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Contest entries are no longer being accepted.

However, we invite you to vote for your favorite video to help the person who deserves to win the $1000 to redo their room.

Get involved. Spread the word. Tell your friends. Have their friends tell their friends. Your vote counts.

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Redo My Room Official Rules - Be in the Know

ELIGIBILITY : "REDO MY ROOM VIDEO" YouTube Video Contest ("Contest") is only open to legal residents of the United States who lives, works, attends church, or attends school in Harris County, Texas and who are at least 14 to 25 years of age at time of entry. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Employees of Shell Federal Credit Union, PMD Marketing, PTP New Media, YouTube, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, participating vendors and sponsors, promotion or advertising agencies, or any other company involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Contest (all of the above, together with Sponsor, collectively referred to as "Promotion Entities"), and the employee's immediate family members (parent, child, sibling, and spouse), regardless of where they live, and the employee's Household Members, are ineligible to enter. "Household Member" shall mean people who share the same residence at least three (3) months per year (whether related or not). All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.

HOW TO ENTER: No purchase necessary. Contest begins at 12:01 AM Central Time ("GMT") on 11/01/08 and ends at 11:59 PM GMT on 12/15/08 ("Contest Period"). Entrants have the opportunity to produce and submit via YouTube only an original video.  The winning videos will be selected by public voting and by a panel of qualified judges based on the criteria set forth below. To enter: During the Contest Period, visit YouTube.com, and login to your existing YouTube account or create a YouTube Account. Creating an account is free. Follow the links and instructions to make your entry and submit your original video.  Entrant does not necessarily have to be the central focus of the video submission. Original documentaries, animations, dramatic compositions, monologues and montages are all accepted. Feel free to be creative as long as the submission meets the requirements below and elsewhere in these Official Rules.

VIDEO ENTRY DETAILS:

  • Entrants must have an active YouTube account to enter. Your personal information is subject to the privacy policies posted on YouTube and at www.helpredomyroom.com.

  • Entrants can view submitted videos at www.helpredomyroom.com. Each video must be unique and original.

  • Entrants must own all rights, including copyright and performance rights, to their Video Submission, and must hold all necessary releases concerning the contents of the Video Submission. If other persons are shown in the Video Submission, entrant may be required to provide signed releases from such persons. No persons under 14 years old or older than 25 years old may appear in or be involved in the creation of the Video Submission. In consideration of entering the Video Submission in the Contest, each entrant irrevocably licenses these rights to the Promotion Entities, and winners irrevocably assign these rights to the Promotion Entities.

  • Each Video Submission must comply with video requirements located at http://www.youtube.com/t/howto_makevideo

  • Each Video Submission must not exceed 2 minute in length.

  • Each Video Submission must not exceed 50 MB in size.

  • Each Video Submission must comply with the YouTube Terms of Service located at http://www.youtube.com/t/terms

  • By submitting a video, you confirm that you agree to be bound by these Official Rules.

  • Any Video Submission that includes content that is indecent, obscene, offensive, not suitable for a general audience, outside the intent of the Contest, contains material for which licenses are required, or does not comply with the YouTube Terms of Service located at http://www.youtube.com/t/terms or these Official Rules as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion will be disqualified from the Contest and may be removed from YouTube.

  • By entering, entrants represent and warrant that their Video Submissions are their own original creations and do not infringe any other person's or entity's rights, and that they and any other person appearing in their Video Submission release any and all claims concerning use, performance, modification and distribution of the Video Submission and their likenesses, statements or performances.

  • Each entrant may submit one (1) entry only during the Contest Period. No joint submissions. One (1) entrant per YouTube account and per email address. In the event of any dispute concerning the identity of the entrant, the entry will be deemed made by the authorized account holder for the applicable internet service. Any attempt by any entrant to submit more than one (1) entry by using multiple/different accounts or email addresses, identities, registrations, or any other methods may void and disqualify all submissions entered by that entrant, at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Entries (including Video Submissions) will be screened for eligibility and compliance with requirements; incomplete, ineligible or non-complying entries will be disqualified. The Promotion Entities are not responsible for late, lost, stolen, misdirected, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, or misdirected entries, which are void. Sponsor will not acknowledge receipt of entries.

