clarify policy on committee conflict of interest

We have a known instance of committee conflict of interest with Code of
Conduct Committee members being elected to the Steering Committee.
Based on these bodies charter, membership is mutually exclusive.  But
it has not been clearly documented that in such cases one must choose
vacate their membership in one body or the other, or how the vacancy
would be filled.

This clarifying text documents our established practice.

Signed-off-by: Tim Pepper <[email protected]>

Author: Tim Pepper

elections.md

@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ elections held. In the event of a question of company membership (for example
 evaluating independence of corporate subsidiaries) a majority of all
 non-involved Steering Committee members will decide.
 
+### Committee Conflict of Interest
+
+As project committees have unique charters, there is a possibility
+for a conflict of interest to arise.  While multiple scenarios may
+be possible now or in the future, one known example of such conflict
+of interest is where a member of the Code of Conduct Committee is
+elected to the Steering Committee.
+
+Such conflict will be resolved by the applicable election committee
+reaching out to the newly-elected member and facilitating a decision
+regarding on which committee the individual will continue.  The
+committee where that individual vacated their seat will fill that
+vacancy as per existing election or committee vacancy rules.
+
 ### Terms and Election Cycles
 
 Steering Committee members are elected to serve one, two year term. Members can