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The Contest Rules for year 2005
Empowering Educators Contest: Mobile Lab Contest Official Rules. No purchase
necessary. A purchase or payment of any kind will not increase your chances of
winning.
Eligibility:Empowering Educators Contest: Mobile Lab Contest (the “Sweepstakes”)
is open only to publicly and privately accredited elementary and secondary
schools with shipping addresses in the fifty (50) United States and the District
of Columbia. Home schools are not eligible. Individuals registering a school
must be eighteen (18) years of age or older, a U.S. citizen and a legal resident
of the fifty (50) United States (includes the District of Columbia). Employees
of Dell Marketing, L.P., Microsoft Corporation, ePrize, LLC, Tocquigny
Advertising, Interactive + Marketing, and their parent and affiliate companies,
promotional agencies, sales representatives, retailers, distributors, and
vendors as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children)
and household members of each such employee are not eligible to participate in
any capacity. Subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and
regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant´s full and
unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor and Administrator´s
decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the
Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set
forth herein.
Sponsors:Dell Marketing, L.P., One Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas 78682, and
Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA98052. Administrator:
ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069.
Timing:The Sweepstakes begins on September 15, 2005 at 12:00 a.m. Central Time
("CT") and ends on November 15, 2005 at 11:59 p.m. CT (the "Promotion Period").
Tocquigny, Inc.´s computers are the official time keeping device for the
Promotion.
How to Enter:During the Promotion Period, visit www.futureready.org and follow
the links and instructions to complete and submit the Official Online Entry Form
to register an eligible school. The individual registering the school will
receive a confirmation email containing a link to the above website. This link
can be shared with teachers, administrators, support staff, and community
members, who may access the website, and provide a “hit” to the registered
school. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result
in disqualification.
Verification of Potential Winning School:Administrator is an independent judging
organization whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the
Sweepstakes and the verification of the potential winning schools are final and
binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. At the end of the Promotion
Period, the five (5) schools with the most “hits” will be deemed potential
winning schools. Dell Marketing, L.P. will notify the potential winning schools
on or around January 15, 2006. The potential winning schools will be notified by
mail, email or phone. The potential winning schools will be required to sign and
return to Sponsor, within fifteen (15) days of the date notice or attempted
notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility, and liability/publicity release in
order to claim its prize. If a potential winning school cannot be contacted, or
fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity
release within the required time period, potential winning school forfeits
prize. Potential winning school must continue to comply with all terms and
conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling
all requirements. In the event that a potential winning school is disqualified
for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to the school with the
next highest number of “hits” from among all remaining eligible entries.
Prizes:FIVE (5) PRIZES: Mobile Lab Prize Package. Prize package consists of: six
(6) Dell Latitude Notebooks ; six (6) Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional; one
(1) Motion Computing Tablet PC preloaded with Microsoft® Motion Basic Software;
one (1) Microsoft® Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition; seven (7) Microsoft® Office
Professional Edition 2003 including Learning Essentials for Microsoft® Office;
seven (7) Microsoft® Student 2006; one (1) MSDN Academic Alliance Subscription;
one (1) Microsoft Encarta Academic Online Server Subscription; one (1) Microsoft
Encarta Academic Online User Subscription; Microsoft® Office One Note® 2003; one
(1) Datamation 8-Module Notebook Security Cart; one (1) D-Link DSS 8 Plus –
Switch; one (1) Orinoco Tri Band Access Point; and one (1) Dell Laser Printer.
Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $10,000. The ARV of prizes are subject to
price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any
gap in time between the date the ARV is estimated for purposes of these Official
Rules and the date the prize is awarded or redeemed. Prizes are non-transferable
and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor´s sole
discretion. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute prizes with comparable
items of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become
unavailable for any reason. Winning school is responsible for all taxes and fees
associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning a Sweepstakes prize
depends on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period.
Total ARV of all prizes: $50,000.
