FIRST Canada Alumni Contest
(THE “CONTEST RULES”) NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. FIRST Canada Alumni Contest (THE “CONTEST”) IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW AND SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
Sponsor
The Contest is sponsored by FIRST ROBOTICS CANADA, with a mailing address of P.O. Box 518, Pickering Main, Pickering, Ontario, L1V 2R7, Canada (the “Sponsor”).
Eligibility. The Contest is open to residents of Canada, excluding Quebec, who are 17 or over at the time of entry and must have gone through either FIRST Robotics Competition or FIRST Tech Challenge Program. (Alumni). In the case of individuals below the age of majority in their province or territory of residence, proof of identification must be provided to the Sponsor if requested. Individuals and or their parents or legal guardians if under the age of 18 must consent to these rules to participate in the Contest. Employees of the Sponsor, its parents, PR affiliates, advertising and promotional agencies, contest administrators, and any other parties engaged in the development, production or distribution of Contest materials, and those living in the same household of such individuals or parties are not eligible to enter the Contest. By participating in the Contest, entrants, or their parent or legal guardian, as applicable, acknowledge compliance with, and agree to be bound by, these Contest Rules. Entrants, or their parent or legal guardian, as applicable, who do not comply with any of the Contest Rules are subject to disqualification by the Sponsor, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Contest Dates and Times. The Contest begins on June 24 and closes on July 30 (the “Contest Period”) after which time the Contest will be closed and no further entries will be accepted for the Contest.
How to Enter
Participants are automatically entered into the contest if they fill out the form and check the box that says “I want to be entered into the contest” on the form hosted at https://firstroboticscanada.org/get-involved/alumni/ . Entries that are late, lost, stolen, illegible, are damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled or incomplete, altered or otherwise irregular or that do not conform with or satisfy any or all of the conditions of the Contest Rules are void.
Participants or their parents or legal guardians, as applicable, grant Sponsor a non-exclusive license to use all entries for any purpose.
Prizing
One winner will be randomly selected to win the following prize pack (list of prizes and values coming soon) (Selected Entrant)
The winner, or their parent or legal guardian, as applicable, assume any and all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by entering, participating in this Contest or the use or redemption of a prize. Prizes must be accepted as awarded and have no cash value. Prizes or any portion of a prize cannot be combined with other discounts, promotions, or special offers, if any. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute an alternate prize of equal or greater value if an advertised prize is unavailable at the time of award.
Odds of Winning
The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries submitted by 12 noon (ET) on the last day of the Contest Period.
Skill-Testing Question
Selected Entrants, or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable, will be required, as a condition of winning a prize, to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, the Sponsor’s time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by email.
Selected Entrants will be deemed winners if they meet all the eligibility criteria set out in these Contest Rules.
If a Selected Entrant does not meet the eligibility criteria, they will be disqualified and
will not receive a prize. Upon notifying the winners, Selected Entrants, or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable, will be required to: correctly answer the Sponsor’s skill-testing question. sign and return the Sponsor’s Declaration of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release form (the “Winner Release”); and comply with all other Contest Rules, all in the sole discretion of Sponsor.
Selected Entrants, or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable, will be notified within five (5) business days after the Contest close date and will be contacted by email and/or telephone provided at the time of entry into the Contest.
In the event that the Sponsor cannot contact a Selected Entrant for whatever reason within two (2) business days of the first attempt to contact, the selected entrant will be deemed to have forfeited any rights to the prize and a back-up entrant will be selected in the same manner by random draw taken from the same pool of entries, in which event, the foregoing provisions of this sentence shall also apply to such other eligible entry. A Selected Entrant, or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable, that does not or cannot accept a prize may be forfeited and a new Selected Entrant selected by random draw, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion. A signed copy of the Sponsor’s Winner Release must be received by the Sponsor no later than three (3) business days after receipt from the Sponsor via email. Sponsor is not responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a Selected Entrant, or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable, to receive notification or for the Sponsor to receive a Selected Entrant’s (or their parent(s)' or legal guardian(s)', as applicable) response.
