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Church Techies Biggest Loser #6 Signup

That’s right! It’s time for installment #6 of our Church Techies Biggest Loser contest!  Here are our guidelines/rules based off our prior BL1 , BL2 , BL3 , BL4 and BL5 contests.

Would you believe to date participants have lost a combined weight of over 1600 pounds!  Wow!

Eligibility

Any church IT, Web, AV, Tech/Production Arts staff (full, part-time, or volunteer role).  Church ChMS peeps and other Church tech consultants are encouraged to join as well.

Don't fit the above roles, but want to join too? Shoot me an email and we can discuss.

Reduced price from $25 down to $15 to register ... no refunds … period!

Dates

• Starts Friday Sept 3rd... but you can join ANY TIME after too. Just means you have less time to burn off the flab.
• Ends Nov 23rd (just in time to enjoy Thanksgiving)
• Winners get a split of the total registration pot less paypal transaction fees (~2.5%) ... breakdown of 75%, 20%, 5% ... if any vendors kick in prizes too then those well be in the mix to choose from as well.

Weigh Ins

• Weigh ins should occur each Friday at the same time of day. It's OK if you have to weigh in a day or so late periodically.  Sometimes travel or life just interferes.  No problem.  Just make sure you get your weight recorded each week.  You can only miss a weigh in or 2 before you'll start getting nasty emails from me!
  • Missing 2 weeks in a row IS BAD!! and will most likely get you booted from the contest (no refund). It's not fair to others who are keeping their stats updated, especially once the contest is getting down the wire.
• Participants will record their weekly weight each Friday in our online Zoho Spreadsheet (you'll get an email after you register).
• The same scale must be used for each weigh in.
• The same clothes or lack thereof must be worn at each weigh in.
• Weigh ins will be recorded in whole pounds. If your scale reports partial pounds just drop the fraction...no rounding up or down
• In the final 2 weeks there will be a cap on how much weight you can drop in a given week period ... to keep away from crazy dehydration techniques ;-)

Winning

It's not very fancy, but whoever has the largest weight loss % wins. (max weight - min weight) / max weight

Honor System

The contest assumes that all participants will follow the teachings of the Bible ... you know ... don't lie, don't cheat! If you are dishonest God will deal with you justly.

If you're in ... hit this link to register. If you prefer to send $ another way just shoot me an email (gccjason at gmail) and we'll discuss.

Check out the prior Church Techie Biggest Losers: BL1 results and BL2 results and BL3 results and BL4 results and BL5 results

Church Techies Biggest Loser #5 Results

Friday marked the end of our 5th installment of Church Techie’s Biggest Loser contest.  Check out the prior BL1 results and BL2 results and BL3 results and BL4 results

In this round 34 contestants plunked down $25 to join the fun which started October 16 and ended March 5th (4 months)

So who are the biggest losers?

1st – Glenn Kelley – Network Architect – Web Empowered Church – Glenn lost 69 lbs which equates to a 18.90% loss!  Way to go dude … you are THE biggest loser :-)

2nd – Scott Reichling  – IT Director – Sagemont Church – Scott lost 41lbs or 18.30%

3rd – Josh Jenkins – Communications – New Hope Fellowship Church – Josh lost 24lbs or 9.68%

The pot ended up at $850!! (less paypal fees) ... and will be divided up at 1st = 75%, 2nd = 20%, 3rd = 5%

Total weight lost across all participants = 361 lbs!

Thanks to all that participated in doing their part to make the earth a less massive place to live … we’ll fire up another biggest loser down the road if there’s interest.

% Lost	TOP 10 Losers ;)
18.90%	Glenn Kelley
18.30%	Scott Reichling
9.68%	Josh Jenkins
8.30%	Jeremie Kilgore
6.88%	Joel Wolfgang
6.22%	Shawn Davis
5.70%	Zach Montroy
5.53%	Vivian Medlock
4.76%	Chris Blair
4.63%	Oscar Carmona

Church Techies Biggest Loser #5

That's right ... firing up another church techie biggest loser contest!

Here are our guidelines/rules based off our prior BL1 , BL2 , BL3 and BL4 contests ...