Microsoft intends that the use of its products awarded as part of this
sweepstakes comply with applicable federal, state, and local government gift and
ethics rules. If you are a government employee (including an employee of a
public education institution), Microsoft products may be used solely for the
benefit of your agency/institution, and not for the personal use or benefit of
any individual. You should consult with your agency/institution counsel or
ethics officer prior to entering the sweepstakes and using such products. You
may return Microsoft products to Microsoft at its expense.
Release:By receipt of any prize, winning school agrees to release and hold
harmless Sponsors, Administrator, Tocquigny Inc., and their parent and affiliate
companies, promotional agencies, sales representatives, retailers, distributors,
and vendors and each such company´s officers, directors, employees and agents
(collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of
action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or
loss of property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or
use or misuse of any prize.
Publicity:Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes
winning school´s consent to Sponsor´s and its agents´ use of winning school´s
name, likeness, photograph, and location for promotional purposes in any media,
worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
General Conditions:Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify
the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any
other factor beyond Sponsor´s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper
functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
Sponsors reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any
individual´s registration or “hits”, or the school on whose behalf the
individual is participating, if it finds to be tampering with the entry process
or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these
Official Rules or any other Promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive
manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate
operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and,
should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from
any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor´s failure to
enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that
provision.
Limitations of Liability:The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any
incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors
or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the
Sweepstakes; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to
malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network
hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the
entry process or the Sweepstakes; (4) technical or human error which may occur
in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; or (5)
any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or
indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant´s participation in the Sweepstakes
or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's
registration or “hits” is/are confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost,
or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant´s sole remedy is another
registration” hit” in the Sweepstakes, provided that if it is not possible to
award another registration” hit” due to discontinuance of the Sweepstakes, or
any part of it, for any reason, Sponsors, at their sole discretion, may elect to
hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of
discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the
stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that production, technical,
seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than stated number of
prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed,
Sponsors reserve the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random
drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
Disputes:Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes,
claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or
any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan
State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan U.S.A.; (2) any and all claims,
judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred,
including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event
attorney´s fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to
obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect,
punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than
for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages
multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the
construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official
Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection
with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of Michigan, U.S.A. without giving effect to any choice of
law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other
jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction
other than the State of Michigan.
Entrant's Personal Information:Information collected from entrants is subject to
ePrize´s Privacy Policy and Dell´s Privacy Policy.
Sweepstakes Winners:For a list of winners and/or a copy of these Official Rules,
send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to “Empowering Educators Contest: Mobile
Lab Contest Winners/Rules”, c/o ePrize, LLC, P.O. Box 8070, Royal Oak, MI
48068-8070, U.S.A. Winner´s lists requests must be received by February 22,
2006. VT residents may exclude return postage.
Name Removal Notification System:If you would like your name removed from
Sponsor´s mailing list visit www.dell.com/privacy and your name will be removed
within sixty (60) days of the request.
FutureReady Contest: Intelligent Classroom Sweepstakes Official RulesNo purchase
necessary. A purchase or payment of any kind will not increase your chances of
winning.
Eligibility:FutureReady Contest: Intelligent Classroom Sweepstakes (the
“Sweepstakes”) is open only to publicly and privately accredited* elementary and
secondary schools with shipping addresses in the fifty (50) United States and
the District of Columbia. Home schools are not eligible. Individuals registering
a school must be eighteen (18) years of age or older, a U.S. citizen and a legal
resident of the fifty (50) United States (includes the District of Columbia),
and are teachers, administrators, support staff and/or school board members.
Employees of Dell Marketing, L.P., Microsoft Corporation, ePrize, LLC, Tocquigny,
Inc., and their parent and affiliate companies, promotional agencies, sales
representatives, retailers, distributors, and vendors and their immediate family
(spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members are not eligible
to participate in any capacity. Subject to all applicable federal, state, and
local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation constitutes
entrant´s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsors
and Administrator´s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters
related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all
requirements set forth herein.
