RAISE Texas Save‘N Smile Family Video Contest Official Rules
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These Official Rules apply to the RAISE Texas Save ‘n Smile Family
Video Contest, (“Contest”) conducted by RAISE Texas (“RAISE”) at 1811 West 38th
Street, Austin, Texas 78731 and promoted on www.raisetexas.org. The Contest
begins on December 5, 2011 at 12:00 AM Central Standard Time (CST) and ends
January 20, 2012 at 11:59:59 PM Central Standard Time (CST) (“Entry Period”).
No videos will be accepted after this time. This Contest is subject to all
applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Way To Enter:
Participants must post a video (no longer than 3 minutes in length)
answering the following question: “How can starting a college savings
account make an individual’s life easier?”
Explain what it would mean for you
and your family if you were to win two-thousand ($2,000) dollars to start a
college savings account through the Texas Tuition Promise Fund (“TTPF”). The
$2,000 prize into the TTPF would cover up to one (1) year of tuition and fees
at a 2-year college in Texas, or cover
part of the tuition and fees at a Texas 4-year college.
Eligibility:
By posting a video for consideration (an “Entry” or “Entries”),
participant acknowledges compliance with the Official Rules and all eligibility
requirements listed below. All determinations as to eligibility shall be under
RAISE
I.
Entry Eligibility
Only Eligible Entries will
be taken into consideration. In order for an Entry to be considered Eligible it
must meet all factors provided below:
a.
Must run no longer than three (3) minutes in length total.
b.
Must have the rights to use, display, and publish all images, music,
text, and other content included and MUST be the original work of the
participant.
c.
There may only be one (1) entry per family. Any additional entries submitted by a
participant or a participant’s family shall be considered void.
d.
Must be submitted by an Eligible Participant as defined below. An Entry
submitted by an Ineligible Participant shall be rendered void.
II.
INELIGIBLE ENTRIES
Entries that contain any of
the following shall be considered ineligible and automatically rendered void.
a.
Entries that include profanity, nudity, or copyrighted content in which
permission has not been obtained.
b.
Because Entries will be viewed by the public, any Entry including
personal information (i.e. address, phone numbers, social security numbers,
etc.) in the content of the videos.
c.
Entries that have been previously entered into any other contest,
distributed or aired in any way, or won any awards in other competitions.
d.
Entries posted or submitted through avenues other than through YouTube.
e.
Entries that invade the privacy rights of, or defame, any
person, living or deceased, or infringe upon any third-party personal or
proprietary rights.
f.
An incomplete, unintelligible, garbled, inaccurate, late, or defective
Entry, as well as any Entry that does not comply with these Official Rules,
shall be deemed to be an Ineligible Entry and thus disqualified.
III.
eligible PARTICIPANTS
For the purposes of this Contest, only Entries submitted by
Eligible participants shall be taken into consideration. In order for a
participant to be Eligible they must fully comply with these Official Rules as
well as:
a.
Be A legal resident of Texas (THIS CONTEST
SHALL BE VOID OUTSIDE OF TEXAS);
b.
If submitting an Entry, be 18 years or older as of the time the Entry
Period starts. For clarification, individuals filmed in an Entry may be 18
years or younger, however, Entries may only be submitted by someone 18 years or
older; and
c.
Be a parent or legal guardian of a child aged 12 years or younger.
IV.
INELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS
a.
RAISE, its affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and
promotion agencies, sponsors, and its respective officers, directors,
shareholders, employees, contractors and
their relatives and household members are not eligible to enter the Contest.
SUBMITTING AN ENTRY:
In order for an Entry to
qualify as submitted, participants must, by the end of the Entry Period: i)
upload Entries to YouTube; and ii) once uploaded send an email with the
corresponding URL for the YouTube Entry, as well as the participant’s first and
last name, home address, email address, phone number, age of child, and
relationship to child to savensmile@raisetexas.org. Participant’s failure to
satisfy both requirements fully
shall result in an Entry being deemed as Ineligible.
Once the URL for an Entry
has been sent to RAISE
RAISE reserves the right to
report behavior believed to be contrary to any applicable federal, state and
local laws. RAISE also reserves the right to dispose of any Entries in RAISE’S
discretion. RAISE is not responsible for any lost, late, delayed, incomplete or
misdirected Entries or any computer system, phone line, technical, hardware,
software or program failures of any kind or lost or unavailable network
connections. Participant recognizes that any attempt to deliberately damage any
online service or website, tamper with the judging process, or otherwise
undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal
and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, RAISE Texas reserves the
right to seek damages and/or other remedies from any such person to the fullest
extent permitted by law.
