OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED
ELIGIBILITY: Elite Instructor Challenge (“Contest”) is open to PADI® Members who are 18 years of age or older (“Entrant”). Entrants must be renewed for 2019 and not have a verified Quality Management action for June – October 2019 to win. Entrants must have obtained Elite Instructor status for 2018 and be associated with a PADI Regional HQ as of July 1, 2019. PADI Japan is excluded from the contest. Employees, and family members of employees, of PADI Worldwide Corp. and all related and affiliate companies, globally, are not eligible for the Contest. The Contest is void where restricted or otherwise prohibited by law. “PADI” shall mean the PADI brand generally.
GENERAL RULES AND CONDITIONS: The goal of the Contest is for Entrants to increase their entry level, con-ed and professional level certifications beginning 12:01 am 1 August to 11.59 pm 31 October 2019, over the same calendar period for 2018 (“2018 Comparison Period”). Only certifications issued by 11.59 pm 31 October 2019 will be counted. Growth will be determined by percentage growth of certifications over Entrant’s 2018 Comparison Period. In the event of a tie, winners will be determined based on the increase in the number of certifications for Contest period over Comparison Period. Entrants will compete in one of five categories, which are based on the Elite Instructor Award program. Entrants in each group will compete against one another to win.
- Level 1: 50 Elite Instructor Award status – 15 winners
- Level 2: 100 Elite Instructor Award status – 12 winners
- Level 3: 150 Elite Instructor Award status – 9 winners
- Level 4: 200 Elite Instructor Award status – 6 winners
- Level 5: 300 Elite Instructor Award status – 3 winner
PRIZES
Each winner will receive the following:
- Free 2020 PADI Membership Renewal and EFR® (where applicable)*
- Recognition in UJ, on PADI Social Media sites, Pros site and in local diving media (where possible)
- PADI Gear™ credit with free custom personalization – Level 1 ($20), Level 2 ($40), Level 3 ($60), Level 4 ($80) and Level 5 ($100)
*Note: 2020 Member Renewal value is subject to the actual 2020 Membership Renewal Fee.
By participating in the Contest, Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Contest Rules. Winners will be required to sign and complete a Publicity Release & Affidavit of Eligibility, where legally permissible, and return it to PADI within 10 days of notification; otherwise the prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate Entrant. Winners grants PADI and its affiliate companies a non-exclusive, worldwide, unlimited use of winner’s name, licensed images, and testimonials for the purpose of advertising and publicity for this contest and for any other purpose PADI and its affiliate companies deem appropriate, without compensation and where permitted by law. Such use may include but is not limited to PADI YouTube Channel and related scuba YouTube Channels, PADI Pro Blog/Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, padi.com, Surface Interval, and press releases. All local, state and federal taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners. No substitution of prize is permitted.
WINNER SELECTION: PADI will determine the winners once the Contest concludes (after 31 October 2019).
The winners must be affiliated with a PADI Regional Headquarter Office as of 1 July 2019. PADI Japan is excluded from the contest. Winners will be notified by email. PADI is not responsible for lost, misdirected or postage due mail. PADI is not responsible for any late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, or unintelligible entries. Incomplete or illegible entries are not eligible. PADI or its affiliates may rescind any promotion found to contain errors without liability at their sole discretion. Contest Rules and winners’ names can be found on the Pros site of padi.com. For a copy of the Official Contest Rules and winners’ names send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: PADI, 30151 Tomas, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA. PADI’s decision and selection of the winner shall be final.
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