Sponsors:Dell Marketing, L.P., One Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas 78682, and
Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052. Administrator:
ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069. 3. Timing: The
Sweepstakes begins on September 15, 2005 at 12:00 a.m. Central Time ("CT") and
ends on November 15, 2005 at 11:59 p.m. CT (the "Promotion Period"). Tocquigny,
Inc.´s computers are the official time keeping device for the Promotion.
How to Enter:During the Promotion Period, visit www.futureready.org and follow
the links and instructions to complete and submit the Official Online Entry Form
to register an eligible school. The individual registering the school will
receive a confirmation email containing a link to a contact information page.
This link can be shared with teachers, administrators, support staff, and school
board members associated with the school, who may access the linked page and
provide their own contact information. Each complete submission of requested
information constitutes an entry for the registered school. Duplicate and
incomplete submissions are disqualified. No limit on the number of submissions
for each registered school. Limit: one (1) sweepstakes entry per person during
the Promotion Period. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the
stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses,
identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that
participant´s entries and that participant may be disqualified. Use of any
automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in
disqualification of participant. In the event of a dispute as to any
registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to
register will be deemed to be the registrant or player. The “authorized account
holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access
provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for
assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.
The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized
account holder.
Prize Drawing:Three (3) winning schools will be randomly drawn, one from each of
the following categories of school populations: small (fewer than 500 students),
medium (500-1500 students) and large (more than 1500 students) as shown in
Market Data Retrievable (“MDRL.P. will notify the potential winning schools on
or around January 31, 2006. The potential winning schools will be notified by
mail, email or phone. The potential winning schools will be required to sign and
return to Sponsors, within fifteen (15) days of the date notice or attempted
notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility, and liability/publicity release in
order to claim its prize. If a potential winning school cannot be contacted, or
fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity
release within the required time period, potential winning school forfeits
prize. Potential winning schools must continue to comply with all terms and
conditions of these Official Rules and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all
requirements. In the event that a potential winning school is disqualified for
any reason, Sponsors will award the applicable prize to an alternate winning
school by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. Only (5)
alternate drawings will be held after which the prize will remain unawarded.
Prizes:Three schools will each win an Intelligent Classroom Prize Package. Prize
package consists of: one (1) Motion Computing Tablet PC; one (1) Microsoft®
Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition; thirty (30) Dell Latitude Notebooks; thirty (30)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Software; one (1) Datamation 30-Module
Notebook Security Cart; one (1) D-Link DSS 8 Plus - Switch; one (1) Orinoco Tri
Band Access Point; one (1) Dell Projector; one (1) Da-Lite Projector Screen; one
(1) Dell Laser Printer; one (1) TurningPoint 32 class pack (including both
hardware and software); one (1) ProMax Digital Processing Visualizer; one (1)
InterWrite SchoolPad; one (1) InterWrite SchoolBoard (mounted); six (6) Canon
PowerShot Digital Cameras; six (6) ScanDisk Secure Digital Memory Cards; three
(3) Canon Digital Camcorders; six (6) Canon Deluxe Tripod for Canon Compact
Cams; fifteen (15) Music Match Basic Software; fifteen (15) Dell DJ 20GB Gen 3
Digital Music Player; thirty-one (31) Cyber Acoustic Headsets/Microphones; one
(1) NetOp School Software for Teachers; thirty (30) NetOp School Software for
Students; thirty-one (31) Microsoft® Office Professional Edition 2003 Software
including Learning Essentials for Microsoft® Office; thirty-one (31) Microsoft®
Student 2006 Software; one (1) MSDN Academic Alliance one (1) Year Subscription;
one (1) Microsoft® Encarta Academic Online Server one (1) Year Subscription;
thirty-one (31) Microsoft® Encarta Academic Online User one (1) Year
Subscriptions; thirty-one (31) Microsoft® Office One Note® 2003 Software; one
(1) Secure Peripheral Storage Cart; one (1) DATAMATION SYSTEMS Fully integrated
multimedia steel cart; (1) Dell Installation Services (Custom Solution for Prize
Package); and one (1) Professional Development from Dell Training &
Certification (two (2) days, plus one (1) year subscription to online exchange).
Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $75,000. The ARV of prizes are subject to
price fluctuations in the time between the date the ARV is estimated for
purposes of these Official Rules and the date the prize is awarded or redeemed.
Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided
herein at the Sponsor´s sole discretion. Sponsors reserve the right to
substitute prizes with comparable items of equal or greater value if the
designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winning schools are
responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use.
Odds of winning a Sweepstakes prize depends on the number of eligible entries
received during the Promotion Period. Total ARV of all prizes: $225,000.
Microsoft intends that the use of its products awarded as part of this
sweepstakes comply with applicable federal, state, and local government gift and
ethics rules. If you are a government employee (including an employee of a
public education institution), Microsoft products may be used solely for the
benefit of your agency/institution, and not for the personal use or benefit of
any individual. You should consult with your agency/institution counsel or
ethics officer prior to entering the sweepstakes and using such products. You
may return Microsoft products to Microsoft at its expense.
Release:By receipt of any prize, winning school agrees to release and hold
harmless Sponsors, Administrator, Tocquigny, Inc., and their parent and
affiliate companies, promotional agencies, sales representatives, retailers,
distributors, and vendors and each such company´s officers, directors, employees
and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or
cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or
damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes
or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
Publicity:Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes
winning school´s consent to Sponsor´s and their agent´s use of winning school´s
name, likeness, photograph, and location for promotional purposes in any media,
worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
General Conditions:Sponsors reserve the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify
the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any
other factor beyond Sponsor´s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper
functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsors in their sole
discretion. Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify
any individual´s registration or entry, or the school on whose behalf the
individual is participating, if it finds to be tampering with the entry process
or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these
Official Rules or any other Promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive
manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate
operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and,
should such an attempt be made, Sponsors reserve the right to seek damages from
any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsors´ failure to
enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that
provision.
Limitations of Liability:The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any
incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors
or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the
Sweepstakes; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to
malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network
hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the
entry process or the Sweepstakes; (4) technical or human error which may occur
in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; or (5)
any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or
indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant´s participation in the Sweepstakes
or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's
registration or entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or
otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant´s sole remedy is another
registration/entry in the Sweepstakes, provided that if it is not possible to
award another entry due to discontinuance of the Sweepstakes, or any part of it,
for any reason, Sponsors, at their discretion, may elect to hold a random
drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of
discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the
stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that production, technical,
seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than stated number of
prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed
Sponsors reserve the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random
drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
Disputes:Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes,
claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or
any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan
State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan U.S.A.; (2) any and all claims,
judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred,
including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event
attorney´s fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to
obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect,
punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than
for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages
multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the
construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official
Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsors in connection
with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of Michigan, U.S.A. without giving effect to any choice of
law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other
jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction
other than the State of Michigan.
Entrant's Personal Information:Information collected from entrants is subject to
ePrize´s Privacy Policy and Dell´s Privacy Policy.
Sweepstakes Winners:For a list of winners and/or a copy of these Official Rules,
send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to “Empowering Educators Contest: Mobile
Lab Contest Winners/Rules”, c/o ePrize, LLC, P.O. Box 8070, Royal Oak, MI
48068-8070, U.S.A. Winner´s lists requests must be received by February 22,
2006. VT residents may exclude return postage.
Name Removal Notification System:If you would like your name removed from
Sponsor´s mailing list visit www.dell.com/privacy and your name will be removed
within sixty (60) days of the request.
*Accredited in accordance with applicable statutes, laws, codes, rules, and
regulations.
FutureReady Contest: K-12 IT Visionary Contest Official RulesNo purchase
necessary. A purchase or payment of any kind will not increase your chances of
winning.
