Official Contest Rules
Important: please read these official rules and regulations (“official rules”) before entering the drupal 10 migration contest (the “contest”). by entering the contest, each entrant represents that they satisfy all of the eligibility requirements below and agree to be bound unconditionally by these official rules and all decisions of kalamuna, inc (the “contest sponsor”). this contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by or associated with facebook, inc. or meta platforms, inc. (collectively, “meta”) and linkedin, inc. or microsoft corporation. the participant, in entering, is unable to hold meta and linkedin liable for anything that could transpire during the course of the contest.
No purchase necessary. contest is open to residents of Canada, (excluding Quebec) and the United States of America.
How to Play
To participate in the Contest, participants must have Internet access and a valid email address. To enter the Contest, entrants must access www.kalamuna.com/campaign/drupal10-audit and complete the contest entry form in full. Once all mandatory fields have been completed, click submit to enter the contest. Limit of one (1) entry per organization per week. No other method of entry will be accepted. Entries must be received prior to the Contest Close Date. Entries received after the Contest Close Date are void.
Entries will be stored in a Contest database and will be drawn in accordance with these Official Rules (Contest database and the site at which these Official Rules are published by the Contest Sponsors are referred to collectively as “Contest Website”).
Contest Period
The Contest begins on February 20th , 2023 at 12.00 PM Eastern Standard Time (“EST”) and ends after 4 winners are selected and start the audit process, after which no further entries will be accepted.
Eligibility
The Contest is only open to organizations based in Canada (excluding Quebec) and the United States of America – not employees, contractors, agents, or representatives of the Contest Sponsor, their subsidiaries, affiliates, agencies, the Contest judge, or any person who is domiciled with any of the foregoing persons.
All contestants must have a valid email address ending in the .edu domain or F be a part of a non-profit organization. An organization may only win once. Different departmental schools, departments and divisions at an educational institution each constitute as an organization.
Drupal 7 sites subject to audit must be hosted on Pantheon or Aquia.
If the identity of an entrant is disputed, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant. The individual assigned to the e-mail address by an online service provider, Internet access provider or other organization responsible for assigning the email address for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address is considered the authorized account holder. An entrant may be required to provide the Contest Sponsor with proof that they are the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning entry.
Prizing
There are (8) prizes available to be won (each a “Prize”). Each Prize consists of a Kalamuna service offering not to exceed a total amount of $5,000 USD (“Drupal Audit”) based on an hourly rate of $180. Hours of service is dependent on the complexity of the site and Kalamuna reserves the right to define audit scope. The Drupal Audit is for the sole use of the winner’s organization. Winner must book a virtual meeting for the Drupal Audit at most ten (10) days after the winner's notification from the Contest Judge via email, after which time any unused or unclaimed value will be forfeited. The Drupal Audit is subject to availability. Furthermore, in the event a winner’s organization engages in behavior that, as determined by the Contest Judge in their sole discretion, is inappropriate, obnoxious, threatening, illegal or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass, victimize, degrade, or intimidate any other individual or group of individuals, including, but not limited to, on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability, or that in any way disparages or adversely affects the reputation, image, and/or goodwill of Kalamuna, employee, or any of their services, products, trademarks, service marks, or logos, the Contest Judge reserves the right to terminate the Prize, in whole or in part, with no further obligation or compensation whatsoever to winner.
By claiming the Drupal Audit, the winner’s organization agrees to enter into a contract whose main purpose is to clarify the nature of the service provided, and to bind Kalamuna to protect your confidential information. Following this, the winner agrees to meet briefly in order to coordinate access to the code and systems required to conduct the work, and to facilitate such access within a reasonable time frame. Kalamuna will deliver a digital copy of its findings in English. The winner agrees to meet in order to go over the outcomes of Kalamuna’s Audit within two to three weeks of granting access to the site code.
Prize has no cash value and cannot be exchanged for cash or credit, except as required by law. Void if sold or exchanged for compensation. Use of the Drupal Audit for unauthorized advertising, marketing or other promotional purposes is strictly prohibited. Resale of the Drupal Audit is prohibited.
Odds of winning a Prize depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period.
Awarding of Prizes
One (1) entrant weekly until the Contest Close Date will be randomly selected by the Contest Judge or its administrative appointee at Kalamuna, in Toronto, Ontario within 72 hours of the Contest Draw Dates from among all eligible entries received (the “Draw”). The selected entrants will be notified by the Contest Judge by email to the email address provided within forty-eight (48) hours following the Draw. The selected entrants must respond to the Contest Judge by email within seventy-two (72) hours of the timestamp of the email notification by the Contest Judge to claim the prize. If a selected entrant has not contacted Kalamuna as described, another entrant may, at the Contest Judges’ sole discretion, be selected by random draw in which case that entrant will become a selected entrant and the previously selected entrant will be disqualified and have no right to the Prize.
