Contributor Program Contest Official Rules

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  1. 1. Sponsor. The Contributor Program Contest (the "Contest") is sponsored by Elasticsearch, Inc., 800 W. El Camino Real, Suite 350, Mountain View, CA 94040 USA ("Elastic").
  2. 2. No Purchase Necessary; Entry Instructions. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE THE CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION.
  3. 3. Overview.
    1. 3.1. Eligible contributors ("Contributors") to this Contest participate to earn points by submitting Qualifying Contributions (defined below) during the Contest Period (defined below) ("Points") and win Prizes (as defined below) based on the number of Points earned. Contributors may submit and earn Points for Qualifying Contributions made during the Contest Period. Contributors must complete at least one (1) Active Contribution to be eligible for a Prize. See Section 6 below for detailed eligibility requirements.
  4. 4. How to Participate.
    1. 4.1. To participate in the Contest, you must register and login to an Elastic Cloud account by visiting cloud.elastic.co and agree to the Terms of Service. One account per person. Any attempt by you, or any other entity on your behalf with your knowledge, to participate as a Contributor using more than the stated number of accounts by using multiple/different email or addresses, accounts, identities, or any other methods will void your Qualifying Contributions and you may be disqualified. In the event of an ongoing dispute as to identity of any Contributor, Elastic has the right to make determination as to the Contributor in its sole discretion. Elastic reserves the right to reject any submission of a Qualifying Contribution and/or Contributor for any reason.
    2. 4.2. Within your Elastic Cloud account, you may participate in the Contest by agreeing to these Official Rules and submitting Qualifying Contributions during the Contest Period. "Qualifying Contributions" are collectively and fully described in Appendix A and includes the following activities:
      1. 4.2.1. "Organized Event" means organizing an event that focuses on Elastic's products and solutions, such as a meetup, hackathon, or workshop.
        1. 4.2.1.1. "Code" means a bug report, code enhancement, demo or project using Elastic, that meets the requirements of Appendix A Section 6 below.
        2. 4.2.1.2. "Organized Event" means organizing an event that focuses on Elastic's products and solutions, such as a meetup, hackathon, or workshop.
        3. 4.2.1.3. "Presentation" means creating and presenting a presentation that focuses on Elastic's products and solutions at an event, such as a meetup, workshop, or conference.
        4. 4.2.1.4. "Technical Q&A" means answering a question posted on an Approved Channel that is validated on the Approved Channel. "Approved Channels" are stackoverflow.com and discuss.elastic.co.
        5. 4.2.1.5. "Translation" means a written translation of a blog post on Elastic's website at https://www.elastic.co/blog/.
        6. 4.2.1.6. "Video" means creating and making available a video or a video series, such as a tutorial or use case recording, that focus on Elastic's products and solutions.
        7. 4.2.1.7. "Written Content" means creating and making available written content in the form of an article, research paper, or blog post that focuses on Elastic's products and solutions.
      2. 4.2.2. "Contribution Validation" means a Contributor's review of another Contributor's submission of a Qualifying Contribution as compliant or non-compliant with the requirements of the applicable Qualifying Contribution as further described in Appendix A.
      3. 4.2.3. "Bonus Points" means activities described in Appendix A that earn the Contributor additional bonus points.
    3. 4.3. If an activity meets the requirements of more than one type of Qualifying Contribution, then each type of Qualifying Contribution must be submitted separately (each a "Submission"). For example, if you (i) organize an Elastic meetup, (ii) create an Elastic-focused presentation for the meetup, and (iii) record and publish the presentation online, then you must make three (3) separate Submissions (one per Qualifying Contribution).
    4. 4.4. Approval Process. All Submissions must be approved. Either (i) Elastic, in its sole discretion, or (ii) three (3) other Contributors' review of the Submission through the Contribution Validation process shall determine whether or not a Submission meets the requirements applicable to the Qualifying Contribution that has been submitted and, therefore, is approved and eligible to earn the specified Points. The requirements for each type of Qualifying Contribution and the number of Points awarded are described in Appendix A.
