July through August 27th election cycle

Nominations

• Nominations for elections shall take place from July 21st to August 4th, 2025.

• Nominations can be made by any IATF affiliated thrower.

• Nominations can come from other people, or the thrower themselves.

• Prior to creating a ballot, the IATF will confirm with throwers of their intent to run for election and willingness to be a panel representative. This shall occur from August 5th to 11th, 2025.

• Candidates must confirm their ballot entry and platform by August 11th.

Election

• Voting shall take place from August 19th through August 25th.

• Votes shall be taken from all IATF throwers who wish to vote and shall not include any votes from outside of the IATF.

• Throwers shall vote from within their home venues’ region.

• If a thrower throws regularly in more than one region, the thrower may choose where to cast their vote. They will not be able to vote in more than one region.

• Election results will be shared with the candidates on the ballot no later than August 26th and with the public no later than August 27th.

Appointing Representatives

• Ballot candidates who were not elected can be appointed to the panel.

• The IATF will provide the Elected Representatives with a list of candidates who are interested in serving as Appointed Representatives no later than September 1st.

• By September 15th, Elected Representatives will send their recommendations to the IATF on who they wish to be appointed. 

• By September 30th, the IATF will share the Appointed Representative selections with the Elected Representatives

• By October 10th, the IATF will share their selections with the Appointed Representatives.

• By October 20th, the IATF will share their selections for the Appointed Representatives with the public. 

• January 1st, the new Appointed Representatives will begin their term on the Panel of Throwers.

Term Length

Normal Term

• Elected panel representatives shall serve for two years with their official term starting and ending term coinciding with the election cycle

• Appointed Panel representatives shall serve for two years with their official term starting and ending January 1st. 

• When new representatives are elected and appointed, they will begin working with the current panel to gain access to all region or panel owned material 

• Facebook Moderator Access

• Instagram accounts

• Gmails

• Documents

Representative Eligibility

Throwers are eligible to be candidates for the Panel of Throwers if:

• They have been active in at least 1 IATF league season in the last 12 months

• Exceptions may be made for exigent circumstances (illness, accessibility, etc…)

• They do not own or manage a venue (i.e. are a representative for a venue in the IATF Owner/Operator group or IATF Member Call)

• They are not an outgoing appointed or elected representative

The IATF would like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to our outgoing Panel of Throwers representatives. You were part of the first-ever IATF Panel of Throwers, and your contributions to creating the Panel have been invaluable.