2025 Spring Elections: Certification Oversight Panel Call for Nominations

Election Timeline

April 1st - Call for Nominations posted to WFTDA Message Board
May 5th - Call for Nominations closed. Nominations must be seconded and accepted.
May 12th - All Nomination Paperwork Due to elections@wftda.com
May 12th - Any relevant member feedback on candidates for vetting due to elections@wftda.com
May 19th - Nominees vetted
May 28th - Nominees approved by BOD
June 1st - Election Ballot language & documentation posted to WFTDA Message Board
June 15th - Election Ballot opens
June 30th - Election Ballot closes

REMINDER: Any relevant member feedback on candidates to be considered during vetting is due to elections@wftda.com by May 12, 2025. It is appreciated if information is submitted sooner rather than later.

Certification Oversight Panel Seats 1, 2, & 3
2-year term

Incumbents:
Danger Muffin
Fantasmic
Sticks ‘n’ Stoner

Candidates:
1- Sticks and Stoner
2- Danger Muffin
3- Dread Hochuli

Nomination and Candidate Eligibility

Term of Office:

Each elected Certification Oversight Panel member shall take office immediately following the election and serve their initial term (one or two year depending on the seat). Following year elections will be held in the spring and all terms from then on out will be a term of two (2) years or until their successor is duly elected and installed. There is no term limit.

WFTDA Seat Eligibility:

In order to hold a WFTDA position on the Certification Oversight Committee a candidate must be a:

• WFTDA Skater Representative
• Vetted Volunteer
• WFTDA Officials Representative
• WFTDA Certified Non Skating Official
• WFTDA Certified Referee.

The candidate must have been active on WFTDA committees for a minimum of six months.

Nominations and Vetting:

All nominations shall be posted in one location on the appropriate organization’s forum. This will be the official Officials Certification Oversight Panel member nomination threads.

WFTDA Nominations must be made by a Skater Representative, or in the case of self-nomination by an Official, must be seconded by a Skater Representative. All nominations must be seconded and the nominee must accept the nomination.

The Election Committee reviews all nominees prior to drafting election ballots, in order to confirm compliance with candidate and election requirements. Once the nominees are vetted, the election language will be posted to the forum.

Elections are held annually. Emergency elections are held any time the Panel membership drops to less than 4 members. Aside from expiry of term, Panel members (including the Chair) may be terminated via resignation or removal by the applicable Board of Directors. Only people with the statuses listed under Eligibility above are able to serve in this position; inactivity, retirement, loss of Certification, or league removal as an active rep serves as automatic resignation from the Panel.

Position Requirements:
• Knowledge of the game of derby
• 2 years skating and/or officiating experience
• Participation in at least 5 WFTDA regulation interleague games. More experience, including WFTDA tournament experience, is strongly encouraged.
• Ability to be 100% confidential regarding received applications/references, committee discussions and decisions
• Ability to objectively represent WFTDA and work towards consensus
• Passion for roller derby
• Ability to be diplomatic and impartial
• Respect for the WFTDA and their procedures and philosophies
• Ability to meet deadlines

General Responsibilities:

The Officials Certification Oversight Panel is responsible for the management of the WFTDA Certification Program, audits of certification review results, appeals, management and hiring of Certification Panels.

Completed nominations must be accompanied by:

Officials Certification Oversight Application https://forms.gle/v4UxDvjntVzVrFhs5

Letter stating:
• Intent to run and derby résumé
• Link to game History (if applicable)
• Qualifications - goals, plans, dreams, experience, etc.

I nominate Sticks and Stoner for another term.

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I second Sticks and Stoner.

Folks, please reach out if you’re interested in running and want to discuss further!

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Candidates
Sticks and Stoner nominated by Danger Muffin (bay area) seconded by SFC (gotham) Accepted

Danger Muffin nominated by Coffee (Gotham) Seconded by Speedy ( Rhein-Neckar Delta Quads ) Accepted

Dread Hochuli nominated by Danger Muffin (Bay Area) Seconded by Coffee (Gotham) Accepted

Nominees

Sticks and Stoner accepted via email to Elections.

There is currently only 1 candidate and 3 open seats.
Reminder that nominations and acceptances must be done by EoD 5/5

I nominate Danger Muffin.

Please reach out to me if you have questions or wish to be nominated!

I second Danger Muffin.

There are 3 open seats and we have 1 candidate and 1 nominee (needs to accept).

Thanks
Parker

I accept. Thank you Coffee and Speedy.

Coffee is a great person to reach out to if you are considering but need a nomination, because she is the Officiating Pillar Officer, but if you would prefer to reach out to someone else you can also reach out to:

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I nominate Dread Hochuli from Roc City & Boston.

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I second Dread Hochuli.

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Dread Hochuli has accepted via email.

Nominations for Certification Oversight Panel is closed.

Please make sure all paperwork is submitted by EoD 5/12.

May 12th - All Nomination Paperwork Due to elections@wftda.com
May 12th - Any relevant member feedback on candidates for vetting due to elections@wftda.com
May 19th - Nominees vetted
May 28th - Nominees approved by BOD
June 1st - Election Ballot language & documentation posted to WFTDA Message Board
June 15th - Election Ballot opens
June 30th - Election Ballot closes

REMINDER: Any relevant member feedback on candidates to be considered during vetting is due to elections@wftda.com by May 12, 2025. It is appreciated if information is submitted sooner rather than later.

Please make sure all candidate paperwork is submitted by end of day today.

May 12th - All Nomination Paperwork Due to elections@wftda.com
May 12th - Any relevant member feedback on candidates for vetting due to elections@wftda.com
May 19th - Nominees vetted
May 28th - Nominees approved by BOD
June 1st - Election Ballot language & documentation posted to WFTDA Message Board
June 15th - Election Ballot opens
June 30th - Election Ballot closes

REMINDER: Any relevant member feedback on candidates to be considered during vetting is due to elections@wftda.com by May 12, 2025. It is appreciated if information is submitted sooner rather than later.

Filling out the docs and form, can you please make “roles in derby” be checkboxes for the future? Many people both ref and nso.

Also, I am assuming that the form is sufficient and that a separate letter is unnecessary, since the form asks the same questions. I have filled out the form but not written the letter; if a letter is truly required please accept this comment as my letter:

Dear Elections,

Please see my responses to the form. <3

Cordially,
Danger Muffin

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