PUBLIC VOTING CRITERIA: During the Contest Period, all or fewer than all Video Submissions may be posted on a daily rotation for public voting for the Video Submission highlighting the best reasons why they feel they need to win a room makeover on the http://www.helpredomyroom.com web site and possibly other web sites to be determined at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Public voting will take place from 12/16/2008 – 01/09/2008. Visitors will be able to vote for their favorite video.

SELECTION OF WINNERS: The video submission with the highest number of votes during the voting period will be declared the winner.

PRIZES: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: $1,000.00 in the form of a VISA gift card. No substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor's sole discretion. Potential winners will be notified by email and must respond within three (3) days by phone or email, or will be disqualified and Sponsor may select an alternate winner in the same manner. The prize cannot be used or redeemed in conjunction with any other promotion or offer. No substitutions or transfer of the prize is permitted. If the winner is unable to accept a prize for any reason whatsoever, or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, that potential winner may be disqualified and Sponsor may select an alternate winner from the remaining pool of eligible entries in the same manner. Taxes and any other expenses and incidentals not mentioned herein are each winner's sole responsibility. Sponsor may require the winner to provide Social Security numbers for tax reporting purposes.  The winner will be required to have an interview conducted by the Shell Federal Credit Union iLife video team in the winner’s room that was redone within 60 days of receiving the $1000 Visa Gift Card.  By entering, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules.

CONDITIONS: By participating and/or submitting an entry or accepting any prize, you represent and warrant that your Video Submission (a) does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark or other proprietary, contractual, privacy or publicity right of any person or entity, and its use in any manner by Sponsor and its affiliates and agents will not incur any obligation to pay any party and (b) the footage being submitted is real and accurate. You hereby irrevocably license all such rights to the Promotion Entities in all media throughout the world in perpetuity. The winner assigns his/her Video Submission, and all words, images, concepts or ideas contained or embodied therein, to Sponsor which become the sole property of Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to edit the content of each Video Submission as it sees fit and to identify you as the source of your submission. By submitting the Video Submissions and licensing or assigning your rights, entrants grant Sponsor and its affiliates and agents permission to use the Video Submissions for any purpose and in any media whatsoever, worldwide, without further compensation to entrants. Selected videos may be posted on Sponsor's and/or YouTube's website at any time, if deemed appropriate by Sponsor and at Sponsor's sole discretion. Acceptance of the prize constitutes consent to use of winner's name, likeness, statements, and biographical data for advertising/publicity purposes in any medium without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. Entrants hereby release and hold harmless each of the Promotion Entities and their officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives from any and all claims, demands, losses and liabilities arising out of this Contest, or use, performance, modification and distribution of the Video Submission or any likeness, statement or performance, or use or misuse of the prize awarded hereunder. Sponsor assumes no liability or responsibility for damages, losses or injury resulting from this Contest or the acceptance or use of the prize.  All entrants further agree that in the event of any third party claims, damages, losses or injuries or death arising from or relating to this Contest, or any use, performance, modification and distribution of the Video Submission or any likeness, statement or performance, or the winner's use of any prize, entrant will indemnify and hold harmless each of the Promotion Entities and their officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives from any and all such claims, including the attorneys' fees related thereto. Entrant is responsible for all on-line charges incurred with any Internet service provider and/or wireless carrier. Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, or for any human error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures or any telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to access any Website or on-line service, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost, incomplete, illegible or misdirected entries. No mechanical reproduction of entries accepted. Mass entries, or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices will be disqualified. Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. If the Sponsor determines, in their sole discretion, that there is any suspected or actual tampering with the Contest or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Contest, the judges reserve the right to void the entries at issue and/or terminate or modify the Contest using all eligible entries received as of the termination date. If the Contest is terminated due to tampering or technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted at www.helpredomyroom.com.  Any attempt to deliberately damage the content or operation of this Contest is unlawful and subject to legal action. All decisions of Sponsor are final and binding.

WINNER'S LIST: For a copy of these Official Rules or a list of the winners, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope to: "REDO MY ROOM VIDEO Winners List", Shell Federal Credit Union, 301 E. 13th Street, Deer Park, TX 77536.  Specify whether you would like a copy of these Official Rules or the winners' list. The Winner will also be posted on www.helpredomyroom.com on or about 01/09/09 or when the winner has been verified and confirmed.

SPONSOR: Shell Federal Credit Union, 301 E. 13th Street, Deer Park, TX 77536.

ADMINISTRATOR: Shell Federal Credit Union, 301 E. 13th Street, Deer Park, TX 77536.