Eligibility

Any church IT, Web, AV, Tech/Production Arts staff (full, part-time, or volunteer role).  Church ChMS peeps and other Church tech consultants are encouraged to join as well.

Don't fit the above roles, but want to join too? Shoot me an email and we can discuss.

$25 to register ... no refunds … period!

Dates

• Starts Friday Oct 16... but you can join at ANY TIME. Just means you have less time to burn off the flab.
• Ends March 5th (~4 months) … this date may change slightly to coincide with the Spring Church IT Roundtable date.
• Winners get a split of the total registration pot less paypal transaction fees (~2.5%) ... breakdown of 75%, 20%, 5% ... hopefully we'll also get vendors to kick in prizes too and those well be in the mix to choose from as well.

Weigh Ins

• Weigh ins must occur each Friday at the same time of day. You can only miss a weigh in or 2 before you'll start getting nasty emails from me!
  • Missing 2 weigh ins in a row IS BAD!! and will most likely get you booted from the contest (no refund). It's not fair to others who are keeping their stats updated, especially once the contest is getting down the wire.
• Participants will record their weekly weigh each Friday in our online Zoho Spreadsheet (you'll get an email after you register).
• The same scale must be used for each weigh in.
• The same clothes or lack thereof must be worn at each weigh in.
• Weigh ins will be recorded in whole pounds. If your scale reports partial pounds just drop the fraction.
• In the final 2 weeks there will be a cap on how much weight you can drop in a given week period ... to keep away from large dehydration techniques ;-)

Winning

It's not very fancy, but whoever has the largest weight loss % wins. (max weight - min weight) / max weight

Honor System

The contest assumes that all participants will follow the teachings of the Bible ... you know ... don't lie, don't cheat! If you are dishonest God will deal with you justly.

If you're in ... hit this link to register. If you prefer to send $ another way just shoot me an email (gccjason at gmail) and we'll discuss.

prior BL1 results and BL2 results and BL3 results and BL4 results

Church Techies Biggest Loser #4 Results

Friday marked the end of our 4th installment of Church Tech’s Biggest Loser contest.  Check out the prior BL1 results and BL2 results and BL3 results

This time 16 contestants plunked down $25 to join the fun which started May 8th and ended August 7th (3mos)

Here are our winners!

1st – Jason Reynolds – Director of Information Systems  - Christian Fellowship – Jason lost 29lbs which equates to a 10.82% loss!  Way to go dude … you are THE biggest loser :-)

2nd – Andrew Mitry – IT Consultant / Volunteer – InnoCloud / St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church – Andrew lost 22lbs or 10.42%

3rd – Bill Sheeler – IT / Web Admin – Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church – Bill lost 26lbs or 7.85%

The pot ended up at $400 (less paypals fees) ... and will be divided up at 1st = 75%, 2nd = 20%, 3rd = 5%

Thanks to all that participated in doing their part to make the earth a less massive place to live … we’ll fire up another biggest loser in the fall if there’s interest.

Friday marked the end of our 4th installment of Church Tech’s Biggest Loser contest.  Check out the prior BL1 results and BL2 results and BL3 results

This time 16 contestants plunked down $25 to join the fun which started May 8th and ended August 7th (3mos)

Here are our winners!

1st – Jason Reynolds – Director of Information Systems  - Christian Fellowship – Jason lost 29lbs which equates to a 10.82% loss!  Way to go dude … you are THE biggest loser :-)

2nd – Andrew Mitry – IT Consultant / Volunteer – InnoCloud / St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church – Andrew lost 22lbs or 10.42%

3rd – Bill Sheeler – IT / Web Admin – Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church – Bill lost 26lbs or 7.85%

The pot ended up at $400 (less paypals fees) ... and will be divided up at 1st = 75%, 2nd = 20%, 3rd = 5%

Thanks to all that participated in doing their part to make the earth a less massive place to live … we’ll fire up another biggest loser in the fall if there’s interest.

Church Techies Biggest Loser #4

That's right ... we're firing up another church tech biggest loser contest!

This one starts Friday and Ends Aug 7 ... but you can join anytime.

