TOWN OF INNISFIL OUR PLACE GOOSECHASE CONTEST (The Contest )

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1 TOWN OF INNISFIL OUR PLACE GOOSECHASE CONTEST (The Contest ) The contest is open to residents and property owners of the Town of Innisfil, Ontario, Canada who have reached the minimum age of 13. The contest begins June 5, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time ( ET ) and ends on September 7, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. ET (the Contest Period ). To enter the contest complete 15 of the tasks and receive one ballot to enter the draw, finish all 30 and you will receive 3 ballots (you must receive all points available for the tasks to qualify) and return your completed ballot(s). Entrants must accept to be bound by the full Contest Rules and Additional Terms and Conditions for Participation. Winners will be required to sign and return a declaration and release (in the case of a Minor the Parent or Guardian will be required to sign on their behalf). Odds of winning are based on the number of entries. No purchase necessary. One Grand Prize will be awarded of winner s choice of an IPad Mini or credit (in the amount equal to the retail value of an I-Pad Mini) toward an Innisfil Recreation Program. Prizes must be accepted as awarded. GOOSECHASE ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION 1. Participants must be 13 years or older to use the GooseChase app. 2. Participants who complete and receive points for at least 15 of the 30 items on the Mission List for the Our Place Innisfil Goose Chase will be eligible for a ballot to win the Grand Prize of an I-Pad Mini (retail value up to approximately $500) or a credit of the same retail value toward any recreational program or service offered by the Town. See full Contest Rules for details. 3. By participating, you give your permission to be contacted by the Town during or after the Contest Period via for the purpose of awarding ballots or inquiring about the use of photos. 4. Photos submitted will be viewable by all participants and may be broadcast at select locations within the Town, such as the library, Town Hall, special events, etc. during the Contest Period. 5. Photos and comments used will be used by Town staff and consultants to inform the Our Place Official Plan update and other related Town strategic planning initiatives. 6. Photos submitted will become property of the Town and may be used in promotional material after the Contest Period. 7. Photos submitted will be monitored by Town staff during the Contest Period; any images deemed inappropriate or unrelated will be removed and no points will be awarded for the task. Participants will have the opportunity to re-submit a more appropriate photo before the close of the GooseChase. Participants will not be notified in advance of the removal of a photo, it is the Participant s responsibility to monitor their activity and identify and task which needs to be resubmitted. 8. Participants are encouraged to report and down-vote inappropriate or unrelated images so as to aid staff in identifying images that should be removed. Frivolous and vexatious downvoting or reporting of photos by a Participant may result in the Participant being removed from the GooseChase without prior warning. Participants may be removed from the game without prior warning if they contribute inappropriate images without prior warning. 9. Participants removed from the game will be ineligible for a ballot.

