By entering and being accepted into the Competition and submitting the required Business Overview of The San Angelo Business Plan Competition (the “Competition”), each contestant/owner executing this Entry Form agrees to all of the following terms and conditions. If you advance to Phase II of the competition, an Entry Fee of $50.00 payable to: COSADC, is required and is nonrefundable. Payment of entry fees does not guarantee an award in the competition nor advancement to the next phase.
Originality
The statements, information, ideas and concepts set forth in the submitted documents are to be the original work of the contestants. By submission of this Entry Form, contestants individually warrant that their contest submissions are not subject to the intellectual property interest of any other person or entity, and that the contestant is under no agreement or subject to any restriction that prohibits or restricts the contestant’s authority to disclose or submit such statements, information, ideas or concepts to the Competition Officials for purposes of the Competition.
Compliance with Guidelines of the Competition
By signing below, each contestant named below certifies that he/she has read the competition guidelines, and that the team or individual represented by this entry agrees to abide by the guidelines and the decisions of the Judging Panel and Competition Coordinators. The Judging Panel and Competition Coordinators (Competition Officials) reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entry that violates the competition guidelines or does not meet the minimum measures of quality, viability, or feasibility set by the Judging Panel or Competition Coordinators.
Waivers and Releases
Each contestant understands that The San Angelo Business Plan Competition sponsors, judges, coordinators, and Angelo State University, its directors, officers, employees, consultants, and agents are volunteers and are under no obligation to render any advice or service to any contestant. Contestants also understand and agree that the legal protection of the information, ideas and documents submitted by the contestants to the competition is the sole responsibility of the contestants.
Competition Coordinators include the City of San Angelo Development Corporation (COSADC) and Angelo State University, each of which are subject to legislation relating to the disclosure of public information. Contestant hereby consents to access by Competition Officials and the public to all information and documents subject to disclosure under applicable law. The confidentiality of Contestant’s records, including Contestant information related to Competition Coordinators’ economic development considerations and grants or direct incentives provided pursuant to the Competition, will be maintained in accordance with and subject to all applicable laws, including the Texas Public Information Act (TPIA). COSADC will, as required by the TPIA notify a Contestant if a request relating to proprietary information is received, thereby permitting Contestant opportunity to attempt to protect such information from disclosure subject to applicable law. Contestant acknowledges that the TPIA provides exceptions from the general requirement of disclosure of public information that may apply to Contestant trade secret, proprietary and confidential commercial financial information, and that Contestant will need to assert the interest of Contestant as provided under TPIA and at law; however, disclosure of any information submitted in the Competition remains subject to final determination by the Texas Attorney General.
The Competition Officials (Competition Coordinators and Judging Panel) will comply with applicable law, including but not limited to all Texas State Statutes regulating public access to, and the confidentiality of, business proprietary information submitted by the contestant. In consideration of the time, expertise, and other resources provided by the Competition Officials to the competition and the benefits of participation in the Competition, each contestant hereby voluntarily releases the Competition Officials from any claim, damage, liability, responsibility, or accountability, known or unknown, relating to or arising out of information submitted or to be submitted by the Contestant to Competition Official’s as part of Contestant’s participation in the Competition.
Print, review and sign the Entry and Release form (Appendix II) from the guidelines to be uploaded below. Be sure to upload both pages.
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