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Official Rules: The 100-hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge

This Challenge Is Open Only To UW–Madison Students Currently Registered for The Spring Semester, 2008. To Enter, Read The Official Rules Below. When You Enter The Challenge By Accepting The Entry Voucher, You Agree To Abide By All Rules.

No Purchase Necessary.

  1. Eligibility:

    Open to individuals or teams of individuals, all of whom are students registered for classes for the Spring semester 2008 at UW–Madison . The following are not eligible to enter the Challenge: faculty, academic staff, employees or contractors of the UW–Madison or UW–system (“Sponsor”) or principals or employees of any entity supporting the sponsor in carrying out the Challenge (Related Challenge Parties). Students registered for the Spring semester, 2008 who are student hourly employees, teaching or graduate assistants or are otherwise employed in a part time capacity by the UW–Madison are eligible to participate in this Challenge.

  2. To Enter:

    To enter the Challenge, you must register and obtain an Entry Voucher. Vouchers will be available for download from the 100-Hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge section of the Wiscontrpreneur.org web site beginning at 6:00 p.m. CDT, Thursday, April 17, 2008.

  3. Challenge Schedule
    1. Phase 1: Challenge

      An individual Entrant or an Entrant Team (for purposes of these rules Entrant shall mean either an individual Entrant or an Entrant Team) enters the Challenge by downloading and completing the 100-Hour Challenge Entry Voucher good for $10 on any purchase at the UW’s SWAP (Surplus With A Purpose) Shop sale in the Memorial Union on Friday, April 18, 2008. Entrants complete their Submission to the Challenge by entering their name (or Team name), the title of their Entry and a link to their Entry on the Challenge website by 10:00 p.m. CDT, Monday, April 21, 2008 (see below).

    2. Phase 2: People’s Choice viewing

      By 12:00 p.m. CDT Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 all Submissions will be posted to The 100-Hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge along with the title of the Submission and a link to a public website where the details of the Submission can be viewed. During this period, viewing of Submissions is open to all. As of 12:00 p.m. CDT, Thursday April 24, 2008, the total number of unique clicks associated with each Submission’s link, and originating from the Entries page, will be tallied.

    3. Phase 3: Judging

      A panel of independent judges will review Submissions and will select a winner in each of the following three categories:

      • Most potential value (as measured in US dollars) generated
      • most creative
      • most potential social value generated

      Winners will be announced on Wiscontrepreneur.org at 12:00 noon CDT on Monday, April 28, 2008.

  4. Submission Format And Content Requirements
    1. The Challenge Assignment

      Entrants will compete by using their Entry Voucher obtained by download from the Challenge website to make a purchase of any item or items at UW–SWAP having a collective value of up to but not exceeding $10.00. Using the item(s) purchased with the Entry Voucher, Entrants proceed to develop a Submission that creates some kind of value from the item(s) purchased. Value will be measured and judged solely in terms of the three Challenge categories by the panel of Challenge judges. Each Entrant may make only one Submission and Submissions must be based primarily on items purchased with the Entry Voucher.

    2. Judging

      Submissions will be evaluated equally on the following criteria:

      • Most potential value (money) generated
      • Most potential social value generated
      • Most creative

      The determinations of the judges are final and binding.

    3. Technical Requirements

      Submissions must be contained within either:

      • A video up to 2 minutes in length
      • 3 digital slides (e.g. Powerpoint or similar).
      • 3 digital photos
    4. Additional Requirements
      1. Submissions must be in English.
      2. Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, remove, delete and/or disqualify Submissions deemed to be inappropriate, illegal or non–compliant with these Rules any time during the judging phase.
      3. The person who exchanges the Challenge Entry Voucher at the time of purchase from UW–SWAP will be deemed the Official Representative of the Entrant. Each Entrant shall register using a wisc.edu domain email address at the time of accepting the Challenge Entry Voucher. Students may only participate once in this Challenge; e.g., multiple Entries or participation on more than one Entry Team is prohibited. Any dispute regarding the identity of an Entrant will be resolved in favor of the individual who is the holder of the registered wisc.edu email address issued by UW–Madison.
      4. If a team of individuals elects to collaborate on a Submission, each team member must register at the time of exchange of the Challenge Voucher with their name and wisc.edu email address (it is recommended that all members of the team be present at time the Challenge Voucher is exchanged for a purchase but if a member of a team cannot be present, he/she may be registered by the team’s Official Representative provided all required information can be supplied). At the time of Voucher exchange, the team must designate one (1) person as the Official Representative of the team for the purpose of all subsequent communications with the team in connection with the Challenge. Each team participant must agree to these Rules. Any prize(s) will be awarded to the Official Representative on behalf of the team. The Sponsor is not liable for any disputes between or among team members arising under or related to the Challenge.
      5. Entrants may only enter one (1) Submission which must
        1. be suitable for display or publication in public (i.e., may not be obscene or indecent, including but not limited to nudity, pornography or profanity);
        2. not contain defamatory statements (including but not limited to words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic group);
        3. not include threats to any person, place, business, group or world peace;
        4. not be the same or substantially similar to a submission that has been entered in and won a previous Challenge or other contest;
        5. not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity; and
        6. not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations or network standards.
      6. Each Submission must be the work of the Entrant or Entrant Team and must not contain any copyrighted materials (other than as owned by the Entrant). In particular, a Submission may not incorporate elements of audiovisual works copyrighted by others. Any elements appearing in a Submission, including without limitation, music, audio, speech/voiceovers, stills, video, supers, or other audiovisual materials used must be entirely original, created and performed by the Entrant or the Entrant Team, or be in the public domain, or be legally downloadable from a Web Site specified by the Entrant. Use of any elements, including, without limitation, music, audio, speech/voiceovers, video, stills, visuals, or other materials that are not original, in the public domain, or legally downloadable from a specified Web Site may result in disqualification of Submission, in Sponsor’s sole discretion.

