This is a super old post but I felt it was worthwhile to update the above comment a bit in case people end up using it for reference or help and also because of the UASF issue, I wanted to post this comment and provide the below guides.

OK, so here goes:

1) for those who run a full node for Electrum:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6duc4y/electrum_29_will_be_codenamed_independence_uasf/di60v03/

2) for those who are thinking about running a full node (Electrum), this is a super helpful guide:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6dvse7/uasfbip148_guide_what_you_can_do_before_august_1st/

3) If you are not running a full node in Electrum you should at least be using client that enforces BIP148, here is a post that describes how that may be helpful:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1865793.0

Hope this helps!