Public Submission Policy Re: Candidate Eligible for Election into Honoured Membership

By-law No. 28 provides that only members of the Hockey Hall of Fame Selection Committee may submit official nominations of candidates for election into Honoured Membership (such nominations are considered at the Annual Elections Meeting of the Selection Committee).

Subject to the criteria set forth below, the Chair of the Board of Directors will circulate to the Selection Committee bona-fide submissions from persons other than members of the Selection Committee. If a submission fails to gain the support of any one member of the Selection Committee (by written nomination filed before the April 15th deadline), such submission will not be considered at the Annual Elections Meeting. A form letter of acknowledgement will be mailed to persons making bona-fide submissions; however, in accordance with the confidentiality provisions of By-law No. 28 such persons shall not be notified as to any nomination by a member of the Selection Committee.

Criteria for Submissions:

1. Submissions shall contain the fullest possible data concerning the record and the merits of the person eligible for nomination and election.
   
   

2. General letters of opinion and support will be circulated to the Selection Committee only at the discretion of the Chair of the Board of Directors or if such letters are contained within a bona-fide submission.
   
   

3. Any person can file a submission for only one eligible candidate in each annual nomination and election proceeding.
   
   

4. Submissions shall be filed with the Chair of the Board of Directors not later than March 15 in order to facilitate circulation to the Selection Committee in advance of the official nomination deadline (otherwise, the submission shall be deferred to the next annual nomination and election proceeding).
   
   

5. Persons making a submission that includes support materials i.e. bound presentation documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, audio-visual materials, etc. shall either submit (i) one digital copy of such support materials in a format acceptable for posting via the Selection Committee’s private Intranet site, or (ii) twenty (20) hard copies of such support materials for circulation to the Selection Committee via courier delivery at the Submitter’s expense to be confirmed prior to delivery.