Eligibility:FutureReady Contest: K–12 IT Visionary Contest (the “Contest”) is
open only to public and private elementary and secondary schools with shipping
addresses in the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia. Home
schools are not eligible. Individuals submitting an entry on behalf of their
school must be eighteen (18) years of age or older, a U.S. citizen and a legal
resident of the fifty (50) United States (includes the District of Columbia),
and either a full or part-time teacher, administrator, or support staff.
Employees of Dell Marketing, L.P., Microsoft Corporation, ePrize, LLC, Tocquigny,
Inc., and their parent and affiliate companies, promotional/contest agencies,
sales representatives, retailers, distributors, and vendors and their immediate
family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members are not
eligible to participate in any capacity. Subject to all applicable federal,
state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation
constitutes entrant´s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules
and Sponsors and Administrator´s decisions, which are final and binding in all
matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling
all requirements set forth herein.
Sponsors:Dell Marketing, L.P., One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682, and Microsoft
Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052. Administrator: ePrize, LLC,
One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069.
Timing: The Contest begins on September 15, 2005 at 12:00 a.m. Central Time
(“CT”) and ends on November 15, 2005 at 11:59 p.m. CT (the “Contest Period”).
Tocquigny, Inc.´s computers are the official time keeping device for the
Contest.
How to Enter:During the Contest Period, visit www.futureready.org and follow the
links and instructions for entry. Write and submit an essay of no longer than
two thousand (2,000) words, and a summary of the essay no longer than five
hundred (500) words, describing a vision for utilizing technology in education.
Entries must not be inappropriate, indecent or obscene, as determined by
Sponsors in their sole discretion. Proof of submission or sending is not proof
of receipt by Sponsors. All submissions become the exclusive property of
Sponsors, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Sponsors shall have the
perpetual right to edit, adapt, and publish any or all of the essays and/or
summaries submitted in whole or in part, and may use them in any media now known
or late developed without attribution or compensation to the contestant, author,
his or her successors or assigns, or any other entity. Submission of an entry in
this contest constitutes entrant´s and author´s irrevocable assignment,
conveyance, and transference to sponsors of all right, title, and interest in
the entry, including, without limitation, all copyrights. Sponsors are not
responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, illegible, or
misdirected requests, which are void. In addition, by entering, contestants
represent and warrant that the entries that they submit:
Are their own original creations;
Do not infringe any other person´s or entity´s rights; and
Have not been submitted previously in a contest of any kind.
Limit: One (1) Contest entry per person during the Contest Period.
Judging Criteria and Winner Selection: Entries will be divided into categories
corresponding to the number of students enrolled in the school on whose behalf
the essays are submitted. The school size categories are: small (fewer than 500
students), medium (500 to 1500 students), and large (more than 1500 students) as
shown in Market Data Retrievable (“MDR”) database on April 2005 as updated
through September 15, 2005. Winning entries will be chosen based on the
following criteria: (20%) Technological Innovation in Education, (20%) 21st
Century Skill Development, (20%) Enhanced Teacher Productivity and Instruction,
(20%) Using Data-Driven Decision Making to Increase Effectiveness of School
Administration, and (20%) Community Involvement. Qualified judges, whose
decisions regarding the contest and related matters are final, will choose the
contest winners. Judge´s decisions will be subjective and not subject to ties.
Winning schools will be notified by phone or mail on or about January 31, 2006.
Entrants must comply with all contest rules as published. Authorized
representatives from winning schools will be required to sign and return an
Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability and Publicity Release, where permitted,
within fifteen (15) days from the date on the prize notification. Winning
schools agree to conduct any and all media interviews related to the contest if
requested and not disparage the Sponsors during interviews. Failure to comply
with this requirement for any reason or return of prize notification or prize as
undeliverable will result in forfeiture of prize and an alternate winning school
will be selected by the judges from the remaining eligible entries and award the
prize. Acceptance of any prize shall constitute and signify the winning school´s
agreement and consent that Sponsors may use the winning school´s name, address
(city, state), likeness, and/or prize information for contextual purposes
worldwide, including the internet, without limitation and without further
payment or consideration, except where prohibited by law.
