Official Rules 

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

Through a Lens: Capturing More to Life Photo Contest (the “Contest”) starts on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 1:00 PM Central Time (“CT”) and ends on Friday, February 22, 2008 at 11:59 PM CT (“Contest Period”).

ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open to legal residents of Minnesota who are at least 18 years of age and who have internet access as of January 21, 2008. Employees of Meet Minneapolis (“Sponsor”), Saint Paul Convention and Visitors Bureau, Padilla Speer Beardsley, Tunheim Partners, Little & Co., Weber Shandwick, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, promotion and advertising agencies, and members of their immediate family (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and persons living in the same household of such employees, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win. Void outside Minnesota and where prohibited by law. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and judges, which are final and binding. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.

HOW TO ENTER: During the Contest Period, visit www.mspmoretolife.com and upload your photo depicting what makes Minneapolis Saint Paul “More to Life.”  Photos may be color or black and white, and must be less than 5MB in size and in jpeg format.  All entries must include full name, e-mail address, phone number (including area code), complete address, photo, photo title and photo caption.  The caption should explain how the photo demonstrates how Minneapolis Saint Paul adds more to your life.  Captions cannot exceed 200 words.  If the photo depicts anyone other than yourself or any third party names, trademarks or logos, you must have permission from such individuals and owners of such third party names, trademarks or logos (and, if requested, be able to provide such permission in a form satisfactory to Sponsor) to submit such photo in connection with this Contest. All entries must be received by 11:59 PM CT on Friday, February 22, 2008.  Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means are void.  An entrant can enter as often as he/she wishes but each entry submitted must be substantially different than any other entry submitted by such entrant. All entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and will not be returned.

Each entry must be entrant’s own original work, be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image and may not be offensive or inappropriate, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, nor can it defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property rights or any other third party rights.  By submitting an entry, entrant warrants and represents that photo conforms to these Official Rules and entrant understands that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may remove his/her photo for any reason, including if it believes, in its sole discretion, that your photo fails to conform to the Official Rules in any way, or otherwise contains prohibited, inappropriate, offensive, infringing or otherwise unacceptable content as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, in which case photo will be disqualified from the Contest.

JUDGING: All eligible entries received by Sponsor will be judged equally based on the following criteria by qualified judges: artistic quality, representation of Minneapolis-Saint Paul and originality of caption and photo. In the event of a tie, an additional, “tie-breaking” judge will determine the winner(s) based on the criteria listed herein. Sponsor reserves the right to not award all prizes if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified entries. Judges’ decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to this Contest. 

Potential winners will be notified by telephone, mail and/or email and may be required to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release (unless prohibited by law) (the “Affidavit”) , which must be returned within fourteen (14) days of date appearing on prize notification. The Affidavit may require potential winners not so speak to the press, unless arranged or consented to by the Sponsor. Return of prize or prize notification as undeliverable, failure to sign and return requested documentation within fourteen (14) days of date of issuance, Sponsor’s inability to contact a potential winner within a reasonable time period or noncompliance with these Official Rules by the any potential winner will result in disqualification and, at Sponsor’s discretion, the prize may be awarded to the runner-up. If any potential winner is an eligible minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, prize may, at Sponsor’s discretion, be awarded in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian, and such parent or legal guardian will be required to fulfill all requirements imposed on winners set forth herein. If any winner is a minor, he/she must be accompanied on all prize activities by a parent or legal guardian.

PRIZES:

Grand Prize: A “More to Life” Weekend Experience:

• Bowling for five at The Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis ($75 value)
• Dinner at Bellanotte in downtown Minneapolis ($100 value)
• Four tickets and dinner for “We Gotta Bingo,” playing at the Lowry Theater in downtown Saint Paul ($300 value)
• One-night stay for two at Radisson Plaza Hotel Minneapolis ($129 value)
• Brunch for two at Nicollet Island Inn ($60 value)

Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of Grand Prize: $664.00

First Prize: On the Town

• Two tickets for a performance and backstage tour of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis (awarded in the form of a voucher)
• $100 gift certificate to r. Norman’s the Steakhouse in Minneapolis
• Four tickets to a ComedySportz show (up to $48 value)
• Brunch for two  at Red Stag Supperclub in Minneapolis ($30 value)

ARV of First Prize: $341.00.

Second Prize: Local Delights

• Local culinary delights from Saint Paul's Golden Fig ($35.50 value)
• $50 gift certificate to FinnStyle located in Gaviidae Common in downtown Minneapolis
• Brunch for two at Barbette in Uptown ($30 value)
• Hell’s Kitchen breakfast or lunch, located in downtown Minneapolis ($25 value)

ARV of Second Prize: $140.50

 

All prize details, including dates of prize elements, will be at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. All prize elements are subject to availability. All vouchers, tickets and gift certificates are subject to terms and conditions specified by issuers. Seat locations may be determined by Sponsor. Winners and guests must comply with all venue rules and regulations. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of applicable prize element. All prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied. No substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent of any prize is permitted, except by Sponsor, which reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion Any and all taxes on a prize, and any other costs, fees, and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not explicitly stated herein as being awarded, including transportation to and from all prize elements, are the sole responsibility of the winners.

 

OWNERSHIP/USE OF ENTRIES: By submitting an entry, entrant agrees Sponsor shall own the entry submitted (including all rights embodied therein) and that it and its designees may exploit, edit, modify, and distribute the entry and all elements of such entry, including, without limitation, the names and likenesses of any persons or locations embodied therein, in any and all media now known or not currently known, throughout the world in perpetuity without compensation, permission or notification to entrant or any third party. 

GENERAL: Entrants, by participating, agree that Sponsor, Saint Paul Convention and Visitors Bureau, Padilla Speer Beardsley, Tunheim Partners, Little & Co., Weber Shandwick, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, prize suppliers and advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to persons, or damage to property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize (including any travel or activity related thereto), participation in this Contest or Released Parties’ use of any entry or any rights granted herein. Each winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor and their respective designees to use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and/or other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide in perpetuity, without notice or review or approval. Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered or garbled entries, captions or photos; 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, or in any Contest-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for 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. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other 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 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, non-authorized 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, 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 procedure outlined above. In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses.

Request for Winners LIST: For a list of winners (available Friday, February 29, 2008 until March 7, 2008), send a self-addressed, stamped, envelope for receipt by Friday, February 21, 2008 to: Carolyn Parsons, c/o Weber Shandwick, 8000 Norman Center Drive, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55437.

Sponsor: Meet Minneapolis c/o More the Life Campaign, 250 Marquette Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55401.