Update on the Nominees
About a week ago, the American Craft Beer Hall of Fame announced the nominations for its inaugural induction (see the blog entry for 10/23). There were 19 very worthy individuals who made the final cut to make the ballot.
It might interest you to know that these 19 were winnowed down from the original list of Nominees that included 67 unique names (out of a possible 264 total). This means that for every Advisor’s list of Nominees, at least one name did not match any other Advisor’s names, while agreeing with some fellow Advisors on the other five Nominees.
Unfortunately, not all 19 of these Nominees will earn enough votes to make induction in this first year. We expect that about ten or so Nominees will be ultimately elected into The Hall, but we can’t say with any certainty. Because Nominees must receive 75% of the vote in order to be elected, we can’t know the final number of Inductees until all the votes are cast.
And there will be a lot of votes cast, because we have a lot of Electors. Including the Board of Directors and the Board of Advisors (all of whom also vote), there will be about 150 Electors in total, casting approximately 1,500 votes.
The vote will take place in November of 2024 and Inductees into The Hall will be announced in February of 2025.
In related news…
Almost as soon as the nominees were announced on social media, some negative feedback began appearing in the comments. It wasn’t about who was nominated, but who wasn’t. Because The Hall’s nominating process only allowed individuals to be nominated, this exposed an oversight in our methods. When two or more people collaborate to create something successful, but only one of them gets credit for that success, then it’s a problem; think Paul Simon without Art Garfunkel or Daryl Hall without John Oates.
Speaking of music, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts duos and groups all the time, so it’s not as if this concept is unheard of. We have taken this into account, and for this year only, we will be adding appropriate names to the ballot where it’s clear that there was a partnership in effect that led to, or added to, the success and award-worthiness of the individually-named Nominee.
In the future, the ACBHOF Nominations process will allow for pairs and groups wherever applicable. We feel these are the appropriate rectifications to the issue.