Popular Post gigantor Posted December 25, 2021 Admin Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2021 BFF 2022 Researcher of the Year Contest Dear BFF members, The Forum Management Team and the Steering Committee are proud to announce the 2022 Researcher of the Year contest. It is made possible by your donations. Thank You! Contest Purpose We want to encourage BFF members to gather evidence of the existence of Bigfoot and support your efforts. Prize $2500 (It may increase after next year's fund drive) Rules The person or group who submits the best evidence for the existence of Bigfoot will win the prize. The person submitting the evidence must be a member of the BFF or join the BFF in order to participate. The evidence presented must have been obtained by the person or group submitting it. The evidence must be posted in this thread. If the evidence is in a form which cannot be submitted electronically, reasonable arrangements may be made to review the evidence, solely at our discretion. The winner must have a PayPal account in order to receive the prize. All evidence must be submitted by December 23th, 2022. The Steering Committee plus two judges selected by the Forum Management Team will choose three finalists from all the submissions on December 25th, 2022. BFF members in good standing with 50 or more posts will vote to select a winner from the three finalists from December 26th to December 31rst, 2022. The winner will be announced on January 1rst, 2023 and the prize disbursed. The BFF Director will be the final arbiter of any disputes, misunderstandings, errors, disqualifications, etc. Good Luck! ~gigantor 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steering Committee Incorrigible1 Posted December 25, 2021 BFF Donor Steering Committee Share Posted December 25, 2021 May the best researcher win! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Researcher A bipedalist Posted January 12 BFF Patron Researcher A Share Posted January 12 (edited) Are the two judges selected by the Forum Management Team bound by any qualifications of membership, research acumen or bigfoot organization affiliation? Just what are the qualifications? Are they independent of forum offices held? Are previous award winners disqualified or eligible?(either to be eligible to win again or to be judges) Thanking you in advance. Best of searching to all those bringing the bacon. Edited January 12 by bipedalist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engaged Member Patterson-Gimlin Posted January 13 BFF Donor Engaged Member Share Posted January 13 Great question. A better way to determine a winner would be to be voted by all members inmho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steering Committee Incorrigible1 Posted January 15 BFF Donor Steering Committee Share Posted January 15 On 1/12/2022 at 11:37 PM, Patterson-Gimlin said: Great question. A better way to determine a winner would be to be voted by all members inmho. "BFF members in good standing with 50 or more posts will vote to select a winner from the three finalists from December 26th to December 31rst, 2022." Gosh, that seems pretty inclusive of established, interested BFF members. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted January 15 Admin Author Share Posted January 15 On 1/12/2022 at 6:16 PM, bipedalist said: Are the two judges selected by the Forum Management Team bound by any qualifications of membership, research acumen or bigfoot organization affiliation? The only qualification is that there can't be a conflict of interest. For example, participants can't be judges. Special consideration will be given to donors who contributed the most, don't have an entry on the contest and wish to be a judge. On 1/12/2022 at 6:16 PM, bipedalist said: Are they independent of forum offices held? Are previous award winners disqualified or eligible? Nobody is disqualified from participating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted January 15 Admin Author Share Posted January 15 I forgot to mention, I am almost certain some Steering Committee members will participate in the contest, we will find alternate judges. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engaged Member Patterson-Gimlin Posted January 15 BFF Donor Engaged Member Share Posted January 15 7 hours ago, Incorrigible1 said: "BFF members in good standing with 50 or more posts will vote to select a winner from the three finalists from December 26th to December 31rst, 2022." Gosh, that seems pretty inclusive of established, interested BFF members. It certainly does. Thank you for the clarification. I should have read more details. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sésquac NorthWind Posted January 16 BFF Donor Sésquac Share Posted January 16 Am I missing something? I have a tag after my name from 2020, and this contest is for 2022. Where was 2021? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted January 16 Admin Author Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, NorthWind said: Where was 2021? We didn't have the money. We can have a contest every year with a $1,000 prize, or every other year with $2,000+ prize. I think we're going to have it every other year unless you guys step up and donate more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sésquac NorthWind Posted January 16 BFF Donor Sésquac Share Posted January 16 Gotcha. I thought I was just losing my mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfjewel Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Don’t worry NorthWind, even if you did lose your mind you’d have company. Someone said: “Of all the things I’ve lost over the years, I miss my mind the most.” I didn’t make up this saying but I’ll join the person who said it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmknight Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 14 hours ago, NorthWind said: Am I missing something? I have a tag after my name from 2020, and this contest is for 2022. Where was 2021? You don't wanna know ... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinwalker13 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I'll get us started with my first submission. I will not be re-using any of the previous BFF researcher of the year material. For my submissions I will only be using data acquired from 2021 & 2022. This site is an on going investigation site from 2021, now that we've retrieved enough data to satisfy us we're comfortable sharing that the "wineberry" site is actually home of the Polk Gap Monster, a local name for bigfoot that has amassed sightings for over 100 years. Tb 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Researcher A bipedalist Posted January 28 BFF Patron Researcher A Share Posted January 28 On 1/16/2022 at 12:54 AM, Wolfjewel said: Don’t worry NorthWind, even if you did lose your mind you’d have company. Someone said: “Of all the things I’ve lost over the years, I miss my mind the most.” I didn’t make up this saying but I’ll join the person who said it! Oddly familiar to a quote from a man named Quail but spelled differently! On 1/16/2022 at 12:54 AM, Wolfjewel said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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