM
+* Michelle Martineau, Linux Foundation
+* Fatih Degirmenci, Continuous Delivery Foundation
+
+## Project Representative Elections
+
+TBD