        All Submissions will be screened for content before being judged; however, such review does not relieve Entrant from responsibility for compliance with these Official Rules. Submissions that do not comply with these Official Rules or that otherwise contain prohibited or inappropriate content as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will be disqualified and will not be published on the Wiscontrepreneur.org website or considered for a category prize. Sponsor determines which Submissions are eligible for a category Prize. Certain Submissions may be featured from time to time on Wiscontrepreneur.org after the deadline for entry.

  5. Selection Of Winners
    1. Phase 1: Challenge

      Sponsor is not responsible for the failure of the Entrants to accurately post a viable link to a video or file describing their Submission. All posted eligible Submissions will be considered in Phase 2.

    2. Phase 2: People’s Choice

      Web Site visitors who click on links to various Entrants’ material will become the basis for the People’s Choice Award, which will be awarded to the Submission having the largest number of unique visits as judged by the number of unique clicks on the link for that entry at Wiscontrepreneur.org during the 48 hour period ending 12:00 p.m. CDT, Thursday April 24, 2008.

    3. Phase 3: Final Judging

      A panel of judges, drawn from Madison–area entrepreneurs and UW–Madison faculty, will determine the final winners. One winner will be selected for each of the following Category Prizes: Most Potential Value (Money) Generated; Most Potential Social Value Generated; Most Creative.

    All Finalists are subject to verification of eligibility, compliance with these Rules and completion and execution of the release forms described below. If Sponsor’s attempt to notify a Finalist is not deliverable, or if a Finalist cannot be verified, the prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate Finalist.

    Entrants agree that the Sponsor has the sole right to decide all matters and disputes arising from this Challenge and that all decisions of Sponsor are final and binding. Finalists, by acceptance of a Category Prize, agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor and Related Challenge Parties, as well as each of their respective parent and affiliated entities, and each of their employees, representatives and contractors from any and all liability, loss, damage, cost or claim related to any allegation regarding the acceptance or use of their prize, including but not limited to the public announcement(s) about the Submission.

    Prizes: Each of three (3) category winners will receive a cash prize of $300.00. The People’s Choice Prize will be $100.00 based on the entrant whose link receives the largest number of unique clicks during the 48 hour period ending at 12:00 p.m. CDT Thursday April 24, 2008.

    Total Value Of All Prizes In The Challenge Is: $1,000.00.

  6. Challenge Terms Of Submission

    As conditions of entry into this Challenge, and by posting an entry, each Entrant or Entrant Team:

