• The Alumni Director is to be selected by the Board for a five-year term ending with the Induction Ceremony/Alumni Reunion (next slated for 2008).
• The at-large Ultimate Hall of Fame Committee members are to be selected by the Board for a three-year term, with one position expiring each year.  There must be at least one male and one female among the three at-large Hall of Fame Committee members.
• The UPA Board member should be appointed annually by the Board as part of the normal committee assignment process.  

a.  Player Category Eligibility Criteria  

• Former players with a distinguished record of competitive achievement at the highest national and/or international levels, with additional consideration given to integrity, sportsmanship and character.
• To be eligible, players must be the minimum age based on the age limit for the UPA Masters Division.  In order to ensure that players from the early years of Ultimate get fair consideration, the age limit will begin at Masters age plus 15 years in 2005 (48 years old for males by December 31, 2005, and 45 for females) and decrease by one year each year (45/42 in 2008, 44/41 in 2009), etc.) until it reaches Masters age plus 10 years at 43/40 in 2010, assuming no changes in Masters age. For purposes of the age calculation, the candidate must reach the required minimum age by December 31 for the year under consideration. Deceased candidates are eligible in the year that they would have reached the eligibility age.
  

b.  Contributor Category Eligibility Criteria

• Individuals who have made exceptional contributions that have furthered the growth, reputation and character of the sport, in categories such as development, administration, media, and coaching.
• Contributor candidates do not need to be retired from their activities related to the sport or meet a minimum age criterion. 

c.  Special Merit Category Eligibility Criteria

• Special Merit category will accommodate all other potential candidates not included in the first two categories, whether teams, equipment, groups, individuals, or whatever, that defined the nature of the sport or its competitive spirit, or contributed to make Ultimate special, in the context of their day.
• Because of the nature of the category, no more than one Special Merit inductee would be permitted each year, with no requirement for a Special Merit inductee in every year.
  

• Candidate procurement.  The primary method to produce the initial list of candidates is an iterative peer review process.  Nominations and applications are also to be solicited from the general UPA membership and alumni population, specifically through an announcement in the winter edition of the UPA magazine.  The Vetting Subcommittee may also add names.  Finally, candidates carried over from previous elections (see below) are to be added to the list.  The candidates themselves or sponsors for the candidates are to produce the application (i.e., resume in the form provided) and supporting reference letters.  Nominations are due by March 25, and completed applications are due by April 10 of each year, although the deadline for 2008 applications has been moved to June 30.
• Peer review.  The slate of candidates will be peer-reviewed.  The process is described in more detail in the page on Peer Review.  This will be completed by June 1 although the deadline for 2008 has been moved back to August 1.
• Selection of finalists.  By July 15 (for 2008, the deadline has been moved to August 15), the Ultimate Hall of Fame Vetting Subcommittee is responsible for reducing the slate of candidates to eight (8), covering both Players and Contributors.  For each of these candidates, the Vetting Subcommittee (with input as needed from others) will produce a biography to be considered during the final voting.
• Final voting.  Each member of the Hall of Fame Committee (Vetting Subcommittee plus voting Inaugural, Player, and Contributor members of the Hall) may cast votes for up to five (5) candidates.  A ballot may be returned with zero votes.  The top five vote-getters receiving support on at least 60% of the received ballots are to be inducted.  For the calculation of rhe minimum number of votes required, the percentage of voters will be rounded to the nearest integer (e.g. 13 supporting votes would be required with 21 voters, 13 out of 22, and 14 out of 24). In the event that more than five candidates receive at least 60%, those tied for the last spot(s) will participate in a runoff vote.  Voting is to take place August 1-14 (for 2008, the vote will take place September 1-14).  Vote totals will not be announced.  The number of proposed candidates and number to be elected may be changed as deemed appropriate.
• Candidate retention.  A nomination is valid for five years, after which a new nomination is required.  An application is also valid for five years, but it may be refreshed each year.