Koolu - Works Everywhere

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. 

THIS COMPETITION IS OFFERED THROUGH WORKS EVERYWHERE INC  (KOOLU), OCOTAL BEACH RESORT AND DISTINGUISHED TRAVEL SERVICE, COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE SPONSORS,  AND IS IN NO WAY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOOGLE.

ELIGIBILITY.

To be eligible for this Contest, an individual must:

• be at least 21 years of age at the time of entry
• be legally able to travel to Costa Rica.

Employees of Koolu (Works Everywhere Inc.),  KooluCA, Koolu EU, Works Everywhere Inc.,  Google, Distinguished Travel, Ocotal Beach Resort (collectively, the "Sponsors"), their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and the household members and/or the immediate family of any of the above, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. For the purpose of the Contest Rules, “immediate family" means husband, wife, spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, son and/or daughter, whether or not they reside in the same household.

The Sponsors shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification.  All personal and other information requested by and supplied to the Sponsors for the purpose of this Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading.  The Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any entrant should such an entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.

2. CONTEST PERIOD.

The Contest begins at 0900 hours Eastern Standard Time (“EST”) on Friday, February 1, 2008 and closes at 2400 hours EST on Wednesday, August 31, 2008.  (the "Contest Period").  Contest has been extended.

3. HOW TO ENTER.

a.  There is no purchase necessary to enter the Contest.  Enter using the method of entry outlined below to create a valid* Google Apps administrator account, obtain a Google Apps Referral ID from Koolu and refer the most number of valid Google Apps referrals using that ID No entries will be accepted by any other means.

(i) Go to  www.koolu.com; 
(ii) Click on the Free Google Apps Link; 
(iii) Click on the Apps Invitation Module;
(iv) Affirmatively agree to the then-current Google Apps Terms; 
(iv) Create a valid administrator account for Google Apps via the designated URL provided by Google; 
(v) Be Approved by Google;
(vi) Must not have previously signed up for the Google Apps in connection with the same domain or sub-domain name;
(vii) Receive a Google Apps Referral link and ID from Koolu;
(viii) Receive the most valid referrals with the Google Apps ID from Koolu as validated by Google and counted by Koolu and their legal representative and verified by an independent source.

* Verified referral must have an active domain name, set up an administrator account as well as verification of domain ownership by user (as specified by Google).  Accounts must be active for a minimum of 30 days and verified by Google.

b.  Referrals must be be received no later than the end of the Contest Period. Entries will be declared invalid if they are late, incomplete, repeat registrations, registered with an inactive domain and are not verified by Google.  No communication or correspondence relating to the Contest will be exchanged with entrants except with those who qualify to win the Prizes.

c.  Referrals received shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the referral.  For the purpose of the Contest Rules, “authorized account holder" of an e-mail address is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Potential winner may be required to provide Sponsors with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning entry.

4. PRIZES

a.  The Grand Prize consists of one (1) trip for four (4) for Winner and three (3) guests to Costa Rica, subject to certain limitations such as ticket and room availability.  There are two Grand Prize options for the Winner to choose from, described as follows:

Option (i):  Six (6) nights accommodation for the Winner and three (3) guests, based on a maximum of two standard rooms with double occupancy and no meal plan, at Ocotal Beach Resort, Costa Rica.  Round trip air transportation, as arranged by Distinguished Travel Inc., for Winner and three (3) guests between the closest international airport to the Winner's place of residence (Residential Airport") and either Daniel Oduber International Airport, Liberia or Juan Santamaria International Airport, San Jose, Costa Rica. Winner is responsible for any and all transportation to and from airports, security and departure taxes, fuel, currency and energy surcharge and related fees.  The trip to Costa Rica has an approximate retail value of up to $25,000.00 CAD.  Actual value of Grand Prize will depend on departure city.  Winner is not entitled to monetary difference between actual prize value and stated approximate prize value, if any. 