By submitting an Entry
participant permits RAISE to alter any winning Entry by adding captions, audio
description and/or other accessibility features required by law. Participant
may remove an Entry from the contest by emailing savensmile@raisetexas.org on or before February 10,
2012.
Entry
Judging:
All Entries will be subject to verification by RAISE
Once the Entry Period ends, the Committee will choose up to five (5)
Entries to advance to the finals for one (1) $2,000 Grand Prize and two (2)
$250 Runner-Up Prizes. These Entries will be picked based upon the quality,
integrity, cohesiveness and persuasion of their answer to the question “How
can starting a college savings account make an individual’s life easier?” Up to five (5) Entries will
be posted on the RAISE Contest web page at www.raisetexas.org on, or about,
January 30th, 2012 until February 10th, 2012 where the general public will be
able to view each Entry and vote on their favorite. The Grand Prize will be
awarded to the Entry that most impresses the Committee as well as receives the
most general public votes online. The two (2) Runner-up Prizes shall be awarded
to the second and third Entries that most impress the Committee as well as
receive the second and third highest amount of general public votes online
(once verified all shall be collectively known as “Winners”). The Winners will
ultimately be selected based on the Committee’s determination, public
determination and the creativity/quality of the Entry. The Committee’s determination will account
for 50%, with the public determination and the creativity/quality of the Entry
each accounting for 25% of the overall score.
With respect to voting online, RAISE is not responsible for any lost,
late, delayed, incomplete or misdirected votes as well as any computer system,
phone line, technical, hardware, software or program failures of any kind, lost
or unavailable network connections or incorrect/inaccurate vote information
whether caused by Internet Users of any of the equipment or programming
associated with or utilized by this Contest or any technical or human error
which may occur in processing the votes in this Contest. In the event there are
not enough Eligible or qualifying Entries (qualifying meaning Entries that have
been able to satisfy verification of compliance with the terms herein) RAISE
If for any reason this Contest
is not capable of being executed as planned, or any cause beyond the control of
RAISE Texas (such as but not limited to tampering, fraud, computer virus,
technical failures, Acts of God) affects the administration, security,
integrity, or proper conduct of the video contest, RAISE Texas reserves the
right to disqualify participants, cancel, terminate, or modify the contest.
Contest Prizes
One (1) Grand Prize Winner will be awarded with a $2,000 deposit into a
college savings account in their child’s name through the Texas Tuition Promise
Fund (the “Account”). An Account is
typically owned by a parent or legal guardian of the child, with the child a
beneficiary of the account. We encourage
the winner to continue to save in the account towards college for their child
even after the video contest ends. Two (2) Runner-Up Winners will receive a
$250 deposit into an Account through the Texas Tuition Promise Fund in their
child’s name. Mentors will be provided to all Winners to assist with enrolling
in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund before the February 29, 2012 deadline.
For clarification, RAISE Texas, RAISE Texas staff, the RAISE Texas
Board, and any entity or individuals affiliated with RAISE Texas will not have
ownership over, responsibility for or association with any of the
Accounts. Once prizes are disseminated,
and mentors have assisted with enrollment, all future correspondence with
regard to the Accounts must be between Winners and the Texas Tuition Promise Fund. Winners are solely responsible for any
expenses, taxes or fees (including but not limited to early withdrawal fees,
service fees, or administration fees) related to the Accounts. The only fee that RAISE
AWARDING/CLAIMING
A PRIZE
The eligibility and age of Winners shall be subject to verification by
RAISE. A participant will only be considered a Winner if they: i) are chosen by
the Committee; ii) an Eligible Participant; iii) have fully complied with these
Official Rules; and iv) under-gone verification. Those participants not meeting
all of these factors shall be considered Ineligible and deemed as having
forfeited.
Upon being verified, the Grand Prize Winner and Runner-Up Winners will
be notified by phone or email on or about February 13, 2012. RAISE will connect all Winners with a
The Grand Prize Winner must attend the award ceremony in Austin on
February 20, 2012 and failure to do so, without prior written consent of RAISE,
shall constitute as a forfeit and surrender of all rights to the Grand Prize.
