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1. THE CONTEST
These Rules and Regulations apply to the Maid Brigade Veterans Franchise Giveaway now referred to as (the “Contest”). The contest will take place from July 4th, Independence Day 2009, and will conclude on Veterans Day, November 11, 2009. Applications will be accepted from military veterans between July 4, 2009 – September 30th, 2009. They can be mailed, faxed or emailed in for consideration. 2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY 3. ELIGIBILITY The Contest is open to United States Military Veterans who are no longer on active or reserve duty but excludes employees, directors and officers of Maid Brigade, employees, directors and officers of their respective advertising and promotional agencies, as well as family members of any of the foregoing. 4. HOW TO ENTER AND HOW TO WIN Go to www.maidbrigadegiveaway.com to apply. Applicants must provide a Certificate of Release or Discharge of Active Duty (Form DD 214). This can be faxed, mailed or scanned and emailed to us. They must also complete the Maid Brigade Veterans Franchise Questionnaire which includes an essay: Describe in 100 words or more: What aspects of your military leadership, training, and experience would you apply to your own Maid Brigade operation? Winners will be selected by a panel of four judges: Rear Admiral Michael H. Miller, Ted Daywalt, Military Veteran and President of VetJobs.com, Inc., Don Hay, Founder and Chairman of Maid Brigade, Inc. and Ray Toombs, Military Veteran and Maid Brigade Franchise Owner. Each applicant will be brought through a process very similar to any candidate applying for a Maid Brigade franchise. However, in this case, their military background and successes will be taken into consideration. The application process will be as follows: Applicants can expect their review process to take four to six weeks, allowing ample time for them and Maid Brigade to get to know each other.
1. From July 4 to September 30, 2009, veterans may complete and submit the Maid Brigade Veterans Franchise Giveaway application online. Maid Brigade then mails each qualified applicant a Franchise Information Package.
2. Maid Brigade and applicants then arrange a telephone interview to discuss the company's systems, territories and business goals. Afterward, Maid Brigade sends them a Franchise Disclosure Document and additional documentation on the company and specific territories. 3. Qualified candidates speak with current Maid Brigade franchisees to hear firsthand some of the "nuts and bolts" surrounding ownership. They also work with Maid Brigade planners to complete Advertising and Financial Planners. 4. In October, after Maid Brigade receives all contest entry forms, the panel of judges selects the top 10 applicants, who must meet Maid Brigade’s standards for new franchisees. If fewer than 10 applicants meet those standards, then only those who meet the standards will proceed to the next stage of the contest. Maid Brigade flies them to Atlanta to attend an all-expenses paid special Veterans Giveaway Discovery Day, where the applicants get to know more about the company and judges get to know more about the applicants. 5. Prizewinners will be notified by phone and in writing before November 11, 2009. 6. On Veterans Day, November 11, 2009, Maid Brigade announces the winners of the Maid Brigade Veterans Franchise Giveaway. 5. THE GRAND PRIZE Gold Award: Maid Brigade Select Market Franchise – valued at $45,000 Everything you need to get started in business! • $14,500 franchise fee • $3,000 equipment package • $27,500 in working capital • A one-week, all-inclusive training program at Maid Brigade headquarters in Atlanta, airfare and hotel provided. 6. OTHER PRIZES Silver Award: Maid Brigade Select Market Franchise valued at $27,500 This includes the franchise, equipment package and some working capital (you provide some additional working capital) • $14,500 Select Market franchise fee • $3,000 Maid Brigade equipment package • $10,000 working capital • A one-week, all-inclusive training program at Maid Brigade headquarters in Atlanta – airfare and hotel provided. Bronze Award: Maid Brigade Select Market Franchise valued at $17,500 This includes the franchise and equipment package (you provide all the working capital) • $14,500 Select Market franchise fee • $3,000 Maid Brigade equipment package • A one-week, all-inclusive training program at Maid Brigade headquarters in Atlanta – airfare and hotel provided. Up to 100 additional awards – valued at $14,500 each Maid Brigade will waive the Select Market franchise fee to any qualified veteran who enters (normally a $14,500 charge). 