-OR-

Option (ii):  Five (5) nights accommodation for the Winner and three (3) guests, based on a maximum of two standard rooms with double occupancy and no meal plan, at Ocotal Beach Resort, Costa Rica.  One (1) night accommodation for the Winner and three (3) guests at E.A.R.T.H. University, Costa Rica, including Campus Tour, and round trip transportation from Ocotal Beach Resort and E.A.R.T.H. University.  Round trip air transportation for Winner and three (3) guests between the closest international airport to the Winner's place of residence  ("Residential Airport" ) and either Daniel Oduber International Airport, Liberia or Juan Santamaria International Airport, San Jose, Costa Rica.  All transportation arranged by Distinguished Travel Inc.  Winner is responsible for any and all transportation to and from airports, security and departure taxes, fuel, currency and energy surcharge and related fees.  The trip to Costa Rica has an approximate retail value of up to $25,000.00 CAD.  Actual value of Grand Prize will depend on departure city.  Winner is not entitled to monetary difference between actual prize value and stated approximate prize value, if any. 

Travel arrangements made by:

Distinguished Travel Service

1315 Lawrence Ave. E., Unit 517, Toronto, ON.  M3A 3R3
Tel:  416-444-3822/1-800-668-9289  Fax:  416-444-7782

b. Second Prize: Three (3) W.E. Phone and one (1) Net Appliances, plus one year technical support by e-mail.

c. Third Prize:One (1) W.E. Phone and one (1) Net Appliances, plus one year technical support by e-mail.

d. The Prizes will be distributed within thirty (30) days after Winner has been successfully contacted by the Sponsors and notified of his/her prize, and has complied with the Contest Rules.  

e.  Travel dates for the Grand Prize are subject to flight and hotel availability and may be subject to change.  Should Winner and/or guests be unable to travel within twelve (12) months after the competition closed the Grand Prize will be forfeited. Winner and guests will be responsible for transportation to and from Residential Airport, travel and medical insurance, travel documentation, airport improvement fees, taxes, gratuities, meals, telephone calls, in-room charges and items of a personal nature; fuel, currency and energy surcharge and any other expense not expressly included in the Grand Prize.

f.  Grand Prize winner and one (1) guest must be twenty one (21) years or older at the time of travel. 

g.  Grand Prize guests must comply with the Contest Rules and sign and return the Release (described below).

h.   Grand Prize must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred, assigned, substituted or redeemed for cash, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsors. The Sponsors reserve the right, in its and their sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the Grand Prize(or any portion thereof) cannot be awarded for any reason.

i.  The Grand Prize winner and his/her guests must depart from and return to the same airport.  The Grand Prize winner and his/her guests must be able to travel at the same time and dates to be selected by them, within twelve (12) months of the Contest closing date, and approved by the Sponsors or forfeit the Grand Prize.

j. The Sponsors shall not assume responsibility for any refunds, losses, damage, costs or expenses arising out of the following: mechanical breakdown, government action, weather, strike or any other action beyond Sponsor's control; denial of access to the carrier due to contravention of the conditions of carriage or improper travel documentation; failure to clear customs or missed flights or connections relating to the Grand Prize.

5. WINNER NOTIFICATION.

Three (3) winners shall be notified by e-mail or by phone no later than June 16, 2008 and will be required to respond within ten (10) business days of notification.

 The odds of being selected as a  Winner are dependent upon the number of verified Google Apps accounts created and Referral ID's issued by Koolu.  Before being declared a Winner, the selected potential winners shall be required to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered during a pre-arranged telephone call or by e-mail, to comply with the Contest Rules and sign and return the Release (described below).    

 Upon notification, the selected potential Winner must respond by telephone to the contact number provided in the notification, and the selected potential Winner’s response must be received by the Sponsors within ten (10) business days of such notification. . If the potential winner does not respond in accordance with the Contest Rules, he/she will be disqualified and will not receive a prize and another potential winner may be determined by in the Sponsors’ sole discretion. The Sponsors are not responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a selected potential winner to receive notification or for the Sponsors to receive a selected potential Winner’s response. 

In the case of two or more entrants with an equal number of verified referrals, the entrant who had the verified number of referrals completed on the earliest date shall be deemed to be the Winner.

6.  RELEASE.

Winners and guests will be required to execute a legal agreement and release (“Release”) that confirms Winner’s and guests’: (i) eligibility for the Contest and compliance with these Contest Rules; (ii) acceptance of the Prizes as offered; (iii) release of each of the Sponsors and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, directors, officers, suppliers, agents, sponsors and administrators (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, cost or expense arising out of participation in this Contest, participation in any Contest-related activity or the acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize, including but not limited to costs, injuries, losses related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light, or from any and all claims of third parties arising therefrom; and(iv) grant to the Sponsors of the unrestricted right, in the Sponsors’ collective or individual discretion, to produce, reproduce, publish, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, exhibit, distribute, adapt and otherwise use or re-use the Winner’s and guest’s name, photograph, likeness, voice and biography in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, in connection with the Contest and the promotion and exploitation thereof. The executed Release must be returned within ten (10) business days of the verification as a Winner or the selected potential winner will be disqualified and the prize forfeited.