In such an event, the Runner-Up Winner that received the second highest amounts
of public online votes shall automatically become the Grand Prize Winner and
the Runner-Up Winners shall be determined in a similar fashion. RAISE will work out the details of the trip
with the Grand Prize Winner once he/she is notified and cover the travel,
lodging and meal expenses of the Grand Prize Winner at their discretion and
based upon availability. RAISE
TAXES
All federal,
state and local income taxes are the sole responsibility of each Winner. The
taxable value of the prizes may be treated as ordinary income to the Winners
for federal and state income tax purposes, and each winner may be required by
law to pre-pay a portion of the tax liability incurred in connection with
his/her receipt of the prizes before receiving his/her prize from RAISE.
Release of liability; releases
By submitting an Entry participant agrees to
defend, release, indemnify and hold harmless RAISE, its affiliates,
subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, sponsors, and
their respective officers, directors, shareholders and employees and agents
(“RAISE Group”) from and against any claims, action and/or liability for
injury, loss or damage of any kind, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION,
resulting from participation, acceptance, use or mis-use IN this Contest. Except where and as may be prohibited by law,
participation in the Contest constitutes express permission to use such
participant’s name, photograph, image, likeness, voice, opinions, hometown,
and/or state for advertising, trade, promotion, and publicity purposes in all
forms of media now known or hereafter discovered or devised, worldwide in
perpetuity, without further notice, review or approval, or compensation. If you
do not agree to these terms, you should not participate in the Contest. Participant
unconditionally assigns and transfers to RAISE all rights, title, interest and
claim, which they now have or may have in the future to Entries whether
acceptable or not regardless of the form they take, or any element(s) thereof
including, without limitation, the copyright therein and further grants RAISE
the right to use, publish, exploit and/or modify any ENTRY submitted in
connection herewith in any manner it wishes. Participant agrees that if
selected as the Grand Prize Winner or one of the RUNNER-Up winners, they grant
RAISE Texas and its designees the right to film, photograph, and later publish
footage, pictures, and quotes of the winners.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
RAISE
Group is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription of contest
entry information, or for any human or other error, technical malfunctions,
lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line
failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to
access any online service or website, or any other error or malfunction, or any
injury or damage to contest participant or any other person’s computer related
to or resulting from participation in this contest, or for any injury to person
or property, including but not limited to video equipment, arising from the
contest participant’s participation in this contest or for the use or misuse of
any prize won. Except where prohibited: i) participant agrees that any and all
claims, judgments or awards shall be limited to the actual out-of-pocket
expenses incurred, but in no event attorneys fees; ii) in no event shall
participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and the participant hereby
waives any and all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential or any
other damages, other than actual out-of-pocket expenses and hereby waiveS any
and all right to have damages multiplied; and III) Any errors in Contest-related
materials or in the administration of the Contest, such as errors in processing
Entries, identifying Winners, determining Winners, or announcing or delivering
prizes.
Privacy Statement
The personal information participant provides in
connection with this Contest will only be used to contact participant if there
is a question or issue regarding an Entry, an Entry’s content, if there is
information about the Contest that participant should be aware of, or if
participant is determined to be a Winner of the Contest. RAISE Texas will not disclose, sell,
transfer, or give away any personal information about participant, unless
required by federal, state or local law. RAISE Texas will not correspond with
participant about their Entry other than to award the Grand Prize and the two
Runner-Up Prizes. RAISE Texas will, to the best of its ability, discard all
personal information submitted by any participant that is not deemed a Winner
immediately after the contest ends. The information of the three Winners will be
kept in compliance with any local, state or federal laws solely in regard to
reporting requirements. If during the
course of the contest a participant is uncomfortable with the terms and the
personal information provided to RAISE, send us an email to savensmile@raisetexas.org and we will make best efforts to remove any personal
information submitted upon receipt of the email.
Children’s
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
RAISE
Contest Restrictions
By submitting an Entry, participant represents they will comply with
these Official Rules fully and waives any right to claim ambiguity in these
Official Rules. The failure or delay of RAISE
Governing Law; SEVERABILITY
All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
participant and/or RAISE Texas in connection with the Contest, shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Texas
without regard to conflicts of law/choice of law doctrine of Texas or any other
jurisdiction, and all proceedings shall exclusively take place in Travis
County, Austin, Texas. Participant agrees to the jurisdiction of such courts
and waives any right to change of venue or any like right. If a court of
competent jurisdiction finds that any provision of these Official Rules is
invalid, illegal or unenforceable all other conditions or provisions shall
remain in full force and effect and such provision shall be negotiated, between
the parties, and modified so as to comply with law. In the event any provision cannot be modified
to comply with the law, said provision shall be deemed to be deleted and the
remaining terms and conditions shall remain in full force and effect.