Recommendations for nomination (henceforward pre-nominations) from Committee members and the public solicited via the Hall of Fame website, Fencing.net, the USA  fencing website, if possible. People are encouraged to visit the HoF website to see who is already in and who has already  been nominated but not elected and therefore remains a candidate. Pre-nominations should be accompanied by a short listing of the candidate’s qualifications. Deadline for receipt of pre-nominations: March 15.

Discussion. Candidates presented to the Committee are arranged in groups, by eras. That is, all candidates from a given era will be presented together. There may be open discussion within the Committee offering comments, fact-checking, comparisons between candidates, etc. Discussion ends April 15 and voting takes place then.

Committee vote.  Committee members first vote yes/ no/ abstain on each candidate and the tabulated results are announced. Candidates with a majority of yes votes from non-abstaining members are nominated. The tabulated results are circulated to the committee and the names of the nominees are sent to the National Office.

Election. The nominations are publicized and submitted to the USFA membership by the National Office. The instructions will be, for example, “Here are the seven nominees from Era III. Three will be elected. Vote for no more than three. The top three vote-getters will be declared elected.