    1. Warrants and represents that the Entrant is the sole owner of all rights to the Submission, including, without limitation, the video or digital recording and the performance contained in the Submission, with the exception of any UW–Madison assets used by Entrants in connection with this Challenge;
    2. Warrants and represents that the Entrant is the individual pictured and/or heard in the Submission, or alternatively, that the Entrant has obtained written permission from each person who appears or is heard in the Submission to grant the rights to the Sponsor and can make copies of such permissions available to the Sponsor upon request;
    3. Warrants and represents that the Entrant’s Submission:
      1. is original to the Entrant and has been legally obtained and created;
      2. does not infringe the intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights or any other legal or moral rights of any third party, or violate applicable laws, regulations, or network standards;
      3. ) is not the same or substantially similar to a submission that has been entered in and won previous Challenges or contests;
      4. has not been published previously in any medium;
    4. Irrevocably grants to Sponsor and its affiliates, legal representatives, assigns, agents and licensees, the unconditional and perpetual right and permission to reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, publicly perform, adapt, exhibit and/or otherwise use or reuse (without limitation as to when or to the number of times used), the Entrant’s name, image, voice, likeness, statements, biographical material and Submission, including, but not limited to, the video or digital recording and performances contained in any of the above items (in each case, as submitted or as edited/modified in any way by the Sponsor, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion), as well as any additional photographic images, video images, portraits, interviews or other materials relating to the Entrant and arising out of his/her participation in this Challenge whether with or without using the Entrant’s name (collectively, the “Additional Materials”) in any media throughout the world for any purpose related to the Challenge, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from the Entrant or any other party.
    5. If an Entrant does not wish his or her name, photograph, voice, likeness and/or biographical information to be released in connection with promotion or publicity related to the Challenge, he or she may so request by writing a letter to Challenge Manager, Office of Corporate Relations, UW–Madison, 455 Science Drive, Madison, WI 53711, enumerating specifically which of the name, photograph, likeness, voice and/or biographical information the Entrant wishes to withhold. Such letter must be postmarked by Friday, April 25, 2008. Entrant acknowledges that such a request may disqualify his/her Submission to the extent that the information requested to be withheld is an integral part of the Submission.
    6. In the event that an Entrant is under the age of 18 and does not opt out as described in section 6(e), above, Entrant agrees to obtain his/her parent’s/guardian’s written permission for Sponsor to use Entrant’s name, photograph or likeness for the purposes described in section 6(d), above. The written permission must be submitted to Challenge Manager, Office of Corporate Relations, UW–Madison, 455 Science Drive, Madison, WI 53711, in a letter postmarked no later than Friday, April 25, 2008, or Entrant’s Submission may be disqualified.
    7. Agrees to release, indemnify and hold the Sponsor and Related Challenge Parties harmless from any and all liability or claims of any kind or description arising from participation in the Challenge brought or asserted by Entrant or third parties, including but not limited to liability arising from the content of the Submission or Additional Materials, acts or omissions of the Entrant in the course of the Challenge, and the subsequent use and promotion of the Submission or Additional Materials by Sponsor or Related Challenge Parties.
  7. General Conditions:

    All Entrants must have a valid Challenge Entry Voucher and wisc.edu e-mail address. Finalists are solely responsible for any taxes on their respective prizes. No substitution of a prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Prizes are non–transferable. By participating, Entrants agree to these Official Rules, which are final and binding in all respects. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. Finalists will be notified by e–mail, phone and/or mail. The UW–Madison may be required to withhold and report income tax in the case of any prize–winning Entrant or member of an Entrant Team that is an international student. Specific treatment accorded to any such prize–winning Entrant will depend on the specifics of the situation including the nationality of the student and how long he/she has been present in the Us. If for any reason the Challenge is not capable of running as planned, including without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Challenge, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion to cancel, modify or terminate the Challenge. Further, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual deemed to be

    1. tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Challenge or any Sponsor or related website;
    2. violating the Official Rules;
    3. violating the terms of service, conditions of use and/or general rules or guidelines of any Sponsor property or service, or
    4. (acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person and help ensure that the use of any such person in advertising or publicity for the Challenge will not bring Sponsor into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Challenge or the Sponsor, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.

    This Challenge is offered only in the State of Wisconsin and is governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin. All claims relating in any manner to this Challenge or to any Submission must be resolved in the federal or district courts located in Madison, WI. Void where prohibited, taxed or regulated.

  8. Limitations Of Liability And Release:

    No liability or responsibility is assumed by Sponsor or Related Challenge Parties resulting from any Entrant’s participation in or attempt to participate in the Challenge or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with participating in the Challenge. No responsibility or liability is assumed by the Sponsor or Related Challenge Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction which may effect the operation of the Challenge. By participating in the Challenge, the Entrant releases Sponsor and Related Challenge Parties from any and all claims, damages or liabilities arising from or relating to such Entrant’s participation in the Challenge. By accepting a prize in the Challenge, winners agree that the Sponsor and Related Challenge Parties shall not be liable for any loss or injury resulting from participation in the Challenge, acceptance or use of any prize, or any travel related thereto. Sponsor, and the Challenge Parties are not liable in the event that any portion of the Challenge is cancelled due to weather, fire, strike, acts of war or terrorism, or any other condition beyond their control.

  9. Winners List/Rules Request:

    The official Challenge Rules and list of the Challenge winners will be available on the Challenge Web Site. For a hard copy of the names of the Winners or Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope postmarked by Friday, May 9, 2008 to: Office of Corporate Relations, Attention: Challenge Manager, 455 Science Drive Suite 230, Madison, WI 53711.

  10. Sponsor: The University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Presented by the Office of Corporate Relations with a grant from the Kauffman Foundation.