    5. 4.5. To be eligible to win a Prize, the Contributor must complete at least one (1) Active Contribution during the Contest Period. If a Contributor has submitted only Contribution Validation(s), and has not submitted any Active Contributions, then that Contributor will not be eligible for a Prize, nor will that Contributor be ranked on the Leaderboard (as defined herein).
  5. 5. Contest Period. Each Contest shall run for specific periods (each a "Contest Period") set forth at https://contributor-program.app.elstc.co/. The sole determinant of time for the purposes of this Contest will be the Contest server machines. Only submissions that are received during a current Contest Period are capable of being Qualifying Contributions.
  6. 6. Eligibility.
    1. 6.1. The Contest is open only to legal residents of the following countries within the three (3) regions listed below:
      1. 6.1.1. "AMER Region" consists of North America and Latin America and the Caribbean.
      2. 6.1.2. "APJ Region" consists of Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
      3. 6.1.3. "EMEA Region" consists of Europe, Western Asia, and Africa.
      4. For a full list of countries by region, see the UN Statistics Division Geographic Regions list located at https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/. In these Official Rules, AMER Region, APJ Region, and EMEA Region are each individually referred to as a "Territory" and are collectively referred to as the "Territories". Participants must be at least eighteen (18) years old and the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence. No one outside the Territories is eligible to participate in this Contest. Officers, directors, and employees of Elastic and its affiliates, and each of their immediate family members and those residing with them or any other entity participating in the design, administration, or fulfillment of the Contest, are not eligible to participate or win.
    2. 6.2. The Contest is not open to any person to whom Elastic would otherwise be prohibited from awarding a prize under any applicable law, rule, or regulation or any internal policies of Elastic or your employer. Any government or public official or anyone acting on behalf of any government may not participate. If Elastic, in its sole discretion, considers that a Prize may not be awarded to a Prize winner due to any applicable law, rule, or regulation or any internal policies of the Prize winner's employer, then it may instead, but shall not be obliged to, offer a substitute Prize, of the same or differing value.
    3. 6.3. By entering this Contest, you represent and warrant that you (i) are not located in a destination prohibited by the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") (15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774 (2010)) and are not a person or entity listed on the economic sanctions regulations and guidelines of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Asset Control ("Restricted Parties"), and (ii) will not export, re-export, or otherwise transfer any of Elastic's products, technology, content, information, services, or any intellectual property rights therein or related to any of the foregoing ("Elastic Technology"), or permit any Elastic Technology to be used by, or disclose any Elastic Technology to, any prohibited destination or Restricted Party; and (iii) your Qualifying Contributions are honest, decent, legal and truthful; compliant with all applicable laws, these Official Rules and Elastic's Community Code of Conduct; your own original work, created solely and exclusively by you, free from malware or other content adverse to the Contest, Elastic, the rights of third parties or public decency and do not contain the work of any third party. You shall indemnify and hold Elastic harmless from and against claims, losses, costs, or liability arising out of or in connection with your breach of this section.
  7. 7. Prizes.
    1. 7.1. Elastic may award prizes to up to the top ten (10) Contributors in each Territory based upon ranking in the GOLD, SILVER, or BRONZE tiers, each as described in the table below (collectively, the "Tiers"): based on (i) Points and (ii) Referrals as described in sub-Section 7.3 of these Official Rules, (each a "Prize" and collectively, "Prizes"). There are a total of up to thirty (30) Prizes to be won (10 Prizes per Territory), as follows, and as further described below: two (2) GOLD Prizes, three (3) SILVER Prizes and five (5) BRONZE Prizes per Territory.
      TIERRankingPRIZES
      GOLD1st – 3rd highest Points earners in each Territory- Swag
      - Elastic Cloud four (4) month extended trial
      - One-year Standard Elastic training subscription, with: (i) access to a total of three (3) practice exams, consisting of one (1) practice exam for each of the following paths: Kibana, Observability and Elasticsearch; and (ii) access to a total of three (3) certification exam attempts, consisting of one (1) certification exam attempt for each of the following paths: Kibana, Observability and Elasticsearch.