2 TOWN OF INNISFIL OUR PLACE GOOSECHASE CONTEST (The Contest ) THIS CONTEST IS ONLY OPEN TO INNISFIL RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AND IS GOVERNED BY CANADIAN LAW AND THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. SEE BELOW FOR FULL CONTEST DETAILS. PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES YOUR FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF, AND AGREEMENT TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY, THESE CONTEST RULES (THE CONTEST RULES ) CONTEST PERIOD 1) The Contest begins on June 5, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time ( ET ) and ends on September 15, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. ET (the Contest Period ). The Contest Period is composed of the following stages: a. Entry Period: Begins on June 5, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time ( ET ) and ends on September 7, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. ET, during this time participants must join the Innisfil Our Place GooseChase ( GooseChase ) by downloading the GooseChase App available for free from Google Play or ITunes. Participants must join the GooseChase and comply with all terms and conditions of the App and the Sponsor s GooseChase (as identified on the Sponsor s splash paid and when accepting the App download) to be eligible to win a prize. At the end of the GooseChase, participants who have completed at least 15 of the 30 tasks and receive all available points for those tasks will be provided with a ballot to enter the draw for the prize as provided in these rules. Those that complete all 30 tasks and receive all available points will receive 3 ballots for the Grand Prize. Only these participants will qualify for the grand prize draw and will move on to the next phase of the contest. Participants are only allowed to complete the GooseChase once. Participants who complete the GooseChase more than one time will not be eligible to move on to the next phase. b. Selection Period: Begins September 8, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. ET at Innisfil Town Hall, 2101 Innisfil Beach Road, Innisfil ON and ends on September 8, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. ET. During this time all Participant GooseChase results will be verified and Participants who have qualified for the grand prize draw will be identified. c. Contact Period: September 9, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. ET and ends on September 15, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. ET. Participants will be sent an from the Sponsor which includes one ballot for the Contest Draw. Participants must print, complete the ballot fully, agree to the Terms and Conditions of the Contest and forward a scanned copy of the ballot via to ppentikainen@innisfil.ca before September 15, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. s containing the completed ballot must include a subject line TOWN OF INNISFIL OUR PLACE GOOSECHASE BALLOT. Participants may also hand deliver their completed ballot sealed in an envelope clearly marked TOWN OF INNISFIL OUR PLACE GOOSECHASE BALLOT to the Town of Innisfil Town Hall located at 2101 Innisfil Beach Road, Innisfil, Ontario, L4N 9V1 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday Friday during the Contact Period. Ballots received after the close of the Contact Period will not be eligible to be entered into the draw. The Contest is open to all Innisfil residents and property owners who are 13 or older, except employees (and those with whom such employees are domiciled) of the Town of Innisfil (the Sponsor ), its affiliated companies or agents, advertising and promotion agencies and the

3 Contest judges. HOW TO ENTER 3) NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To participate in this Contest you must: a. Must be a resident or property owner within the Town of Innisfil. b. Have a valid account. c. Be 13 or older (minors require Parent/Guardian permission to participate in the Contest) 4) You will receive one (1) ballot in the grand prize draw upon completion of the GooseChase. LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON DURING THE CONTEST PERIOD. If it is discovered that you attempted to enter more than once during this Contest Period, then all your Entries will be void. One ballot per Participant only, multiple ballots submitted by a Participant will result in all ballots being deemed invalid and will not be eligible for the grand prize draw. Use of any automated system to submit Entries is prohibited and will result in disqualification. BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR ENTRY (INCLUDING YOUR NAME AND PICTURE) MAY BE POSTED ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND/OR SPONSOR S PROPRIETARY WEBSITE, WHERE IT MAY BE VIEWED, SHARED (BY USERS OF TWITTER AND VARIOUS OTHER INTERNET-BASED SITES) AND COMMENTED ON BY THE SPONSOR AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. JUDGING CRITERIA FOR SELECTING FINALISTS 5) During the Selection Period, the Sponsor will view all eligible Participants GooseChase results obtained during the Entry Period to ensure there are no duplicate submissions. Each Participant who qualifies for the grand prize draw will be notified by during the contact period, qualified Participants who return the completed ballot in the manner outlined in these rules will have their ballots placed in a ballot box for random selection to be completed at Innisfil Town Hall, 2101 Innisfil Beach Road, Innisfil ON. 6) The one (1) grand prize will be awarded to the first Participant drawn and will be for one the Participant s choice of one of the following prizes (1) IPad Mini (approximate retail value $ CDN) or a Credit towards a Town of Innisfil Recreation Program (value equal to the retail value of the IPad Mini). Prizes carry no cash value. Should additional prizes become available throughout the Contest period, additional names will be drawn and awarded subject to the Terms of the donor. Prizes must be accepted as awarded and are not transferable or convertible to cash. No substitutions except at Sponsor s sole option. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute or change a prize or a prize component with one of equal or greater value, including without limitation, but solely in the Sponsor s discretion, a cash award. Prizes will only be awarded to the person whose name appears on the winning ballot. Odds of winning are based on the number of entries received. 7) Before being declared a winner of the respective prize, the participant must respond to the Contest Sponsor in the manner identified by the Contest Sponsor. If the selected winner cannot be contacted within three (3) business days then he/she will be disqualified and forfeit his/her prize. The Sponsor, at its sole and absolute discretion, may make a random selection for this prize from the remaining entries submitted.

