The following terms are designed to honestly communicate the genuine intentions of Capital Cause Charitable Trust in plain English speak.
Capital Cause trustees are not lawyers, we are but a mere charitable trust formed by well meaning folk trying to do a bit of good – we can’t afford the suits.
Please bear this in mind when assessing the gaps in our legalese. If you spot anything that we have missed then please feel free to let us know by posting here and we will do our best.
A bit about Capital Cause
We are a charitable organisation, registered with the New Zealand Charities Commission (see www.charities.govt.nz). This organisation runs on volunteer blood, sweat and tears. None of the trustees get paid for their involvement, and all funds we raise go directly to the charities we support.
Basic eligibility
This group is open. Anyone from anywhere in Facebookland can join and make a guess. You don’t have to be from Wellington (New Zealand) or even a Kiwi (meaning a New Zealander by residence to those of you who are picturing a piece of fruit or small flightless bird) to enter - though we are pretty sure you will have a tough job making a correct guess because we are very clever people here in New Zealand.
The prize
Capital Cause commits to providing the winner with the base prize and we hope that the prize pool will get bigger and better as time goes and we convince more companies to sponsor us.
The prize on offer to start with includes:
1. A flight for one person from anywhere in the world to Nepal
(Limited to a maximum value of NZ$2000 for travel to Nepal only or nearest location achievable through the airline selected. Airline selection subject to availability and cost within the $2000 budget. Capital Cause reserves the right to select the airline and the conditions of flight booking)
2. An Intrepid Travel tour in Nepal (tour subject to general availability and all Intrepid Travel terms and conditions)
3. All the Icebreaker clothing we manage to fit in the backpack (Thanks Icebreaker!)
4. The opportunity to visit the Orphan Help Centre in Nepal and see their good work for yourself.
As we receive confirmation of more prizes to add to the pool we will notify members of the Facebook group and announce through Twitter @capitalcause. If you want to offer a prize, then you are a saint and you should contact capitalcause@gmail.com.
“The Backpack”
For your guessing pleasure, we will show you (see video and photos) all the goodies we manage to fit into the pack or hang off the side of it. The contents of the backpack will not change once the competition starts and will be the same as when we do the official weigh-in. We will unpack the backpack at the official weigh-in to demonstrate that the same stuff was in there at the time of weighing.
Eligibility to be “in to win”
It’s pretty simple. To be in with a chance to win you must meet the following criteria:
1. You must be a member of this Facebook group
Join the Facebook group “Win a Trip to Nepal with Capital Cause & Icebreaker” – one click of the mouse, too easy!
2. You must have a valid, unique donation receipt to Orphan Help Center, Nepal
Take a visit to Givealittle (the coolest giving site on the interweb) and make an online donation to Orphan Help Center Nepal (www.givealittle.co.nz/nep
al).
The minimum donation on Givealittle is NZ$5 (around US$3) – hey, but don’t let that set any limits for your generosity When you make the donation be sure to provide your email address to be sent your donation receipt – if you have problems getting your receipt you can contact the lovely folks at support@givealittle.co.nz.
Also just in case you were thinking of being tricky with our little system:
a. The donation receipt must have been issued by www.givealittle.co.nz
b. The donation must have been made to Orphan Help Center Nepal (www.givealittle.co.nz/nepal)
c. The donation receipt must be issued to an email address that you own or manage because if you win we will need to verify that it was you that made the donation.
d. The donation receipt must be unique and not one that some other person has already posted on the wall (stealing someones donation receipt number is just plain sad and miserable).
e. The donation receipt number you post must have been for a real life donation that can be verified as received by Givealittle and the winning guess will be checked.If by some miracle you manage to guess the formula for donation receipts then there will be a substitute prize of a tin of peas awarded for mathematical genius.
3. You must post a “weight guess” on the wall of this group (along with your donation receipt number)
You need to make your guess for the weight of the backpack (and all the goodies inside it) by posting on the wall of this group. You are only allowed one guess per donation receipt. You can make as many guesses as you like but each new guess needs to have a unique donation number.
Defining a correct guess
The winner will have to:
1. Satisfy all the criteria above (to recap: be a group member, have a valid donation receipt and have posted a guess on the wall).
2. Have made a guess that is the same as the official weight of the backpack and all its contents, in grams. The official weight will be in kilograms to the nearest 100 grams.
Official weight
The weight of the backpack will be unknown until the official weigh-in. This weigh-in will take place at the conclusion of the competition. It will take place at Wellington airport, will be videoed and posted to the group page. We will make sure we have someone independent and official looking there for your peace of mind.