      - Elastic Gold Virtual Badge
      - Shout-Out during ElasticON events
      (Approximate retail value: $5,600.00 USD each)
      SILVER4th-12th highest Points earners in each Territory- Swag
      - Elastic Cloud four (4) month extended trial
      - One (1) certification exam attempt
      - Elastic Silver Virtual Badge
      - Shout-Out during ElasticON events
      (Approximate retail value: $1,000.00 USD each)
      BRONZE6th – 10th highest Points earners in each Territory- Swag
      - Elastic Cloud thirty (30) day extended trial
      - One (1) certification exam attempt
      - Elastic Bronze Virtual Badge
      - Shout-Out during ElasticON events
      (Approximate retail value: $450.00 USD each)
    2. 7.2. The nature of swag Prizes referred to above will be determined by Elastic in its sole discretion. All values are expressed in U.S. dollars. The total approximate retail value of all Prizes is $7,050.00 USD.
    3. 7.3. Any Contributor may refer a non-contributor to the Contest. In the event that a non-contributor is referred by a Contributor and such non- contributor subsequently submits a Qualifying Contribution during the Contest Period in which they were referred, then they shall be deemed a "Successful Referral" and the Contributor who referred them shall be deemed a "Qualifying Referrer". Six points shall be awarded once to a Qualifying Referrer for the first Qualifying Contribution submitted by a Successful Referral of theirs. No further points will be awarded to the Contributor for any subsequent Qualifying Contributions submitted by that Successful Referral.
    4. 7.4. No substitution, assignment, sale, exchange, transfer, or cash redemption of any Prize by Contestant is permitted, except by Elastic in its sole discretion. Elastic reserves the right to substitute one Prize with another of comparable or greater value or add additional Prizes for any reason. Each Prize winner is responsible for all taxes (including income and withholding taxes, if any) and fees associated with the receipt and/or use of each Prize they win. Each winner of a Prize must follow all of the applicable Prize redemption instructions.
    5. 7.5. Prior to receiving any Prizes, winners may be required to complete, sign, have notarized (if applicable), and return, without alteration and in the form presented by Elastic, (i) an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (unless prohibited by law), (ii) applicable tax documentation for their jurisdiction, and (iii) any agreement or terms of use applicable to the Prizes (including, but not limited to, Complimentary Online Training Subscription Agreement) by the date specified by Elastic. In the event of non-compliance with those of the applicable foregoing requirements or in the event a potential Prize winner cannot accept, is unwilling to accept or fails to claim the applicable Prize (as awarded) in accordance with these Official Rules for any reason, then, in Elastic's sole and absolute discretion, the Prize may be forfeited and/or awarded to an alternate winner of Elastic's choosing.
  8. 8. Contest Winner Selection and Notification.
    1. 8.1. For each Contest Period there may be up to a maximum of thirty (30) Prize winners in each Territory, subject to Elastic's tie-breaking and verification procedures.
    2. 8.2. Prize winners of Prizes will be determined based solely upon the number of Points earned by a Contributor, provided that if there are fewer than thirty (30) Contributors in a Territory, winners of Prizes in each Tier will be decided in Elastic's sole discretion.
    3. 8.3. For each Contest Period, there shall be only one Prize for each Prize-winning Contributor. Odds of winning Prizes depend respectively on the number of Qualified Contributions submitted and the number of Points earned during the Contest Period.
