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Overall
Purpose
I. Selection Comittee for Designees to the Hall of
Fame
II.
Nominations for Election to the Hall of Fame
III. Miscellaneous Rules and Regulations
Overall
Purpose
To
honor in perpetuity those who by their participation in and
association with athletics at the College, and by their demonstration
of character, sportsmanship, and service to the community, have
won personal distinction and brought honor and glory to sports
and to the City College of the City University of New York.
I.
Selection Comittee for Designees to the Hall of Fame
A.
The Selection Committee shall consist of members of the Board
of Directors of the AVA, provided that they have attended a
minimum of one meeting in the current fiscal year or two meetings
in the prior year. Additionally, all past Presidents of the
AVA are eligible to vote.
B.
The President of the AVA shall be the chairperson of the Selection
Committee.
1.
Eleven (11) members of the Selection Committee shall constitute
a quorum.
2.
The vote of a majority of those present in person shall be
necessary for action by the Selection Committee.
C.
The Selection Committee shall consider nominees to the Hall
of Fame submitted by Sub-Committees for all College sports,
past of present.
D. The Selection Committee shall base its consideration of nominees
for the Hall of Fame on the Overall purposes hereof and shall
use the following guidelines
1.
The primary consideration shall be outstanding athletic achievement
as an undergraduate; however, the reflection of honor on the
College by outstanding post-graduate success in athletics
or related fields of endeavor shall also be considered.
2.
Supporting consideration shall be given to the qualities of
the nominee with respect to character, sportsmanship, and
service to the College and to the community.
E.
The names of those elected to the Hall of Fame shall be announced
with an appropriate ceremony by the Board of Directors of the
Alumni Varsity Association.
II.
Nominations for Election to the Hall of Fame
A.
Sub-Committees of College Sports
1.
The President of the AVA, with the approval of the Board of
Directors of the AVA, shall have the power to designate a
Sub-Committee in each College sport to serve for the purpose
of nominating nominees for consideration by the Selection
Committee to the Hall of Fame in accordance with the following:
a.
Each Sub-Committee shall have a chairperson.
b.
Each Sub-Committee shall have no less than three (3) members.
2.
The approval of a majority of each Sub-Committee shall be
required for each nominee designated for selection by the
Selection Committee.
3.
Only designees of the Sub-Committee may be considered by the
Selection Committee except upon the approval of the Board
of Directors of the AVA.
B.
Nominations for election to the Hall of Fame shall be submitted
by the Sub-Committees to the Board of Directors of the Alumni
Varsity Association annually on or before November 17th, but
in no event may any regular Sub- Committee submit more than
two (2) nominations at any time.
1.
The President of the Alumni Varsity Association shall forthwith
submit the nominations of the Sub- Committee to the Selection
Committee with supporting data for each nominee, and not later
than the first week in December shall designate a date not
earlier than (10) days thereafter for the holding of a meeting
of the Selection Committee at which all nominations submitted
shall be considered.
2.
Each nomination must be fully supported by details contained
on a summary form prepared and submitted with biographical
sketch to the President of the Alumni Varsity Association
for transmittal to the Selection Committee.
3.
The Selection Committee shall vote upon the nominees for election
to the Hall of Fame not later than December 8th annually.
III.
Miscellaneous Rules and Regulations
A.
In any year, no more than seven (7) persons shall be elected
to the Hall of Fame, no more than two (2) of whom may be designated
in any one sport. No designee may be considered sooner than
five (5) years following graduation of the person's undergraduate
class.
B.
In addition to the maximum of seven regular electees
to the Hall of Fame, an Oldtimers Committee, consisting of three
(3) members appointed annually by the President of the AVA,
shall nominate persons whose classes graduated over thirty (30)
years ago. Alternatively, an Oldtimer may be considered for
regular admission. No more than three (3) Oldtimers may be elected
to the Hall of Fame in any year.
C. The Committee shall submit its nominations, based on the
guidelines of Article I, Section D, fully supported by biographical
data, on a timely basis to the President of the AVA for transmittal
to the Selection Committee for approval.
D. If, in any year, fewer than seven (7) regular nominees and/or
three (3) Oldtimers shall receive less than a majority vote
of the Selection Committee, only those persons receiving such
majority shall be elected.
E.
These Rules and Regulations may be amended or altered
in whole or in part from time to time by the affirmative vote
of two-thirds (2/3) of the Directors present at a duly constituted
meeting or the Board of Directors of the Alumni Varsity Association.
Amended:
January 18, 1965; November 15, 1976; June 24, 1968; March 31,
1968; October 6, 1975;
May 24, 1988; November 1989; September 16, 1996, September 15,
1997, September 14, 1998.
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