7.   INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT.

By entering the Contest, entrant releases and holds Releasees harmless from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to the entrant, Releasees or any other person, including personal injury, death, or property damage, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, participation in this Contest, any breach of these Contest Rules, or in any prize-related activity. The entrant agrees to fully indemnify Releasees from any and all claims by third parties relating to the Contest, without limitation.

8.   LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. 

The Sponsors assume no responsibility or liability for lost, late, misdirected or incomplete entries, notifications, responses, replies or any Release, or for any computer, online, software, telephone, hardware or technical malfunctions that may occur, including but not limited to malfunctions that may affect the transmission or non-transmission of an entry.  The Sponsors are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest.  The Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. The Sponsors are not responsible for any problems, failures or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, software, e-mail, players, or browsers, on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, at any website, or on account of any combination of the foregoing. The Sponsors are not responsible for any injury or damage to entrant or to any computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Contest.  Entrant assumes liability for injuries caused or claimed to be caused by participating in the Contest, or by the acceptance, possession, use of, or failure to receive any prize.  The Sponsors assume no responsibility or liability in the event that the Contest cannot be conducted as planned for any reason, including those reasons beyond the control of the Sponsors, such as infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or corruption of the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, the Contest Website,  Koolu.com or Google.com.

9.  CONDUCT.

By participating in the Contest, each entrant, referral and guest agrees to be bound by the  these Contest Rules.  Each entrant, referral and guest further agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsors, which shall be final and binding in all respects. The Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant found to be: (a) violating the Contest Rules; (b) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or the Koolu Website; (c) violating the terms of service, conditions or use and/or general rules or guidelines of any Koolu property or service; and/or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.  Winner and Guest must at all times behave appropriately when taking part in the Grand Prize and observe the Contest Rules and any other rules or regulations in force at Ocotal Beach Resort property. Sponsors reserve the right to remove from the resort property any Winner and/or guest who breaks such rules and/or fails to behave appropriately and to disqualify such Winner and/or Guest.  Alternative accommodation and/or travel costs incurred as a result of such disqualification and removal from Ocotal Beach Resort property, shall be at the sole expense of the Winner and guests.

10. PRIVACY / USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

By participating in the Contest, entrant and Guests:
(a) grant to the Sponsors the right to use his/her name, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address ("Personal Information") for the purpose of administering the Contest, including but not limited to contacting and announcing the Winner; (b) grant to the Sponsors the right to use his/her Personal Information for publicity and promotional purposes relating to the Contest, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, without further compensation unless prohibited by law; and(c) acknowledge that the Sponsors may disclose his/her Personal Information to third-party agents and service providers of any of the Sponsors in connection with any of the activities listed in (a) and (b) above.    The entrants referrals and guests Personal Information shall be the property of Koolu and Google.

11.  DAMAGES

Any attempt to deliberately damage the website or undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest may be in violation of law.  Should such an attempt be made, the Sponsors reserve the  right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent of the law. Each winner may be required, in the sole discretion of the Sponsors, to provide the Sponsors with proof that he or she is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the entry. The Sponsors at its sole discretion, reserves the right to cancel or modify this contest if fraud or technical failures (including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsors compromise the integrity of the Contest. If the contest is terminated,  the Sponsors will award the prizes to the entrants with the first, second and third most verified referrals up to the point of termination of the Contest.

 12.  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

All intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source code, drawings, illustrations, logos, slogans and representations are owned by the Sponsors and/or their affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.

13.  TERMINATION.

The Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to terminate the Contest, in whole or in part, and/or modify, amend or suspend the Contest, and/or the Contest Rules in any way, at any time, for any reason without prior notice.

14.  LAW.

 These are official Contest Rules. This Contest is subject to applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. These Contest Rules are subject to change without notice in order to comply with any applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws or the policy of any other entity having jurisdiction over the Sponsors.  All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Contest Rules or the rights and obligations as between the entrant and the Sponsors in connection with the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario including procedural provisions without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other jurisdiction’s laws.

15.  LANGUAGE DISCREPANCY. 

 In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Contest Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, the Contest Rules shall prevail, govern and control.