Nominate
Members of the California Outdoors Hall of Fame (Hall) are accomplished outdoorsmen and women who have dedicated themselves to advancing the understanding of, appreciation for, and conservation of California’s great outdoors. To be inducted to the Hall a candidate must have a California connection (born here, lived here, accomplished great adventures or conservation efforts here) and have satisfied these criteria:
1. The nominee must have inspired thousands to take part in the great outdoors and/or conservation.
2. The nominee must have taken part in outdoor adventures of paramount impact.
Anyone may nominate a candidate for the Hall, including candidates themselves.
Either use the below form or submit on two typed pages. Entries longer than two pages may be disqualified. The Hall's Executive Committee reserves the right to edit and/or shorten any nomination.
California Outdoors Hall of Fame - Nomination Form
Nominee: e.g., Jane Doe
Avocation: State in five or fewer words - e.g., Mountaineer, Developer of Fishing Tackle, Olympic Skier, Surfer, Marine Conservationist, etc.
Category (choose one):
o Active (25 years and older)
o Early Achiever (under 25 years old)
o Posthumous
Biography:
Not more than 300 words. State how the candidate inspired Californians to experience the great outdoors through the candidate's adventures or California conservation. Describe the breadth of the candidate's accomplishments and impact on the public outdoor experience. Assistance in writing this may be requested from independent outdoor writers, if time allows, by appealing to: cohoforg@gmail.com - allow two weeks from request and submission of details. Completed nominations should be emailed to cohoforg@gmail.com
Contact Info:
Candidate: include contact information, including email address and phone number for the candidate or for an individual who can reach the candidate, unless posthumous nomination.
Nominator: include the full name and contact information, including email address and phone number of individual making the nomination.
Hometown Media: List hometown newspapers, radio stations, TV stations and sports media to be informed, should the nominee be selected for induction.
Attachments: Links to websites, articles, Wikipedia page, etc.
Deadline: November 30. Nominations received after Nov. 30 will be considered the following December.
Process:
Nomination forms for all candidates are reviewed by the Hall’s Executive Committee in December. The Executive Committee determines whether they believe the nominations meet the criteria (not all nominees make it past this step).
Ballots with cleared candidates are then sent to Electors, comprised of previous inductees (Circle of Chiefs) and California leaders in outdoors media, government and industry. These Electors determine which candidates are deserving of induction to the California Outdoors Hall of Fame.
Campaigning a candidate's induction is not advised. A candidate should stand on his/her merits as an outdoorsman or woman who inspired thousands of Californians and whose adventures and/or conservation efforts had a paramount impact.
Those selected for induction and the nominator are notified in early January. Unsuccessful candidates are not immediately notified, but nominators of unsuccessful candidates will eventually be given a brief description of why the nomination failed. Failed nominations may be resubmitted. Past experience shows several inductees were revised and resubmitted following an unsuccessful nomination.
The induction ceremony typically occurs at the International Sportsmen's Exposition in Sacramento in January of the coming year.