Release and Indemnification
All winners, or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as
applicable, must sign the Winner Release to: (i) confirm compliance with all Contest Rules;
(ii) agree to accept prizes as awarded; (iii) release, discharge and hold harmless the Sponsor, its parents or affiliates, advertising and promotional agencies, counsel, marketing partners, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders, successors, sponsors, partners, licensees, subsidiaries, agents, artists, advisors, assignees, and all others associated with the administration, development and execution of the Contest (the “Released Parties”) from any and all manner of action, cause of action, claim or demand, loss or injury, or any suit, debt, covenant, contract, including legal fees and expenses, whatsoever, including but not limited to, claims based on negligence, breach of contract and fundamental breach, failure of any third-party contractor or supplier used in connection with any aspect of the Contest to perform or deliver any goods or services, or any act of God or any other event beyond the Released Parties’ control, any dissatisfaction of any kind by a winner, or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable, with any aspect of the Contest or any prize, liability for physical injury, death, or property damage which the entrants, or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable, guests or other third parties, their heirs, successors or assigns have, might have or could have suffered, by reason of or arising out of the entrant’s (or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable)
participation in the Contest and/or in connection with the acceptance and/or exercise by the entrant (or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable) of prizes as awarded; and (iv) indemnify the Released Parties against any loss, damage or expense, including legal fees, that any of the Released Parties may suffer or incur as a result of any non-compliance by entrants (or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable) with any of the Contest Rules or participation in the Contest and/or in connection with the acceptance and/or exercise by an entrant (or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable), use or misuse of a prize or any travel related thereto.
The Sponsor is not responsible for: (i) incorrect or inaccurate entry information that may affect a person’s ability to participate in the Contest or be awarded a prize, including but not limited to human error, technical malfunctions, lost or delayed entries for any reason, mail failures, omission, or any combination thereof, and entries that fail to fully comply with these Contest Rules; (ii) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (iii) lost, incomplete, delayed, mutilated or misdirected entries or Winner Releases; (iv) injury or damage to entrants’ (or their parent(s)' or legal guardian(s)' (as applicable) computers or to any other individual’s computer related to oo resulting from participating in, or downloading any material regarding the Contest or accepting a prize; (v) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s (or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable) participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize, including any related travel and the use of entries by Sponsor; (vi) the security or privacy of information transmitted via computer networks or for breaches of privacy due to interference by third-party computer hackers or otherwise; or (vii) late, lost, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to notify a potential winner.
Other Conditions
The Sponsor reserves the right to terminate or amend this Contest at any time and in
anyway, without prior notice to entrants (or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable). Without limiting the foregoing, if, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, the Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Contest and conduct a random draw from all previously eligible entries received by the end of the Contest Period. Prizes must be accepted as awarded and may not be exactly as shown. The Sponsor reserves the right to replace selected prizes with one of equal or greater value at its discretion. The prizes will be delivered by standard ground mail to the address provided for that purpose by the winner.
Publicity
With the exception of any personal information of entrants (and/or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable) which is subject to applicable privacy laws, with any participation in the Contest, entrants, or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable, consent to the use of the entrant's name, social media handle(s), comments and image, or other likeness, whether on videotape or via photograph on the Sponsor’s websites, social media channels or other promotional vehicles and media of Sponsor, for the administration of the Contest or any publicity carried out by the Sponsor, (and any co-sponsors) and their respective parent and affiliate companies, and each of their agents and representatives, and marketing partners, without further notice or compensation. Law. The Contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all applicable Canadian federal, provincial, territorial, municipal, and local laws. This Contest shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the province of Ontario, including all issues and questions
concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Contest rules,
rights and obligations between entrants (or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), as applicable)
and the Sponsor, and procedural provisions, without giving effect to any choice of law or
conflict of law rules. Any dispute shall be adjudicated by the courts sitting in the City of
Toronto in the province of Ontario.
Rule Amendments
The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend or modify
these Contest Rules, or modify, cancel or suspend this Contest, without prior notice for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation in the event that any cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor corrupts, or threatens to corrupt, the security or proper administration of the Contest.
Intellectual Property
All intellectual property, including but not limited to trademarks, logos,
designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, images, drawings, illustrations, slogans, and representations are owned by the Sponsor. All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any of the Sponsor’s intellectual property without the express written consent of the Sponsor is strictly prohibited.
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