Prizes:Three schools will each win a K–12 IT Visionary Prize Package. Prizes
will be structured based on the winning essay entry and a needs assessment
conducted by Dell service professionals. Prize package will consist of client
and enterprise computer hardware and software products offered for sale by Dell
and Microsoft with an approximate retail value of $250,000. Final prize package
is determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion. For all prizes: Winning
schools are responsible for all taxes on prizes. No cash equivalent and all
prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided
herein at the Sponsor´s sole discretion. Sponsors reserve the right to
substitute any listed prize for one of equal or greater value if a designated
prize should become unavailable for any reason.
Microsoft intends that the use of its products awarded as part of this
sweepstakes comply with applicable federal, state, and local government gift and
ethics rules. If you are a government employee (including an employee of a
public education institution), Microsoft products may be used solely for the
benefit of your agency/institution, and not for the personal use or benefit of
any individual. You should consult with your agency/institution counsel or
ethics officer prior to entering the sweepstakes and using such products. You
may return Microsoft products to Microsoft at its expense.
General Conditions:By entering or participating in the Contest, participants
agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Sponsors assume no responsibility for
electronic hardware, programming or software malfunctions, or failures, or line
connections, accessibility or availability, or technical failures of any kind,
or unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of
any entry or other information, or for the failure to capture any such
information. Sponsors are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate
information, whether caused by entrants, or by any of the equipment or
programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures
of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or
disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized
human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; or (4)
technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or
the processing of entries. Further, if, for any reason, the Contest is not
capable of running as planned by reason of infection by virus, bugs, worms,
tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other
causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsors, may corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest,
Sponsors reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to cancel, terminate,
modify or suspend the Contest, and select the winning school for the Contest,
from the entries received prior to the action taken or in other such manner as
deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsors.
Release and Limitation of Liability:Participants, by participating in this
Contest, hereby waive and release, and agree to hold harmless the Sponsors,
Tocquigny, Inc., ePrize, LLC, parent and affiliate companies,
promotional/contest agencies, sales representatives, retailers, distributors,
and vendors and all of their respective officers, directors, employees,
representatives and agents, from and against, any and all rights, claims and
causes of action whatsoever that they may have, or which may arise, against any
of them for any liability for any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, including
but not limited to any injury, loss, damage, whether direct, compensatory,
incidental or consequential, to person, including death and property, arising in
whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from their acceptance, possession, use
or misuse of the prize in the Contest, or their participation in the Contest, or
their participation in any Contest or prize related activity. Winning schools
also further acknowledges that Sponsors, Tocquigny, Inc., ePrize, LLC, parent
and affiliate companies, promotional/contest agencies, sales representatives,
retailers, distributors, and vendors and all of their respective officers,
directors, employees, representatives and agents have neither made, nor are in
any manner responsible or liable for, any warranty, representation or guarantee,
expressed or implied, in fact or in law relative to any prize or these Contest
including but not limited to quality, condition or fitness for a particular
purpose.
Disputes:Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes,
claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any
prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan
State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan U.S.A.; (2) any and all claims,
judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred,
including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event
attorney´s fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to
obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect,
punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than
for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages
multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the
construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official
Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsors in connection
with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of Michigan, U.S.A. without giving effect to any choice of law
or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other
jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction
other than the State of Michigan.
Entrant's Personal Information:Information collected from entrants is subject to
ePrize´s Privacy Policy and Dell´s Privacy Policy.
Sweepstakes Winners:For a list of winners and/or a copy of these Official Rules,
send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to “Empowering Educators Contest: Mobile
Lab Contest Winners/Rules”, c/o ePrize, LLC, P.O. Box 8070, Royal Oak, MI
48068-8070, U.S.A. Winner´s lists requests must be received by February 22,
2006. VT residents may exclude return postage.
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