    4. 8.4. Prizes are only valid for collection within twelve (12) months from the date that their winners are announced. Winners for each Contest Period will be announced on or about the date set forth for that Contest Period at https://contributor-program.app.elstc.co/. Elastic will contact each winner by email with information on how to collect the Prize. If (i) a winner does not respond within the time provided in that email or cannot be reached after a reasonable attempt has been made, (ii) any prize notification or Contest-related communications are rejected, faulty, or returned as undeliverable, or (iii) the winner cannot attend or participate in any portion of the Prize, then in each case that winner may be disqualified and Elastic may select an alternate winner in Elastic's sole discretion. Elastic is not obligated to pursue any alternate winners; in which case, some Prizes may go unawarded.
    5. 8.5. In the event of a tie between Contributors, Elastic will consider the following factors in the following order and determine the Prize winner in its sole discretion: (i) the Contributor that achieved the winning score earlier, (ii) the total number of Qualifying Contributions with the highest Point value; and (iii) the total number of Qualifying Contributions.
    6. 8.6. By claiming a Prize, Prize claimant consents to the use of their name, likeness, voice, image, video, photograph, place of residence and / or GitHub profile, without further compensation, in any publicity or marketing activities carried out by Elastic, in perpetuity and in any media worldwide.
  9. 9. General Rules.
    1. 9.1. By registering for this Contest, you agree to abide by these Official Rules, Elastic's Community Code of Conduct and any decision Elastic makes regarding the Contest, which Elastic shall make in its sole discretion. All decisions made by Elastic are made in its sole and absolute discretion and are binding and final in all respects. At any time, including but not limited to during the Contest Period, Elastic reserves the right to restrict participation, disqualify, and/or prosecute to the fullest extent permitted by law any entrant or winner who, in Elastic's reasonable suspicion (as determined by Elastic in its sole and absolute discretion): (i) tampers with or impairs Elastic's website, the registration process, or the administration, security, fairness, or proper play of this Contest, (ii) damages or attempts to damage or cause an interruption of any online service, website, or the Contest, (iii) enters or participates in the Contest in a suspicious manner, (iv) intentionally registers more than a single Contributor account, or attempts to participate using multiple names, identities or email addresses, (v) provides false, untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading information, (v) attempts to tamper with, or enter, participate in or win the Contest by illegal, deceptive, abusive, unfair or fraudulent means or in any manner that is disruptive or inconsistent with the letter and spirit of these Official Rules, (vi) violates these Official Rules and / or Elastic's Community Code of Conduct, or (vii) acts in an unsportsmanlike, disruptive, obnoxious, inappropriate, threatening, illegal, abusive, threatening, or harassing manner. If disqualified, such person forfeits any and all rights to a Prize and any Prize previously awarded to them must be returned immediately upon request from Elastic, without limiting Elastic's other rights and remedies both in law and at equity. The disqualified entrant will have no claim against Elastic in respect of the Contest or the Prize which they might otherwise have won. If an entrant or winner is disqualified, Elastic reserves the right, acting in its sole and absolute discretion, to terminate such person's eligibility to participate in this Contest and any future contests, programs, events, sweepstakes or any other promotions conducted by Elastic.
    2. 9.2. Elastic's failure or decision to not enforce any provision in these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of that or any other provision. In the event there is an alleged or actual ambiguity, discrepancy, or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials and/or these Official Rules (including any alleged discrepancy or inconsistency in these Official Rules), it will be resolved in Elastic's sole discretion.
    3. 9.3. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules will otherwise remain in effect and will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. /li>
    4. 9.4. If the Contest is incapable of running as planned for any reason, Elastic reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify, or suspend the Contest and award the prizes in its sole discretion prior to cancellation, modification, or suspension or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Elastic.
    5. 9.5. In the event of a dispute concerning who participated, the Contributor will be declared to be the person who is the registered account holder of the e-mail address for the registered user account, but only if that person meets all other eligibility criteria.
