International Whitewater Hall of Fame

2009 IWHOF Nomination Form
2009 IWHOF Nomination Form Instructions
2009 IWHOF Nomination and Election Procedures

Nominations from around the world are submitted to the IWHOF offices by Affiliate organizations. These organizations have been selected for their broad representation of the whitewater industry and their expressed interest in IWHOF.

Affiliates determine their own internal process for collecting nominations. Many affiliates take suggestions from their membership while others work internally with their administrative boards, editorial committees or other selected committee.

All nominations are screened by IWHOF to insure that nominees meet the category criteria for which they are nominated with a final ballot selected from the top nominations for each category.

The whitewater public is encouraged to contact their representative affiliates to participate in the nomination process.

2009 Nominations
The Nomination Process for 2009 is as follows:
1. Download the 2009 IWHOF Nomination Form, the 2009 IWHOF Nomination Form Instructions, and 2009 IWHOF Nomination and Election Procedures.

2. Affiliate Organizations or Honorees will fill out the Nomination Form Completely and return to Matt Urdan, IWHoF Project Manager, either by email, fax, or postal mail with all supporting files and documents by the Nomination Deadline: April 18, 2009, 11:59 PM, EDT, UT-5. Individuals will fill out the Nomination Form and forward to an Affiliate Organization or an Honoree for submission to Matt Urdan prior to the Nomination Deadline.

3. Please Note that Changes have been made in the Nomination Form for 2009. Fill out all sections completely. Incomplete forms with incomplete documentation and supporting files and information give our screeners insufficient information to place candidates on the ballot for election.

4. Please include with your nomination form submission any and all published information, documents, articles and/or manuscripts, photographs, news clippings, DVDs and/or video footage, Website URLs and Links, blog information and any other info that will be helpful in evaluating your nominee. This information will also be used, should your nominee be elected to the Hall of Fame, in the production of the annual DVD highlighting the achievements of the new class of honorees. You can see the 2008 Video by clicking on the Honoree Video in the sidebar to the right.

5. One important change this year is the life of a nomination. All nominations are active for five years. You do not have to resubmit your nomination on an annual basis. However, should your nominee still be active and participating in the whitewater community and adding additional accomplishments, you are free to update your nomination by sending a list of additional accomplishments since the original nomination form was submitted, or you may complete an entirely new nomination form. Just make sure all new information is submitted prior to the nomination deadline of April 18, 2009.

6. Please forward your completed Nomination Form and all supporting documents to any one of our affiliated organizations or IWHoF Honorees for submission to the IWHoF Project Manager for consideration.

7. Any questions or concerns, please Contact Matt Urdan, IWHoF Project Manager at msurdan@iwhof.org.

2009 TIMELINE
Now through April 18, 2009: Nomination Window
April 19 through May 2, 2009: Screening Window
May 4 through May 17, 2009: Voting Window
June 1, 2009: Press Release Announcing the 2009 Honorees