Hangar Debrief
The Homebuilders Hall
of Fame Process
How we select the winners
By Randy Hooper
Each year an individual is selected from
our homebuilding community to be
celebrated and inducted into the Homebuilders Hall of Fame. EAA has several
awards to recognize personal achievements as well as significant contributions. However, the Homebuilders Hall of
Fame is reserved for the best of the best.
The selection process begins by
publishing requests for nominations in
EAA Sport Aviation, EAA Experimenter, EAA e-Hotline, ChapterGram, and
the like. Nominations remain open
until March 1 each year.
Compiling the list of new nominations and those remaining from past
years, including persons living or
deceased, the selection committee
begins its study and research. The
selection committee duties are cur-
Attribute
EAA AirVenture support
Support of EAA regional and local events
Years of homebuilder support
Major recognition and awards
Encourages support
EAA support
Innovation
Builder support
Local and national impact
Published in mixed media
Government impact
National publicity
Cross-talented
B
y using this list, a scoring matrix can be created
and displayed as a spreadsheet. Using the spreadsheet, the committee can discuss each individual's
contributions. An agreed-upon numeric value is given
in each of the 13 categories, then totaled. The resulting
totals are used to rank nominees. This can result in a clear
choice or possibly the need for further discussion.
We, the members of the Homebuilt Aircraft Council, put
quite a bit of time and effort into this process. We look
forward to the announcement of our selection for the
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rently fulfilled by the Homebuilt Aircraft Council. Looking
at past Homebuilders Hall of
Fame inductees (www.EAA.
org/homebuilders/programs/
hof.asp), a list of attributes and
performance was produced
for the purpose of analyzing
and then scoring potential
inductees, recognizing their
past contributions.
Performance
Active while attending
Active while attending
Number of active EAA years
Aviation awards and recognition
Homebuilder at individual level
Active support of goals/purpose
Aircraft design/construction techniques
Tech counselor, flight advisor
Known both locally and nationally
Writings published in public media
Active in government affairs at national/local level
Written or reported in national aviation media
Multitalented: designer, builder, writer, etc.
Homebuilders Hall of Fame for 2013. The tradition of celebrating the elite within our community will continue as
we enshrine the new member into the Homebuilders Hall
of Fame this coming fall.
Please, if you have someone who you feel is eligible,
go to: http://www.eaa.org/homebuilders/programs/hof_
nomination.pdf
Send in your nomination. The nomination deadline for the
2014 inductee is March 1, 2014.