    6. 9.6. A ranking of Contributors organized according to Points awarded and/or other published criteria forming part of the Official Rules, as is made available by Elastic in its discretion, shall be publicly available online to the world at large ("Leaderboard"). As a condition of entering the Contest, Contributors must complete an accurate profile within their own user account providing all information that is required by Elastic ("Profile"). Contributors may also provide, as part of their account profile and/or Elastic may independently obtain and add additional information regarding individual Contributors such as name, username, photograph, voice, prize information, biographical information, quotes attributable to a Contributor, and any other indicia of persona (regardless of whether modified in Elastic's sole discretion) provided that any photograph used must be inoffensive and only of the Contributor providing it and no other likeness may be used, (collectively "Additional Information"). Each Contributor understands and agrees that for such period as Elastic may decide, in its sole discretion: (i) their Profile; (ii) all Qualifying Contributions; (iii) the number of Points earned; (iv) places on the Leaderboard; (v) Additional Information and (vi) full details related to any Prizes awarded to such Contributor (collectively "Contributor Information") shall be publicly available to the world at large at https://contributor-program.app.elstc.co/ without any requirement for viewers to login, in each case including for advertising, trade, promotional, and publicity purposes.
    7. 9.7. Each Contributor hereby grants Elastic the irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable, free of charge, royalty-free, worldwide right and permission to use, publish, post, translate, modify, edit, combine, disassemble, distribute, make available by wire or wireless means, publicly perform, and/or display in any medium now known or hereafter discovered, all Contributor Information in each case for advertising, trade, promotional, and publicity purposes without further compensation of any kind and without any further notice. Each Contributor hereby waives any right to inspect or approve any such use and releases Elastic from any and all liability related to such uses. Each Contributor agrees and understands that information on websites, such as Contributor Information, can be viewed throughout the world and that some overseas countries may provide lower levels of protection to the rights of individuals compared to other countries.
    8. 9.8. Each Contributor hereby represents and warrants that: (i) they are of legal age in the place where this consent is given at the date of first providing their Profile and that they have all necessary right, authority, capacity and competence to hereby grant this release and to consent to the use of all of their Contributor Information as provided herein.
  10. 10. Intellectual Property.
    1. 10.1. Except as expressly set forth in this section, participating in this Contest does not grant you any rights in or to Elastic's intellectual property rights. Elastic retains all right, title, and interest in and to Elastic Technology.
    2. 10.2. Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, in the event you create and submit a Translation, Elastic grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to prepare a Translation and make such Translation available on a website that does not have a paywall during the Contest Period for the sole purpose of participating in this Contest. You agree to assign and hereby assign to Elastic all rights, title, and interest in and to the Translation, including, without limitation, all copyright, moral rights (to the extent permitted by applicable intellectual property law) and any other any intellectual and/or other proprietary rights therein. Upon request from Elastic, you shall cooperate with Elastic and promptly execute or cause to be executed and all applications, assignments, consents, releases, or other instruments, and shall take all further actions, in each case that Elastic deems reasonably appropriate or necessary to permit and assist Elastic, at Elastic's expense, in obtaining, perfecting, and enforcing the full benefits, enjoyment, rights, and title throughout the world in the Translation.
  11. 11. Disclaimer, Release and Limit of Liability.
    1. 11.1. NOTHING IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES LIMITS, EXCLUDES, OR MODIFIES OR PURPORTS TO LIMIT, EXCLUDE, OR MODIFY ANY STATUTORY CONSUMER GUARANTEES OR ANY IMPLIED CONDITION OR WARRANTY THE EXCLUSION OF WHICH WOULD CONTRAVENE ANY STATUTE OR CAUSE ANY PART OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES TO BE VOID ("STATUTORY GUARANTEES"). EXCEPT FOR ANY STATUTORY GUARANTEES, ELASTIC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST AND EACH WINNER AGREES THAT THE PRIZE IS PROVIDED AS-IS. BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS ELASTIC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, DISTRIBUTORS, ADVERTISING/PROMOTION AGENCIES, AND PRIZE SUPPLIERS, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARENT COMPANIES AND EACH SUCH COMPANY'S OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "RELEASED PARTIES") FROM AND AGAINST ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, OR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST OR RECEIPT OR USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE.
