“The Geek Hunt” (“Contest”) is sponsored by the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce Foundation (“Sponsor”) and is governed by these “Official Rules”. In order to enter the Contest, you must agree to these Official Rules. T he Contest opens at 9:00 AM EDT on November 21, 2011 and concludes when announced on the Contest web site www.thegigcity.com/geekhunt (the "Site") or at 5:00 PM EDT on March 20, 2012, whichever comes first.
ELIGIBILITY:
This Contest is open to individuals, teams of individuals and business entities in all countries (each individual, each team, each individual member of a team, and each entity is referred to as an "Entrant" in these Official Rules). Entrant(s) must be age 18 or older as of the date of submitting the entry ("Entry"). For application to the “Student” track of the competition, the entrant must be a registered student at a college or university at the time of application.
Anyone is eligible to enter the Contest to help promote the overall “Gig Prizes” contest by identifying “geeks” and encouraging them to enter the Gig Prizes competition. The following persons are not eligible to win the Contest: (i) directors and officers of Sponsor and their immediate family members; and (ii) directors and officers of organizations that are providing financial support to the Contest and their immediate family members. "Immediate family members" mean a person's parents, children, siblings, and spouse
If an Entrant enters the Contest as part of a corporation or other legal entity (hereinafter collectively "Entity"), the Entrant warrants that the appropriate corporate officers, executives, managers or other persons having the authority to approve Entrant's Entry into this Contest have approved the Entrant's Entry and the Entrant understands that these Official Rules will be binding on both the Entrant and the Entity. If such Entity is selected to receive a prize, a corporate officer or person entitled to bind the Entity will be required to validate that the Entrant is entitled to receive the prize on the behalf of the Entity and the corporate officer or person entitled to bind the Entity must provide the appropriate information for receiving the prize.
By entering, Entrant agrees to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor, affiliated organizations, persons and entities providing financial or in-kind support for the Contest, Contest contractors and vendors and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, and contractors ("Released Parties") from any and all liability, claims, judgments, losses, injuries, demands, damages, actions, and/or causes of actions, whether direct or indirect, which may be due to or arise out of participation in the Contest or any portion thereof, or the acceptance, use/misuse or possession of any prize or Released Parties' use of any of the rights granted herein.
The Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and independent judges are final and binding in all respects. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. The Contest is void wherever prohibited or restricted by any mandatory national, state or other government laws in form and language as provided herein and is subject to all applicable mandatory federal (national), state and local laws.
By participating, Entrants agree to these Official Rules and to the decisions of the Judges, whose decisions are final and binding in all respects. If you do not accept these Official Rules, you are not eligible to participate in the Contest and should not apply. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to amend, withdraw or revise these Official Rules and the Prizes at any time without notice and in such event the Sponsor shall not have any liability whatsoever. Sponsor also reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel the Contest at any time.
HOW TO ENTER:
To enter the Contest, the Entrant must go to the Contest web site www.thegigcity.com/thegeekhunt (the "Site") during the Application Period follow the instructions and select either the Facebook or Twitter button to identify his/her favorite “geeks” and encourage them to apply for the “Gig Tank.” The Entrant must have or obtain a free Facebook or Twitter account to complete this process.
Multiple Entries:
The Entrant may select as many “geeks” as he/she wishes.
