ONS Congress® 2022 Sweepstakes Official Rules

The following constitutes the “Official Rules” of this Promotion

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. ONS Congress® 2022 Sweepstakes (the "Promotion") begins at 09:00:00 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on December 2, 2021 and ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on December 31, 2021 (the “Promotion Period”). The Promotion contains a game of chance (“Sweepstakes”). The computer clock of the Sponsor (defined below) is the official time-keeping device in the Promotion.

  1. ELIGIBILITY: The Promotion is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States (excluding Puerto Rico) and the District of Columbia, who are 18 (except Alabama and Nebraska 19 and 21 in Mississippi) years of age or older as of the date of entry. Only those registering to attend the full ONS Congress 2022 are eligible.  ONS Congress 2022 exhibitors, speakers, contractors, and volunteers are not eligible. Employees, officers and directors of Oncology Nursing Society (“Sponsor”), Realtime Media LLC (“Administrator”), Oncology Nursing Foundation, Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation, Experient Inc., a Maritz Global Events Company,  and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, contest, fulfillment and marketing agencies, (collectively, “Promotion Parties”) their immediate families (parent, child, sibling & spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and persons living in the same households as such individuals (whether related or not) are not eligible to participate in the Promotion. By participating, you agree to these Official Rules and to the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Void in any state not listed above and where prohibited by law, rule or regulation. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
  1. HOW TO ENTER THE PROMOTION: There are three (3) ways to enter the promotion, as described below.
  • METHOD #1: Entry with Online Congress Registration: To enter, visit https://woobox.com/24hwkg (the "Website") during the Promotion Period where you can register to attend ONS Congress 2022. Enter the Sweepstakes by completely entering your true and correct information on the registration form in the required fields (required fields include: Full Name and Personal Email Address) and selecting the checkbox that states “Check here to be entered to win one of three (3) gift cards, which may be used for your Congress travel.”. Upon registering and selecting the checkbox, you will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes Entry”). Limit of one (1) Sweepstakes Entry per person, per valid email address, throughout the Promotion Period.
     
  • METHOD #2: Entry with Offline/Paper Congress Registration: To enter, visit https://woobox.com/24hwkg (the "Website") during the Promotion Period. Enter the Sweepstakes by downloading the attendee registration form, printing it out, and completely entering your true and correct information in the required fields (required fields include: Full Name and Personal Email Address) and selecting the checkbox that states “Check here to be entered to win one (1) of three (3) gift cards, which may be used for your Congress travel.”. By completeing the registration form, checking the box and mailing the form to ONS-IMC, 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275, you will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes Entry”). Limit of one (1) Sweepstakes Entry per person, per valid email address, throughout the Promotion Period.
  • METHOD #3: Entry by Mail:  To enter without purchase, hand-print your full name, full mailing address, email address, phone number, and birth date on a plain 3x5 inch paper.  Mail your completed entry to ONS-IMC, 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275.  Each entry must be mailed separately in a hand-addressed, stamped envelope.  No photocopied or mechanically reproduced entries will be accepted.  No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, incomplete, illegible, misdirected or postage-due entries.  No responsibility is assumed for (i) technical, electronic, telephone, hardware, software or network, computer or data transmission errors, malfunctions or difficulties of any kind or (ii) any incorrect data contained in any sweepstakes entry. Mail-in entries must be postmarked no later than December  31, 2021 and received by January 8, 2022 to be eligible for the drawing.  All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned or acknowledged. Limit of one (1) entry per person, per email address, per phone number, per mailing address throughout the Promotion Period.
  1. SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING/ODDS: On or about January 10, 2022, the Administrator will conduct a random drawing from all eligible Sweepstakes Entries received within the Promotion Period and select three (3) winners. Odds of winning a Promotion prize depend on the number of eligible Sweepstakes Entries received.
  1. WINNER NOTIFICATION: The potential prize winners will be notified by email and/or phone within three (3) business days of winner selection or as soon as reasonably practiceable. Potential winners will have ten (10) days to respond to the winner notification before forfeiting their prize. Potential winner becomes a “Winner” only after verification of eligibility by Sponsor and having responded to the winner notification within the time given. If such potential winner cannot be contacted within a reasonable time period, if the potential winner is ineligible, if any notification is returned undeliverable, or if the potential winner otherwise fails to fully comply with these Official Rules, he/she will forfeit that prize and an alternate potential winner will be selected from among all remaining Sweepstakes Entries for the Promotion.
  1. PRIZES/PRIZE RESTRICTIONS: Three (3) Promotion Prizes will be awarded during the Promotion, as described below.