    2. 11.2. THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR: (i) ANY LOST, LATE, INCORRECT, INCOMPLETE, INCOMPATIBLE, OR MISDIRECTED CONTRIBUTIONS, INFORMATION, CORRESPONDENCE, OR MATERIALS, WHETHER CAUSED BY ENTRANTS, PRINTING ERRORS, OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN THE CONTEST; (ii) TECHNICAL FAILURES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO MALFUNCTIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELAYS, OR DISCONNECTIONS IN PHONE OR CABLE LINES, NETWORK CONNECTIONS, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE, OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED HUMAN INTERVENTION IN ANY PART OF THE REGISTRATION PROCESS OR THE CONTEST; (iv) TECHNICAL OR HUMAN ERROR WHICH MAY OCCUR IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONTEST OR THE PROCESSING OF CONTRIBUTIONS; (v) ANY VIRUSES OR TECHNICAL OR MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS; (vi) ANY INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE CAUSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FROM ENTRANT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST OR RECEIPT OR USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE; AND (vii) ANY CHANGES OR UNAVAILABILITY OF THE CONTEST WEBSITE THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE CONTEST OR ABILITY OF THE ENTRANT TO TIMELY PARTICIPATE, RECEIVE NOTICES, OR COMMUNICATE WITH ELASTIC, IN WHICH CASE ELASTIC, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, MAY TERMINATE OR MODIFY THE CONTEST.
    3. 11.3. If for any reason your registration and/or Contribution(s) are confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, your sole remedy is another registration or Contribution(s) in the Contest. Unless otherwise specified, no more than the stated number and types of prizes will be awarded and in no event will Elastic be liable for more than the stated number of Prizes in these Official Rules. In event that production, technical, programming, or any other reasons cause more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Elastic reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by selecting the winner in its sole discretion among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
    4. 11.4. Without limiting any other provision in these Official Rules, Elastic is not responsible, or liable for failure to operate the Contest or supply the prizes or any part thereof in the event that any of the Contest activities or Elastic's operations or activities are affected by a force majeure event, as determined by the Elastic in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, by reason of any acts of God, any action, regulation, order, or request by any governmental or quasi- governmental entity, equipment failure, threatened terrorist acts, terrorist acts, air raid, blackout, act of public enemy, earthquake, war (declared or undeclared), fire, flood, epidemic, pandemic, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any law, rule, regulation, order, or other action adopted or taken by any governmental, federal, state, provincial, or local government authority, or any other cause, whether or not specifically mentioned above.
  12. 12. Privacy and Use of Personal Information. Elastic collects personal information from individuals when they enter this Contest. Elastic reserves the right to use any information collected in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at https://www.elastic.co/legal/privacy-statement.
  13. 13. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTES. THESE OFFICIAL RULES, THE CONTEST AND ALL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THE CONTEST OR THE OFFICIAL RULES ARE GOVERNED BY, AND WILL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE FORUM AND VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES SHALL BE IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA. EACH ENTRANT ACCEPTS AND SUBMITS TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY LEGAL ACTIONS, SUITS, OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS CONTEST. EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED, AS A CONDITION OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST, YOU AGREE THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED BETWEEN YOU AND ELASTIC ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTEST MUST BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY'S FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF.
  14. 14. Winners List. Individuals may request the name of winner(s) by submitting an e-mail to: contributors@elastic.co.

Appendix A

Qualifying Contributions

The following activities are considered "Qualifying Contributions" if such activities meet the requirements described below, do not violate Elastic's Community Code of Conduct and are accepted. Each Submission must be reviewed and approved in accordance with the process detailed in Section 4.4 of the Official Rules prior to the issuance of Points.

Active Contributions:

  1. 1. Organized Event.
