Ultimate Hall of Fame:  Peer Review Process

• To make the best informed selections, peer review input is an essential part of the evaluation work of the Vetting Subcommittee in identifying potential candidates and in understanding their impact on the sport from the perspective of their contemporaries. The Vetting Subcommittee will coordinate the establishment of peer groups and a mechanism to gather input on potential candidates and the rational for their inclusion in the context of their era.
   
• Peer groups will be established, as needed (based on play period-e.g. 1970s, `80s, `90s, gender, players vs. contributors, or other classifications as deemed useful) by the Vetting Subcommittee. For 2008 there were three peer review groups: Players - Open, Players - Women, and Contributors.
   
• Each peer group, chosen by the Vetting Subcommittee, will develop a list of potential candidates and, for any given Ultimate Hall of Fame induction class, be rank order the candidates based upon all knowledge they have about them. Such list(s) will be given strong consideration by the Vetting Subcommittee in developing the final candidates to be voted upon by the voting members of the full Ultimate Hall of Fame Committee. However, such list (s)shall NOT be binding on the Vetting Subcommittee in their determination of the final candidates for consideration in a given year.
  
  The peer groups evaluating players will be asked to rate each player on this scale:
  

  1. The player's spirit significantly adds to his/her qualifications.
  2. The player's spirit doesn't significantly add or detract from his/her qualifications.
  3. The player's spirit significantly detracts from his/her qualifications.

  
  Peers are requested also asked to document what that rating is based upon, whether it's one or a small number of incidents from the “heat of battle”, repeated patterns, reputation, getting to know the player off the field, etc.
  
  
• All peer group members will be required to complete a Peer Reviewer Information Form to participate in the peer voting process. 
   
• Outside of the formal peer review process, there will continue to be a general solicitation of the UPA membership for other candidates.
   
• The Vetting Subcommittee and other voting members of the full Ultimate Hall of Fame Committee shall draw upon the peer review input, written applications, reference letters, personal discussions, and any other means at their disposal in making decisions regarding potential inductees.
   
• The final candidates considered for induction in a given year shall be selected by the full Ultimate Hall of Fame Committee, comprised of the Vetting Subcommittee plus all recent (those chosen within the past 15 years) inductees.