       GRAND PRIZE (1): One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded during the Promotion, consisting of:

  • One (1) $500.00 Visa Gift Card*

          The Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of each Grand Prize is $500.00

       RUNNER UP PRIZE (2): Two (2) Runner Up Prizes will be awarded during the Promotion, consisting of:

  • One (1) $250.00 Visa Gift Card*

          The ARV of each Runner Up Prize is $250.00

          The total ARV of all prizes is $1,000.00

           * Visa Gift Card Cardholder Agreement and other terms and conditions may apply.

PRIZE RESTRICTIONS: Limit of one (1) Promotion Prize per person/per household. All Promotion prizes will be fulfilled and mailed to the winners approximately four (4) to six (6) weeks after the Promotion has ended. Prizes will be awarded only upon winner, confirmation, verification of eligibility and final approval by Sponsor. No substitution, transfer of any prize or cash alternative permitted, except by Sponsor who reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value, if prize, or portion of prize, becomes unavailable. Promotion Parties are not responsible for late, lost, stolen, damaged, delayed, or undelivered prizes. Prize winners are not eligible for a registration refund if they choose to cancel or modify their ONS Congress® 2022 Sweepstakes.

PRIZES ARE AWARDED “AS IS” WITH NO GUARANTEE. ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED BY THE PROMOTION PARTIES. ALL PRIZE DETAILS ARE AT SPONSOR’S SOLE DISCRETION. ANY COSTS AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH PRIZE ACCEPTANCE AND USE NOT SPECIFIED HEREIN AS BEING PROVIDED ARE WINNERS’ SOLE RESPONSIBILITY.