4 8) A winner will be declared once they have correctly answered a time limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by phone. 9) Winners will be required to sign and return before the end of the Contact Period a declaration of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (in the case of a Minor the Parent or Guardian will be required to sign on their behalf). The liability/publicity release will: a. Confirm compliance with the Contest Rules. b. Releases, the Town of Innisfil, its affiliated companies and agents, advertising and promotion agencies, respective officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns from any liability in connection with the Contest, the entrant s participation therein and/or the awarding and use or misuse of the prize or any portion thereof; and c. Grants to the Sponsor the right to use the selected entrant s name, address and likeness in any form of advertising relating to the Contest without further notice or compensation. GENERAL 10) By entering the Contest, each entrant agrees to abide by these Contest Rules. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. Void where prohibited by law. The decisions of the Sponsor with respect to all aspects of this Contest are final and binding on all entrants without right of appeal. 11) Sponsor reserves the right to amend the Contest Rules and the Contest as necessary without prior notice or obligation and to cancel, suspend, withdraw or amend this Contest in the event of an error, technical problem, computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor that interferes with the proper conduct of this Contest as contemplated by these Contest Rules. Any attempt to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. 12) You must warrant that your participation in this contest meets the survey requirements, set out above. Sponsor reserves the right to deem ineligible and exclude from the Contest any entry that the Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines does not meet the Contest Rules. Your right to submit a survey must not be restricted in any way. You must be able to provide legal releases for use of your name and photo for use by the Sponsor. 13) All entries are subject to verification at any time and for any reason. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to the Sponsor including, without limitation, government issued photo identification): (i) for the purposes of verifying an individual s eligibility to participate in this Contest; (ii) for the purposes of verifying the eligibility and/or legitimacy of any Entry entered (or purportedly entered) for the purposes of this Contest; and/or (iii) for any other reason the Sponsor deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, for the purposes of administering this Contest in accordance with these Rules. Failure to provide such proof to the satisfaction of the Sponsor in a timely manner may result in disqualification in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor. 14) Any attempt or suspected attempt to use robotic, automatic, programmed, or otherwise, illicit

5 means to enter the Contest, or any other methods not authorized by these Contest Rules, for example, but not limited to, creating multiple accounts, shall be deemed as tampering and may disqualify you from entering, participating, winning prizes (defined herein), and preclude you from participating in future contests and promotions, at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Entries that are late, lost, stolen, illegible, contain false information, 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 these rules will be judged void. All Entries become the property of Sponsor upon receipt and none will be returned. Proof of transmission (screenshots or captures, etc.) does not constitute proof of receipt. 15.) Without limitation, the Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies and the Contest judges will not be liable for any failure of the website, GooseChase App, or any other electronic means required to participate during the Contest; for a technical malfunction or other problems relating to the telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment or software; for the failure of any Entry to be received by the Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies or the Contest judges for any reason including, but not limited to, technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website; or any combination of the above. Further, the Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies and the Contest judges will not be liable for any injury or damage to an entrant s or any other person s computer or electronic devices related to or resulting from participating or downloading or uploading any material for or in the Contest. 16.) By entering this Contest, each entrant expressly consents to the Sponsor, its agents and/or representatives, storing, sharing and using the personal information submitted with his/her Entry only for the purpose of administering the Contest. Personal information is collected pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.56, as amended, and will be used for sending updates, mailing lists and information about Active Innisfil unless the entrant otherwise agrees to receive further communications from the Sponsor. Information and photos submitted during the GooseChase will be used for the purpose of the Innisfil Our Place initiatives and may be used for other initiatives. All photos and information submitted during the GooseChase becomes the sole and exclusive property of the Town of Innisfil. Personal information is not linked to this data.