NOMINATION PERIOD

The nomination period for the 40 Under 40  promotion (the “Promotion”) begins at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on May 25, 2018 and End on August 15, 2018 at 11:59pm (the “Nomination Period”). 

PUBLICATIONS

The following publications are participating in this Promotion (the “Publication” or “Publications”): Gainesville Sun

ELIGIBILITY

The Promotion is open only to legal residents of the United States who are eighteen (18-40) years of age at the time of entry and who reside within Gainesville area (the “Nominator” or “Nominators”).  In order to participate in this Promotion, the Nominator must comply fully with these official rules (the “Rules”), and by entering agrees to be bound by these Rules and the decisions of GateHouse Media, Gainesville Sun. (“GateHouse Media”) whose decisions shall be binding and final in all respects.

NOMINATION RULES AND HOW TO SUBMIT THE NOMINATION ESSAY

1.         The Business Report’s 40 Under 40 publishes annually, the object of the Promotion is to honor young professionals within the two part county (the “Young Professional” or “Young Professionals”) who are business professional that are involved in efforts to make our area a better place to live and work.  The young professional must be currently employed in a business profession within the designated area listed above.

2.         The Nominator must complete the nomination form in its entirety, and provide details on  why they are nominating the Young Professional (the “Nomination form” or the “Nomination Forms”).  The Nominator should log on to the following website:  www.gainesville.com/contests(the “Website”) during the Nomination Period, provide all requested information  in the required fields as instructed on the Website.  The Nominator should then click “submit” (the “Submission” or “Submissions”). 

3.         The Nominator may nominate more than one Young Professional in this Promotion, but each nomination should have a separate Nomination Form and be submitted separately. 

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED AT THE OFFICES OF THE PUBLICATION BY 5:00 P.M. ET ON JANUARY 13 (THE “SUBMISSION DEADLINE”).  NO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS TIME.

Submissions will not be accepted through e-mail, via facsimile, postal mail or at the offices of the Publication.

RECOGNITION – CERTIFICATES AND SPECIAL SECTION OF THE PUBLICATION

The forty selected young professional’s will receive a certificate from the Publication honoring the Young Professional for his or her service to the community.    

The names of all selected young professional will be included in a special section of the Publication which publishes on August 2018.

INTERNET

It is the Nominator’s responsibility to enter this promotion in the appropriate manner. Each Nominator is responsible for all costs or charges involved in accessing the Publication’s website and warrants that the cost of accessing the site, if any, is part of a larger agreement with an Internet Service Provider or some other means, and that the cost of this access is not an incremental cost. If for any reason the internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of GateHouse Media which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Promotion, GateHouse Media reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the nomination process, and to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Promotion.    GateHouse Media assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communication line failure, theft, or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of Nomination Essays. GateHouse Media is not responsible for lost, misdirected, illegible, damaged or undelivered Nomination Essays. GateHouse Media is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, services or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or Nomination Essay to be received due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading of any material in this Promotion.  CAUTION: Any attempt by a Nominator to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, GateHouse Media reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event of a dispute, Nomination Essays submitted by Internet will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of the nomination.   "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Automated nominations are prohibited, and any use of such devices will cause disqualification. Collection and use of personally identifiable information will be in accordance with the Publication’s Privacy Policy as posted on the Publication’s website.

CONDITIONS

By entering, the Nominator agrees to comply with these Official Rules and the decisions of GateHouse Media, which are binding and final, and release GateHouse Media, and each of its divisions, affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and anyone associated with the production of this Promotion, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability for any claims, injuries, losses or damages (including attorneys fees) of any kind arising out of their participation in this Promotion.  Acceptance of a certificate in the Promotion constitutes permission to use the Nurse’s name, photograph, likeness, Promotion submissions and/or statements attributed to the Nurse regarding the Promotion, for advertising and publicity purposes without further compensation or consent.  All Nomination Essays become the property of GateHouse Media.  This Promotion shall only be construed and evaluated according to the laws of the state of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws and submission of any Nomination Essay constitutes acceptance of such laws.  This Promotion is void where prohibited.  All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

GateHouse Media and its affiliates reserve the right to use any and all information related to the Promotion, including information on Nominators or Young Professional obtained through the Promotion, for marketing purposes or any other purpose, unless prohibited by law.

GateHouse Media and their affiliates reserve the right to change the rules of the Promotion at any time.

SPONSORS

GateHouse Media, 175 Sully’s Trail, Pittsford, New York 14534.