TOPS Facts
TOPS was founded in 1948 by this person.
Esther Manz
After losing 100 lbs, a member must maintain the loss for this many weeks to earn a Century Award.
52 weeks
This is the minimum age for a TOPS member.
7
In chapters with more than ten members, no one may hold more than this many officer positions
1
If a member arrives 5 minutes after the meeting time, he or she is this
LATE
TOPS has been supporting its members for this many years.
75 years
Royalty are recognized after achieving this, regardless of the number of years over which the weight was lost.
Goal weight or KOPS status
A membership must lapse for this long until a person is considered a new member
3 Years
Teens and pre-teens may vote, but cannot do this in an adult chapter.
Hold an office.
The chapter's web _______ may see the members' online records only
DesignATE
TOPS® encourages members to submit articles nutritional questions and article suggestions to share@tops.org for comments and ideas for regular features written or reviewed by accredited professionals. If accepted, article suggestions take about this many months to appear in TOPS News.
3
A member must have lost this many pounds to take part in the Then and Now parade at SRD.
50 lbs
This type of date must be strictly adhered to for a coordinator who is planning SRD to be able to order supplies, gifts, set parades for recognition, graduation mortor boards, etc.
Deadline
These two officers do their best to keep weight records as confidential as feasible.
Weight Recorder and Assistant Weight Recorder.
A roll call may be held and be as structured or casual as the chapter prefers. Each member who weighed in may choose to ______ loss or gain or actual amount lost or gained since his or her last weigh-in. This is also the word for one of 50 in the U.S.
StATE
This person is currently the president of TOPS.
Rick Danforth
Division winner awards are earned by those who have lost the most weight between these two months of each calendar year.
January and December
A chapter rule should be changed by this type of voting.
Secret ballot
An audit must be performed every year by all the officers except this one.
Treasurer
When a member reaches goal weight, he or she does this while wearing a mortar board.
GraduATEs
The _____ statement of TOPS is to support our members as they Take Off and Keep Off Pounds Sensibly. This same word was in a TV show titled _____ Impossible.
Mission
This KOPS award is earned in consecutive 5 year increments to KOPS who have never lost status. Alumni are any KOPS in status.
Longevity
This monetary punishment for gaining has been proven to be ineffective and detrimental to weight loss. Its practice was abolished in the new edition of the TOPS Rules.
Gain fines
Officers may be chosen any time after May and assume office in August. This is the deadline for sending in an updated officer's chart.
July 31st
On January 2nd of 2022, the TOPS rules were this
UpdATEd