Here are our guidelines/rules based off our prior BL1 , BL2 and BL3 contests ...

Eligibility

Any church IT, Web, AV, Tech/Production Arts staff (full or part-time role) ... If you fill these roles as a volunteer you're eligible too.  Church ChMS peeps and other Church tech consultants are encouraged to join as well :-)

Don't fit the above roles, but want to join too? Shoot me an email and we can discuss.

$25 to register ... no refunds period!

Dates

• Starts Friday May 8th ... but you can join at ANY TIME. Just means you have less time to burn off the flab.
• Ends August 7th (3 months)
• Winners get a split of the total registration pot less paypal transaction fees (~2.5%) ... breakdown of 75%, 20%, 5% ... we'll also get vendors to kick in prizes too and those well be in the mix to choose from as well.

Weigh Ins

• Weigh ins must occur each Friday at the same time of day. You can only miss a weigh in or 2 before you'll start getting nasty emails from me ;-)
  • Missing 2 weigh ins in a row will most likely get you booted from the contest (no refund). It's not fair to others who are keeping their stats updated, especially once the contest is getting down the wire.
• Participants will record their weekly weigh each Friday in our online Zoho Spreadsheet (you'll get an email after you register).
• The same scale must be used for each weigh in.
• The same clothes or lack thereof must be worn at each weigh in.
• Weigh ins will be recorded in whole pounds. If your scale reports partial pounds just drop the fraction.
• In the final 2 weeks there will be a cap on how much weight you can drop in a given week period ... to keep away from large dehydration techniques ;-)

Winning

It's not very fancy, but whoever has the largest weight loss % wins. (max weight - min weight) / max weight

Honor System

The contest assumes that all participants will follow the teachings of the Bible ... you know ... don't lie, don't cheat! If you are dishonest God will deal with you justly.

If you're in ... hit this link to register. If you prefer to send $ another way just shoot me an email (gccjason at gmail) and we'll discuss.

Church IT/Web/AV Biggest Loser #3 Registration Open

Attention church IT, Web, AV, Tech/Production Arts staff and volunteers.  Need to shed a few or perhaps many pounds?  Here's an opportunity to get yourself in better shape.

The Deets:

Here are our guidelines/rules based off our prior BL1 and BL2 contests ... 

Eligibility
Any church IT, Web, AV, Tech/Production Arts staff (full or part-time role) ... If you fill these roles as a volunteer you're eligible too.
Don't fit the above roles, but want to join too? Shoot me an email and we can discuss.
$25 to register ... no refunds period!

Dates 

• Starts November 13 ... but you can join at ANY TIME. Just means you have less time to burn off the flab. 
• Ends March 12 (4 months) 
• Winners get a split of the total registration pot less paypal transaction fees (~2.5%) ... breakdown of 75%, 20%, 5% ... we'll also get vendors to kick in prizes too and those well be in the mix to choose from as well.

Weigh Ins 

• Weigh ins must occur each THURSDAY at the same time of day. You can only miss a weigh in or 2 before you'll start getting nasty emails from me ;-) 
  • Missing 2 weigh ins in a row will most likely get you booted from the contest (no refund). It's not fair to others who are keeping their stats updated, especially once the contest is getting down the wire.
• Participants will record their weekly weigh each Thursday in our online Zoho Spreadsheet (you'll get an email after you register). 
• The same scale must be used for each weigh in. 
• The same clothes or lack thereof must be worn at each weigh in. 
• Weigh ins will be recorded in whole pounds. If your scale reports partial pounds just drop the fraction. 
• In the final 2 weeks there will be a cap on how much weight you can drop in a given week period ... to keep away from large dehydration techniques ;-)

Winning 

It's not very fancy, but whoever has the largest weight loss % wins. (max weight - min weight) / max weight 

Honor System 

The contest assumes that all participants will follow the teachings of the Bible ... you know ... don't lie, don't cheat! If you are dishonest God will deal with you justly.

Check out BL1 results and BL2 results ... so far we've lost over 800 lbs combined!

You in?  Hit this link to go register ... and tell your church techie friends to join the fun!