    1. 1.1. Requirements: The Organized Event must: (i) be focused on Elastic's products and solutions, (ii) be one (1) hour or longer in duration, (iii) be open to the public, (iv) be attended by a minimum of ten (10) attendees, and (v) for any event other than a conference, provide free admission to such event. To submit an Organized Event as a Qualifying Contribution, Contributor must submit a URL link to the event page featuring the Organized Event that includes a description of the Organized Event, the date and time of the event, and Contributor's name. Six (6) Points per Organized Event.
  2. 2. Presentation.
    1. 2.1. Requirements: The Presentation must: (i) focus on Elastic's products and solutions; (ii) be Contributor's original work; (iii) be a minimum of fifteen (15) minutes in duration; (iv) be open to the public, (v) be attended by a minimum of ten (10) attendees. To submit a Presentation as Qualifying Contribution, Contributor must submit a URL link to the event page featuring the Presentation that includes both the date of the Presentation and the Contributor's name. If Elastic concludes that the Contributor plagiarized someone else's work, the Contributor will be disqualified from the Contest. Six (6) Points per Presentation. An additional one (1) Point for sharing with the Elasticsearch community a pdf of the Presentation online, at a publicly accessible website, without charge or requirement of compensation.
  3. 3. Written Content.
    1. 3.1. Requirements: The Written Content must (i) focus on Elastic's products and solutions, (ii) be Contributor's original work, (iii) be published on a website that does not have a paywall (required registration or login to the website without a paywall is permitted); and (iv) be a minimum of two hundred (200) words or ten (10) lines of text. To submit Written Content as a Qualifying Contribution, Contributor must submit a URL link to the website featuring the Written Content that includes the publication date and the Contributor's full name. If Elastic concludes that the Contributor plagiarized someone else's work, the Contributor will be disqualified from the Contest. Six (6) Points per Written Content. An additional one (1) Point for sharing within the Contributor's social media network, a copy of the Written Content, without charge or requirement of compensation.
  4. 4. Video.
    1. 4.1. Requirements: The Video must: (i) focus on Elastic's products and solutions, (ii) be Contributor's original work, (iii) be made available on a website that does not have a paywall (required registration or login to the website without a paywall is permitted); and (iv) be a minimum of five (5) minutes in length. To submit Video as a Qualifying Contribution, Contributor must submit a link to the website featuring the Video that includes the publication date and the Contributor's full name, in each case, either in the Video or on the website. If Contributor submits a video series, each video series will count as one (1) Qualifying Contribution only, and the URL for each Video in the video series must be included in the submission. If Elastic concludes that the Contributor plagiarized someone else's work, the Contributor will be disqualified from the Contest. Four (4) Points per Video.
  5. 5. Translation.
    1. 5.1. Requirements: The Translation must: (i) translate Elastic's original blog post to a language other than any languages in which Elastic's blog post was written; (ii) be made available on a website that does not have a paywall (required registration or login to the website without a paywall is permitted); (iii) be Contributor's original translation, (iv) use technical terms consistently; and (iv) include in the Translation a link to Elastic's original blog post on https://www.elastic.co/blog/. To submit a Translation as a Qualifying Contribution, Contributor must: (a) submit a link to the website featuring the Translation that includes the publication date and the Contributor's full name and (b) submit a link to the original content on Elastic's website. If Elastic concludes that the Contributor plagiarized someone else's work or used an electronic translation tool (e.g., Google Translate), the Contributor will be disqualified from the Contest. Two (2) Points per Translation.
  6. 6. Code. There are four ways to earn points for Qualifying Contributions related to Code, as set forth in this Section 6:
    1. 6.1. GitHub Issues. Requirements: For bug reports in Elastic Repos, (i) The issue must be created in the Elastic GitHub organization for code in that repository; (ii) The issue must be a valid bug report that isn't marked as invalid or a duplicate; (iii) Feature requests are not accepted in this category; (iv) The date the issue was published must be within the cycle period; (v) The Contributor must be the author of the issue. Two (2) Points per GitHub Issue Submission.
