Important: Read these rules before entering this contest (the "Contest"). By participating in this Contest, either by submitting an entry or accepting a prize, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and represent that you satisfy all eligibility requirements below.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
Contest Introduction
As the statewide representative for Ohio’s 24 electric co-ops, Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives (“OEC” or “Sponsor”) values those who show their commitment to the cooperative principle of “Commitment to Community” and who make our cooperative communities better places to live.
OEC and its member electric cooperatives seek to honor inspirational members and those who may live in a member’s household, in the state of Ohio. This is an opportunity for members of OEC-affiliated co-ops to nominate someone who has made a positive impact on their community. In addition to being recognized, the nominees have the chance to win one of ten (10) $500 cash prizes.
Contest Sponsor
The Sponsor of this Contest is Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. d/b/a Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives (“OEC” or “Sponsor”), 6677 Busch Boulevard, Columbus, OH 43229. The Contest’s prizes will be solely managed and awarded by OEC.
The Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
Contest Period & Announcement of Winners
The Contest consists of an entry period followed by winner selection by a panel of judges selected by OEC. The entry period begins at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on May 1, 2022 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2022. Winners will be announced no later than July 31, 2022.
How to Enter
To enter, visit www.OhioCoopLiving.com/wpyo and follow the instructions to submit an entry. All entries will be reviewed by Sponsor for compliance with these official rules.
Eligibility
- Nominators must be the legal age of majority in Ohio, a resident of the state Ohio and a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident. Employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, and members of any OEC member electric cooperative, or those who reside in the household of a rural electric cooperative member, may nominate candidates that meet the eligibility requirements.
- Nominees must be at least 17 years of age (parental/guardian consent may be required), an Ohio resident, a member of an Ohio rural electric cooperative or reside in the household of a rural electric cooperative member, and a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident. NOTE: Employees, officers, and directors of OEC or any OEC member electric cooperative are not eligible to be a nominee and thus cannot win any prizes in the Contest.
- Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an entry, without notice, and for any reason.
Submission Criteria
Submissions must depict how the nominee has made a positive impact in your community.
In addition, the following criteria must be met:
- Nominations may not contain offensive, defamatory, obscene, lewd, discriminatory, unlawful, or inappropriate content, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
- By nominating an individual, you (1) represent and warrant that you have the individual’s permission to feature the individual and his/her name, image, and/or likeness in your entry, and (2) the nominee has granted permission for your entry to be publicly posted in any form, manner, or media and for OEC to use your entry and the nominee’s name, image, or likeness for any commercial or non-commercial purposes. If any nominee objects to these terms, or their appearance therein, the entry will be disqualified.
- Nominations may only contain or depict the name, image, likeness, and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of individuals who expressly consented; provided, however, that in no event may any Entry contain sensitive PII, or such other sensitive information, like health information or social security numbers. If requested by OEC, nominees must be able to provide proof of consent received by the nominated individuals and shall timely deliver such consent to OEC as requested.
- Nominations cannot feature any individuals who are minors, without the express written consent of the minor’s legal guardians, which must be provided to OEC consistent with the above.
- Nominations cannot include any third-party trademarks (logos, names), copyrighted materials (music, images, videos), or any other type of protected intellectual property that you do not own or have the right to use for purposes of an entry in this Contest, and for OEC’s future use.
By submitting an entry, the nominator and nominee:
- Agree to these official rules and confirm your entry conforms to the entry requirements. Sponsor will, at its sole discretion, disqualify any entry not meeting the entry criteria and eligibility requirements.
- Grant Sponsor and its representatives, agents, and assigns a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free right and license to use your entry in any media whatsoever now known or later invented for any non-commercial or commercial purpose, without further permission from or compensation to the nominator or the nominee.
- Agree to have your respective name, image, likeness or state of residence displayed online and in print or in any other media, and used by Sponsor for any purpose, at any time, without any fee or other form of compensation.
Single Submission
Entries should be limited to one entry per nominee. Multiple entries per nominee will not increase the nominee’s chances of winning.
Odds of Winning
Your odds of winning depends upon the number of eligible entries received.
Winner Determination
Following the close of the entry period, a panel of judges selected by OEC will review all eligible entries and select winners based on the following judging criteria, each to be weighted equally:
- Creativity and originality
- The nominee’s positive impact on your community
The entries with the highest score will be deemed potential winners. In the event of a tie, an additional tie-breaking judge will determine the potential winner(s) based on the judging criteria.
Contest Prizes and Collection
Prizes will be awarded to the nominees profiled in winning submissions. A nominator shall receive no prize money or other award under this Contest.
Prizes are as follows:
Each winner will receive a $500 award in the form of a check. Total value of all prizes = up to $5,000.
Depending on the number of valid submissions, Sponsor reserves the right to select fewer than ten (10) or more than ten (10) potential winners.
Sponsor will work with winning nominators and prize winners to manage prize delivery. Nominators and nominees will be notified via email or telephone within fourteen (14) days following the end of the judging period.
Nominators and prize winners may be required to complete and sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release (unless prohibited by law) and any other documents or tax forms required by Sponsor. Forms which must be returned within ten (10) days of the date appearing on notification.
If any notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, if Sponsor is unable to contact Nominators or prize winner within a reasonable period, or if no response is received within the specified prize claim deadline, Sponsor may award the prize to the next highest scoring entry or chose not to award the prize at all.
Prize winners may not substitute, assign, or transfer any prize. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute any prize with one of comparable or greater value.
Other Conditions
By entering this Contest or accepting any prize, Nominator and Nominee agree:
- To abide by these official rules and decisions of Sponsor and judges, which shall be final and binding in all respects relating to this contest;
- To release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, and all of its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, law firms, and service providers, and the respective officers, directors, shareholders, members, employees, agents and representatives of the forgoing (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any and all injuries, liability, losses and damages of any kind to persons, including death, or property resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from Nominator or Nominee’s participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize; and
- To the use of Nominator or Nominee’s name, Entry, photograph, image or likeness for any commercial or non-commercial purposes including, without limitation, programming, advertising, and publicity, in all media, now or hereafter known, worldwide and on the Internet, and in perpetuity by Sponsor and its designees, without compensation (unless prohibited by law) or additional consents and without prior notice, approval or inspection. Nominator and Nominee agree to execute specific consent to such use if asked to do so.
Released Parties are not responsible for:
- Lost, late, incomplete, illegible, damaged, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered, or garbled Entries; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing or judging of entries, the announcement of the prizes, the incorrect uploading of an entry in any Contest-related materials.
- Any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest.
- Injury or damage to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from or use of the website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Contest or website, who act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or who are in violation of these official rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated Entries will be void. Should any portion of the Contest be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, nonauthorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of Entries, or in the event the Contest is unable to run as planned for any other reason, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winners from all eligible, non-suspect Entries received prior to action taken using the judging criteria outlined above.
Should multiple users of the same email account enter the Contest and a dispute arises regarding the identity of the entrant, the authorized account subscriber of said email account at the time of entry will be considered the entrant and must comply with these official rules. “Authorized account subscriber” is defined as the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization, which is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
All rights and obligations of Nominator/Entrant and Nominee in connection with the Contest shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Ohio, without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