Conditions and Release
Before being declared a winner, the selected entrant(s) must qualify for the Prize to be entered in the Draw by the Contest Judge. Before a Prize is awarded, the winner must sign a contract describing the scope of work and the terms of Kalamuna’s pro bono engagement.
Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information
By entering the Contest, you consent to the Contest Judge’s or its appointees collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information for purposes of administering the Contest as described in these Official Rules and in accordance with the Kalamuna’s privacy policy.
Over the course of participating in the Contest, you may be given the option to receive commercial emails or other communications of a commercial nature (collectively, “Commercial Communications”) from Kalamuna. Should you elect to receive Commercial Communications, your personal information will be used by the Kalamuna to that end, in accordance with their privacy policies.
Your personal information will not be disclosed to any third parties
General
The Prize must be accepted as awarded. The Prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable, non-refundable, has no cash surrender value and must be accepted as awarded with no substitutions. No substitutions, except by the Contest Judge, who reserve the right to substitute any Prize or any portion of the Prize with a prize of equal or greater value. All decisions of the Contest Judge are final, and each entrant agrees to abide by all the instructions and decisions of the Contest Judge. In the event of any dispute regarding the interpretation of these Official Rules, the decision or interpretation of the Contest Judge. No communication will be entered into except with selected entrants. All entries become the property of Kalamuna. Any entry that is illegible, incomplete, altered, or contains false information, is invalid. Kalamuna is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of Meta or any Internet or telephone network or broadcast transmission during the Contest Period.
Limitation of Liability
The Released Parties shall not be liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused by or resulting from: (i) any entry, prize or other correspondence or data that is lost, stolen, late, garbled, distorted, delayed, damaged or misdirected for any reason; (ii) any failure, interruption, technical malfunction or delay; (iii) any e-mail, text or other communication sent or received to or from the Contest Sponsor or any of its agents or designees, for any reason; (iv) any incorrect, untimely or inaccurate information, whether caused by the Sites, users or by equipment or programming errors associated with or used in the Contest; (v) any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of any entry or entries in the Contest; for problems with the function of any website or website feature, howsoever caused; (vi) the malfunction of, or damage caused to, any telephone network or lines, computer equipment, data, software, online systems, servers or access providers; (vii) any functionality lost due to not having cookies enabled; (viii) traffic congestion on the Internet; (ix) the security or privacy of information transmitted via computer networks; (x) breaches of privacy due to interference by third party computer “hackers” or for any damage caused to or incurred by any entrant or any other person by reason of any such event or occurrence; or (xi) technical, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions including lost, misappropriated or corrupted entries, virus, worm or Trojan Horse damage or any other damage which may limit a participant's ability to participate in the Contest.
Errors
The Contest Sponsors are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, the Official Rules, the selection and announcement of winners, or the distribution of any prize.
Termination/ Modification
Subject to applicable municipal, provincial, and federal law, if the Contest is not capable of running as planned for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause of any nature whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of the Released Parties which corrupt or affect the administration, security or proper conduct of this Contest, the Contest Sponsors reserve the right, at their sole discretion to, without advance notice, terminate or suspend the Contest, in whole or in part, or modify it in any way.
Construction
Subject to applicable law and these Official Rules, this Contest and the Official Rules shall be governed by Ontario law and all entrants expressly agree that the Ontario courts shall have sole jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Contest and agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Ontario. The venue of any dispute or litigation shall be Toronto, Ontario. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. If any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
Disqualifications:
The Contest Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual who has:
- sold or attempted to resell the Prize, in whole or in part;
- tampered with or attempted to tamper with, or undermined or attempted to undermine, the legitimate operation of the Contest and/or the Contest Website;
- provided false or misleading information;
- acted in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any person or to post inappropriate or demeaning material on the Contest Website; and/or
- otherwise violated these Official Rules.
Caution: any attempt by an entrant or any other individual to deliberately alter or damage any entry or undermine the legitimate operation of the contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the contest sponsors reserve the right to disqualify such entrant or individual and seek damages or any other remedy from any such entrant or individual to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Subject to Applicable Laws
The Contest is subject to these complete Official Rules and all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and regulations. By participating in the Contest, you acknowledge that you have read the Official Rules and agree to abide by their terms and by the decisions of Kalamuna, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to the Contest. You also acknowledge that this Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with Meta or LinkedIn (Microsoft Corporation). All federal, provincial, and local laws and regulations apply. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
All inquiries regarding this Contest should be directed to [email protected]
Language Discrepancy
In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including, but not limited to, point of sale, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.