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Member Satisfaction Survey - Drawing Rules

2024 MVAS Prize Rules – Drawing 4 winners and 1 grand prize winner

Member Value and Satisfaction Survey (“MVAS”) Prize Winner Information

  1. No purchase necessary to enter the Drawing.
  2. Prize and Value: The prize(s) to be awarded in this Drawing are (i) four (4) admissions to attend the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego, plus the AAOS 2025 OnDemand product (a $624 value) (“Annual Meeting Package”); and (ii) one (1) grand prize of one (1) admission to the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego, plus the AAOS 2025 OnDemand product, plus complimentary hotel stay for the week of the meeting for up to five (5) nights at a designated AAOS hotel at the 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego, plus a complimentary general Instructional Course Lecture (ICL) ticket (the “Grand Prize”), (a $2,699 value) (each, a “Prize”).
  3. Eligibility: Participants must be active or emeritus members of AAOS in good standing (“Members”). Suspended members are not eligible to participate.  Members must complete the 2024 Member Value and Satisfaction Survey by October 11, 2024. Four (4) Annual Meeting Packages and one (1) Grand Prize will be included in the Drawing, for which there will be five (5) total winning Members selected.  Employees of AAOS and their immediate family members, or anyone with whom they are domiciled are not eligible to win and receive a Prize. The Drawing is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Any Drawing entries that are prohibited by any applicable federal, state or local laws or regulations are null and void. It is the responsibility of the Member to determine whether participation in the Drawing is permitted under applicable law.
  4. Drawing Date: The Drawing will take place on or after October 11, 2024.
  5. How to Enter: To enter the Drawing, Members must complete the Member Value and Satisfaction Survey and enter their name to win.
  6. Winning Member Selection and Notification: The winning Members will be chosen at random from those that have completed the MVAS survey. The winning Members will be notified by phone, mail and/or e-mail within 72 hours of the Drawing. In the event that the potential winning Member does not comply with these Rules of being notified, that selection shall be void with no further obligation to that potential winning Member, and an alternate Member may be selected from the remaining entries.
  7. Additional Terms and Conditions: No cash substitutions or equivalents for the Prize will be AAOS reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event that a Prize becomes unavailable. Federal, state and local taxes on the Prize are solely the responsibility of the winning Member. The winning Member may be required to provide AAOS with valid social security number(s) or tax identification number(s) before the Prize will be awarded for tax reporting purposes. An IRS Form 1099 may be issued in the name of the winning Member for the actual value of the Prize received.
  8. Dates & Deadlines/Anticipated Number of Drawing Entrants: AAOS reserves the right, in addition to those other rights reserved herein, to modify any date(s) or deadline(s) set forth in these Rules or otherwise governing the Drawing. AAOS cannot accurately predict the number of Members entering the Drawing.
  9. Name of Drawing Winner/Official Rules Requests. For the name of the winning Member or a copy of these Rules, please contact AAOS Membership at membership@aaos.org.
  10. Release: By participating in the Drawing, entrants agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless AAOS and its directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns (“Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, liability, costs (including attorneys’ fees), losses, damages, fines or injuries of any kind arising out of or related to: (i) participation in the Drawing; (ii) any acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the Prize; (iii) the Released Parties’ violation of rights of publicity or privacy, claims of defamation or portrayal in a false light or based on any claim of infringement of intellectual property; and (iv) any typographical, human or other error in the printing, offering, selection, operation or announcement of any Drawing activity and/or Prize.
  11. Information Submitted. By entering this Drawing and voluntarily providing personal information (including, but not limited to name, address, telephone number and email address) (collectively "Entrant Information"), entrants consent and agree to AAOS’s collection and use of the Entrant Information to administer this Drawing, and to comply with applicable laws and regulations. Registrant Information is subject to AAOS’s website terms of use and privacy policy. The entrant also consents and agrees to AAOS’s use of their photographic images in future communications and/or promotional material solely in connection with AAOS activities.
  12. By entering the Drawing, entrants agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of AAOS, which are final on all matters relating to the Drawing. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Rules will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision of the Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions will remain in effect and will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. AAOS’s failure to enforce any term of these Rules will not constitute a waiver of that provision. The Drawing is governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.