  1. GENERAL: Each winner hereby expressly grants to the Promotion Parties and their respective designees all rights to use and publish his/her name, likeness (photographic or simulated), voice, and province of residence for all purposes, including without limitation,  advertising, marketing, promotional and publicity purposes in connection with this Promotion (“Advertising”), in any and all media now or hereafter devised, worldwide in perpetuity, without any form of notice or any amount or kind of compensation or permission, except where prohibited by applicable law. All copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights in such Advertising shall be owned by Sponsor and/or its licensors, and each winning participant hereby disclaims and waives any claim of right to such Advertising. Such Advertising shall be solely under the control of Sponsor and/or its licensors, and each winner hereby waives any claim of control over the Advertising content as well as any possible claims of misuse of such winning recipient’s name, likeness or voice under contract, tort or any other theory of law. The Promotion Parties do not assume any responsibility for any disruption in the Promotion, including but not limited to the failure or interruption of social media (including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram) or any internet service provider. In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures and other statements contained in any Promotion materials and the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall prevail, govern, and control. In no event will more prizes be awarded than those listed in Rule #5. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. All decisions as to these Official Rules and interpretations thereof are exclusively within the sole discretion of the Promotion Parties and may be changed from time to time without notice.  The Promotion Parties reserve the right to cancel or modify the Promotion at any time without notice. A potential winner may be requested to provide the Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the winning Sweepstakes Entry. If, in Sponsor’s sole determination, a dispute cannot be resolved, the Sweepstakes Entry will be deemed ineligible. Sweepstakes Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.  Sweepstakes Entries that are incomplete, garbled, or corrupted are void and will not be accepted. 
  1. CONDUCT: By participating in this Promotion, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Promotion Parties, which shall be final, binding and non-appealable in all respects. Failure to comply with these Official Rules may result in disqualification. The Promotion Parties reserve the right at their sole discretion to disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the participation process or the operation of the Promotion, or to be acting in any manner deemed by the Promotion Parties to be in violation of the Official Rules, or to be acting in any manner deemed by the Promotion Parties to be unsportsmanlike or disruptive, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person and void all associated Sweepstakes Entries and/or registrations and bar an individual from attending ONS Congress® 2022 CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A USER, YOU OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE PROMOTION PARTIES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. By participating in this Promotion, you also agree to be bound by the policies for ONS Congress® 2022, including but not limited to its Code of Conduct.
  1. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: The Promotion Parties assume no responsibility or liability for (a) lost, late, stolen, undelivered, inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misdirected, damaged or garbled registrations, Sweepstakes Entries, URLs, or emails; (b) any incorrect or inaccurate Sweepstakes Entry information, or for any faulty or failed electronic data transmissions; (c) any unauthorized access to, or theft, destruction or alteration of Sweepstakes Entries or registrations at any point in the operation of this Promotion; (d) any technical malfunction, failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or communications line failure, regardless of cause, with regard to any equipment, systems, networks, lines, cable, satellites, servers, computers or providers utilized in any aspect of the operation of the Promotion; (e) inaccessibility or unavailability of the Internet or the Website or any combination thereof or for 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 Promotion, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Promotion, the processing of Sweepstakes Entries, social networking posts, or registrations, the announcement of the prizes, or in any other Promotion-related materials; or (f) any injury or damage to participants or to any other person's computer which may be related to or resulting from any attempt to participate in the Promotion. If, for any reason, the Promotion (or any part thereof) is not capable of running as planned for reasons which may include, without limitation, infection by computer virus, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which may corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion, then the Promotion Parties reserve the right at their sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion in whole or in part. If terminated, the Promotion Parties will award the prizes from among all non-suspect, eligible Sweepstakes Entries received for the Promotion up to the time of such action.
  1. RELEASES: All participants, as a condition of participation in this Promotion, release, hold harmless and indemnify the Promotion Parties from and against any and all liability, claims, damages, or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages, or losses to persons or property which may be sustained, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in connection with (i) participation in any aspect of the Promotion, (ii) the receipt, ownership or use of the prize awarded, including any travel associated with any prize, (iii) participant’s registration material on any related website, or (iv) any typographical or other error in these Official Rules.
  1. CHOICE OF LAW AND JURISDICTION: Except where prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participants, Sponsor, and Administrator in connection with this Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any other jurisdiction), which might otherwise cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Any action seeking legal or equitable relief arising out of or relating to the Promotion or these Official Rules shall be brought only in the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. You hereby irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction of said courts and waive any claim of forum non-convenience or lack of personal jurisdiction they may have.
  1. PRIVACY: Except as noted in these Official Rules, information collected for this Promotion is used only for the purpose of Promotion administration and winner notification and will not be re-used, sold or shared in any manner by the Promotion Parties or any third parties unless you have elected to receive additional information or promotional material from the Sponsor, or a third party. By participating in the Promotion, participant agrees to all of the terms and conditions of the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which is available at https://www.ons.org/legal-notices. In the event of any discrepancy between the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall control and govern.
  1. TAX INFORMATION: All federal, state, local, and other taxes on prizes and any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided, are the sole responsibility of each applicable winner.
  1. WINNERS LIST: To receive the list of winners of prizes, send a #10 self-addressed, stamped envelope for receipt by January 31, 2022 to: ONS Congress® 2022 Sweepstakes Contest Winners List Request, c/o Oncology Nursing Society, 125 Enterprise Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15275

SPONSOR: Oncology Nursing Society, 125 Enterprise Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15275

ADMINISTRATOR: Realtime Media LLC, 200 Four Falls Corporate Center, Suite 100, Conshohocken, PA 19428