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2020 INTERACT AWARDS
Show us how your members are taking action across the globe, in your community, and in yourselves. Share your best service projects and or leadership development activities to the 2020 Interact Awards! This year, we are accepting videos, photos, and essays as part of the Interact Awards!
THEME
Each club must submit a video, photo or essay (“Submission” or “Submissions”) of the following theme. Only one Submission per club.
WHO
Any member of an Interact club or Rotary club that sponsors an Interact club may submit a video, photo, or essay on behalf of their club. The parent/legal guardian of an Interactor ages 12-17 submitting a video, photo or essay must agree to these Submission Terms (“Terms”) and complete the Interact Awards Form. By submitting a video, photo or essay, you agree that you have the permission of your club.
WHEN
Nominations will be accepted from 1 September 2020 at 00:00 Chicago Time (UTC-5) until 1 December 2020 at 23:59 Chicago Time.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
All Submissions will become the property of Rotary and will not be returned. Rotary will disqualify any video, photo or essay that do not adhere to the requirements set forth above or below.
HOW TO SUBMIT A VIDEO
You must only submit one (1) video.
By submitting a video, you represent that your video is in compliance with these Terms, the YouTube Terms of Service, and the Facebook Terms of Service.
Video Requirements
HOW TO SUBMIT A PHOTO
You may submit up to (3) photos.
By submitting a photo, you represent that your photo is in compliance with these Terms and the Facebook Terms of Service.
Photo Requirements:
HOW TO SUBMIT AN ESSAY
By submitting an essay, you represent that your essay is in compliance with these Terms and the Facebook Terms of Service.
Essay Requirements:
AWARDS
Any and all applicable taxes are the responsibility of the awardee of the donation. Rotary will notify the clubs receiving awards on or around 15 January 2021 and a club will have seven (7) days after notification to claim or forfeit the award. Failure to respond by 22 January 2021 will result in forfeiture of the award.
AWARD SELECTION
Rotary will ask the public to vote for their favorite video from the eligible videos for two weeks in December 2020. The video receiving the highest number of votes during the voting period will be awarded the title of “Fan Favorite.”
Excluding the “Fan Favorite” video, all other eligible videos, photos, and essays will be reviewed by a panel of judges, selected by Rotary, based on storytelling ability, originality/creativity, quality and adherence to the theme.
Submissions that do not comply with these Terms, in Rotary’s sole discretion, will not be eligible for the selection process or an award.
PRIVACY AND PUBLICITY
Your privacy is important to Rotary International (“Rotary”) and the personal data you share with and collected by Rotary will be used for official Rotary business and primarily for your participation in the Interact Awards. Personal Data collected by Rotary is subject to Rotary’s Privacy Policy.
In participating in the Interact Awards, you will be using software and services provided by YouTube and Facebook. Personal data collected by these third parties is subject to their privacy policies and your use of their software and services is subject to their terms of use.
By submitting a video, photo or essay, you grant Rotary, and its Foundation, a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license and right to use, print, publish, reproduce, perform, edit, broadcast, webcast, modify, distribute, create derivative works from, and display your Submission, the content in your Form, and your likeness, name, image, statements, voice and biographical and personal information (collectively “Likeness”) for any purpose whatsoever, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed including in Rotary’s publications, via streaming, and on social media. You agree that Rotary shall have the universal right to license use of your video and your Likeness, including, but not limited to the purpose of promoting Rotary and Interact, and to others including, media outlets and its licensed magazines and partners. Any personal information collected from you is subject to Rotary’s Privacy Policy.
MISCELLANEOUS
Rotary shall not be liable in any way for injuries to persons or damages to property incurred or suffered by anyone involved in the creation of any Submission or from the acceptance or use of any awards. The Interact Awards is in no way sponsored, administered, endorsed or associated with YouTube or Facebook; and you release Facebook, YouTube and Rotary from any claims, damages and all liability arising out of or in any way related to your participation in the Interact Awards. Rotary reserves the right to amend, withdraw or terminate these Terms. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, U.S.A. without regard to its conflict of laws; and in the event of any dispute arising under this Agreement, you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of any court, which is located in the County of Cook, State of Illinois, U.S.A. No one submitting a video, photo or essay, or anyone involved in the creation thereof, including their parents/legal guardians, is an agent or employee of Rotary.
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