7. TERRITORY Part of the award includes an exclusive Maid Brigade Franchise territory. The Franchise territory is based on and subject to availability of territory and must be mutually agreed upon by award winner and Maid Brigade. 8. DEADLINE FOR CLAIMING PRIZE Prize winner must claim the prize within thirty (30) days of winning (the “Deadline”). If the prize winner fails either to claim the prize or inform Maid Brigade of his or her inability to claim the prize before the Deadline, his or her entry will be forfeited and another winner will take his or her place. 9. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF ENTRIES PERMITTED Only one entry per person is accepted. Multiple entries will be discarded. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are reproduced, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way. 10. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: All entries must be submitted in the name of an individual person and the prize can only be awarded to the person whose name is on the winning entry. Entrant warrants and represents he/she is the sole and exclusive author of the application. All taxes on prizes, if applicable, are the sole responsibility of the winner. Prizes are not transferable/assignable. 11. CHANCES OF WINNING Chances of winning depends upon on the number of qualified Contest entrants. 12. CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE Before being awarded the prize the prize winner must: a) Show valid identification; and b) Sign all legal documentation regarding acceptance of a franchise with Maid Brigade, including the standard Maid Brigade Franchise Agreement; and c) Agree to allow their image to be used in all advertising, PR and internet marketing from 11/1/09 – 12/31/11. 13. PRIZE TO BE ACCEPTED AS AWARDED The decision of the Contest judges is final, and the prize must be accepted as awarded. No portion of any prize is transferable. The prizes are not redeemable for cash and no substitute for any portion of any prize is offered. Should a prize winner be unable to claim a prize as awarded, his or her entry will be forfeited. 14. OWNERSHIP OF ENTRIES All entries shall become the property of Maid Brigade and their advertising and promotional agencies. The Releasees assume no responsibility for lost, stolen, destroyed or otherwise indecipherable entries due to any failure or technical malfunction of the telephone network, on-line computer systems of equipment, servers, access providers, software, poor reception, technical problems, failure of any email or submission or due to any other reason regardless of cause. 15. CONSENT TO USE OF PERSONALITY By entering a Contest, each entrant, including the prize winner, consents to the use of his or her name, city of residence, photograph, voice, likeness, image or any other aspect of his or her personality for any publicity and programming purposes, commercial or otherwise, in all media used by Maid Brigade, promoters and their advertising and promotional agencies, without any payment or compensation. 16. CONSENT TO COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION By entering the Contest and voluntarily providing personal information including, but not limited to, name, address, city, email address, home and office telephone numbers (the “Registrant Information”), each Contest entrant grants permission to Maid Brigade to the collection and use of the Registrant Information for the exclusive purpose of administering the Contest and selecting the prize winner(s). 17. NO DISRUPTION TO CONTEST All Contest entrants agree to respect the entry process and the operation of the Contest as outlined in these rules and regulations. Maid Brigade may disqualify or ban from future contests any Contest entrant or person who Maid Brigade feels is tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest, to be acting in a disruptive or unsportsmanlike manner, or behaving with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any person associated with Maid Brigade. Any attempt to deliberately damage a website or to undermine the legitimate operation of a contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should any such attempt be made by a Contest entrant or other person, Maid Brigade may seek damages or other relief from such Contest entrant or other person to the fullest extent permitted by law. 18. WHERE CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS AVAILABLE These rules and regulations are available online at www.maidbrigadegiveaway.com. 19. COMPLIANCE WITH CONTEST RULES All contestants agree to abide by the Contest Rules, which are subject to change at the sole discretion of Maid Brigade. 20. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS This Contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all federal, state and municipal laws and regulations of the United States. | |
