NBRC Hall Of Fame Program Policy Title:
Hall Of Fame Program Policy number:
NBRC 004 Effective Date: October 23, 2009
Last Revision Date: May4,2021
004.01 Nominations for the Hall of Fame shall be submitted in writing to the Vice-President of the NBRC. Any member of the NBRC in good standing can make a nomination for the HOF, nominees may be living or deceased. Nomination forms will be included in the last two (2) bulletins of the year with a cut-off date of December 31 for receiving nominations. Any nominations received after that date will be forwarded to the next year’s process. Ballots will contain nominations collected from the previous year ending December 31, as well as the nominees carried over from the previous election that collected at least 50% of the vote in favor of election. The ballots will be sent out to the living HOF members for vote after January 1.
004.02 All ballots from the election process shall be copied and sent to the NBRC Secretary for recording and to the NBRC President for verification and accountability.
004.03 The NBRC President and Vice President can not be nominated for election while still in office.
004.04 The names of the nominees, not elected into the HOF, that received at least 50% of the vote in favor of election, will be carried over into the next election. The letters and documents received for these nominees will be kept or forwarded to the current person administrating the HOF process.
004.05 .
- Round one of the HOF voting will allow the voting members to cast votes for up to 3 listed nominees.
- A nominee needs to be named on at least 66% of the returned ballots in order to be elected. 3. If no nominee receives the required number of votes in the first round, the second round of ballots will be prepared.
- The second round of ballots will consist of the top 50% of the names from the first round or the top 3 names from the first ballot, whichever is smaller.
- The voting members for the second round will be allowed to select up to 2 names on their ballot.
- Each nominee that receives at least 66% of the votes on the 2nd ballot will gain entry to the HOF.
004.06 A maximum of three (3) persons shall be elected to the HOF per year. The (3) three nominees receiving at least 66% and the highest number of votes in favor of election shall be inducted to the HOF. The maximum number may be exceeded in the event of a two-way tie, occurring only for the third of the (3) three available HOF positions. Questions concerning any other tied vote counts will be brought by the Vice President before the Executive Committee for resolution.