    2. 6.2. Submissions to non-Elastic repos – Projects. Requirements: (i) The project must use one or more technologies of the Elastic Stack; (ii) It must be a default branch; (iii) The code must be publicly available via a non-gated URL; (iv) The project must be complete - unfinished projects shall not be accepted; (v) The date the code was published must be within the cycle period; (vi) The Contributor must be the author of the project. Six (6) Points per Project.
    3. 6.3. Submissions to non-Elastic repos – Demos. Requirements: (i) the Qualifying Contribution must be a step-by-step demonstration about Elastic technology; (ii) The demo must be done with one or more technologies of the Elastic Stack; (iii) The demo must provide a complete set of steps that allow users to experience the Elastic technology in the use case created; (iv) Instructions must be clearly written in the README file; (v) The demo must use up-to-date versions of Elastic; (vi) The code must be publicly available via a non-gated URL; (vii) The date the code was published must be included in the valid link; (viii) The Contributor must be the author of the demo. Six (6) Points per Demo.
    4. 6.4. Code Enhancement Pull Requests: Requirements: (i) Contributors must follow the pull request rules of the repository and submit it once it has been merged; (ii) The pull request must be done at an Elastic repo by using the right template on GitHub; (iii) Submissions must not be for a topic for which someone else, at the time of Submission, has already created an issue (so please check the applicable issues list for that); (iv) The date the pull request was done must be included in the valid link. Six (6) Points per Code Enhancement Pull Request.
  7. 7. Technical Q&A.
    1. 7.1. Requirements: For Technical Q&A, the Contributor must answer a posted question about Elastic products or services on an Approved Channel. Such answer must be validated within the Approved Channel by either (i) the individual that posted the original question in the Approved Channel or (ii) a moderator of the Approved Channel. To submit a Technical Q&A as a Qualifying Contribution, Contributor must submit a link to the validated Technical Q&A. Two (2) Points per approved Technical Q&A.
  8. Contribution Validation:
  9. 8. Contributions may earn one (1) Point for every five (5) Contribution Validations. Contributors must successfully complete five (5) Contribution Validations to earn one (1) Point. For the avoidance of doubt, there will be no partial points awarded in the event a Contributor does fewer than five (5) Contribution Validations.
    1. 8.1. Requirements: For a Contributor to earn a Point for a Contribution Validation, the reviewing Contributor must either (i) accurately validate another Contributor's submission as compliant with the requirements of this Contest or (ii) accurately flag another Contributor's submission as non-compliant with the requirements of this Contest, the accuracy of each as determined in Elastic's sole discretion. For a submission to be flagged as non-compliant, the Contributor must accurately, as validated in Elastic's sole discretion, describe the non-compliance based upon at least one of the following reasons: (a) plagiarism; (b) an invalid or non-existent URL link to the submission; (c) Written Content that is shorter than two hundred (200) words or ten (10) lines; (iv) Video that is shorter than five (5) minutes; (v) Code that is not made to the Elastic GitHub repo at https://github.com/elastic; (vi) a Translation or content that is not of an Elastic blog post at https://www.elastic.co/blog/; (vii) a violation of Elastic's Community Code of Conduct; or (viii) Technical Q&A was not validated in the Approved Channel prior to submission. In the event Elastic determines that a reviewing Contributor's validation or invalidation of another Contributor's submission was inaccurate, Elastic may deduct the awarded point from the reviewing Contributor. One (1) Point per accepted Contribution Validation. To be eligible to win a Prize, Contributors must submit at least one (1) Active Contribution. Contributors who submit only Contribution Validations will not be eligible to win a Prize.
  10. Bonus Points
  11. 9. Bonus Points may be awarded as follows.
    1. 9.1. Requirements: To earn Bonus Points, the Contributor must complete one of the following:
      1. 9.1.1. make at least three (3) Submissions for Elastic Solutions (Security, Observability, or Enterprise Search), other than Elastic Stack, which shall earn six (6) Points;
      2. 9.1.2. make at least one (1) Submission under at least five (5) available categories of Qualifying Contributions, which shall earn six (6) Points.