If for some reason people missed the boat and entered a guess in the imperial system, we forgive you and you will be asked to convert this to a metric equivalent. Or we will do it for you if that is too much for your brain to cope with. We will only accept a metric guess. All weight conversions will be done using an online converter selected at the discretion of Capital Cause. Confused? Just remember to enter your guess in the metric system, in kilograms and grams and you will be fine.
Capital Cause’s determination of the official weight will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
No correct guesses/ multiple correct guesses
At the conclusion of the competition, if nobody has made a correct guess then the prize will go to the nearest guess (in grams) to the official weight.
If in the event of two or more correct guesses, the winner will be drawn out of hat by someone official and respectable. We will video this process and post to the group to provide all winners with the assurance that we haven’t rigged it. The person drawn from the hat will be the final winner, and no correspondence will be entered into.
How we will identify the winner
After the official weigh-in we will post the result on the wall. We will identify the correct guess by assessing all wall posts, that’s if the lucky person doesn’t get to us first . The winner will be contacted via their Facebook inbox. If we do not hear back from the member with the correct guess within 14 days Capital Cause reserves the right to offer the prize to the next nearest guess or redraw the multiple correct guesses from a hat again.
Capital Cause & Facebook
Capital Cause is not in bed with Facebook. We are just happy members of the Facebook community, making use of all of the wonderful tools here to create some love for the Orphan Help Center. If you have a problem with Facebook, you will have to take it up with them. Similarly if you have a bone to pick with us, then please contact us at capitalcause@gmail.com. We are subject to all the same Facebook laws of the land as everybody else.
Capital Cause & Orphan Help Centre
What can we say! We love this organisation and what they do. This competition is designed to raise donations for their work in Nepal. All donations raised will go to the organisation to use as they see fit. Capital Cause has no control on how these donations will be spent though we have agreed for Orphan Help Centre to provide all members of this group with regular updates at Facebook and Givealittle.co.nz. We trust their good work, and we hope you do too. And if you win you will be visiting to check out where your donation went .
Capital Cause & Givealittle
Capital Cause and Givealittle.co.nz are separate organisations but are good buddies. All activity undertaken in this group is under Capital Cause’s watch – similarly any activity undertaken at Givealittle.co.nz is subject to their terms and conditions. Please note Givealittle.co.nz charges charities a 5% service fee on donations. This covers their costs of operation, transactions and administration.
This is a family show
We are reasonable people with a sense of humour but if you abuse the fundamental purpose of this group please expect us to slap you on the wrist in a virtual sense. The usual array of playground rules apply: no really offensive language, no being mean to other group members without reasonable grounds, no porn, no threatening people with knives etc.
We would also greatly appreciate it if this group was not hijacked and used for self-serving, self-promoting shenanigans, particularly in wall posts. If you want to sell diet pills or Viagra please create your own group. Similarly if you have great boobs and a webcam you want to share this with members of the group, please harass members individually via messages.
If you find yourself removed from the group for some reason then we are sorry, but ship off and take it up with our lawyers (oh, that’s right we don’t have one).
For the record, Capital Cause reserves the right to remove anyone at anytime from the group, regardless of whether they have made a guess or not.
Privacy
We are not into spamming but will get in contact with you through this group. As per the limitations of groups on Facebook we can only contact you via message. If at any point you wish to stop these messages then please leave the group. Rest assured we cannot use your membership here to reveal your personal details or Facebook profiles to any third party.
At Givealittle.co.nz, you are covered by their privacy policy which can be found at their website. You can donate under a Givealittle profile, or anonymously, or as a guest. You can also manage the updates you receive from Givealittle from your My Givealittle account.
Big Ugly Out Clause
As is customary, Capital Cause and all sponsors accept no liability for any costs incurred by the winner of this fantastic competition. Any associated costs involved with redeeming the prize as stated in these terms and conditions are the responsibility of the winner, e.g. Visa, travel insurance, transfers, new toothbrush, calls home to your mother, your maxed-out credit card etc.
It is the responsibility of the winner to be aware of all requirements for travel to Nepal (or stopovers) such as any Visa or permit required by local authorities.
We also cannot obviously take responsibility for any acts of God or our fellow man that could result in travel warnings to Nepal. It is the responsibility of the winner to keep an ear to the ground for any circumstances or conditions that might jeopardize travel arrangements or personal safety while on the trip.
