Official rules
1. Education phase
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. The CUES Emerge program is sponsored by CUES (“Sponsor”).
The program prize package is void where prohibited or restricted by law or where bonding, registration, or other requirements would be required but have not been met, or where the methods of entry set forth below would be deemed consideration. All applicable federal, state and local laws apply.
A. Application Period
The application period begins at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on January 4, 2024 and ends at 11:00 p.m. ET time on February 12, 2024. Interested parties are invited to submit an application during the application phase.
B. Eligibility Criteria
Any current credit union employee who has not yet reached the C-Suite level is eligible to apply. All applications must include a leader endorsement.
There are no geographic restrictions. Applicants can be from any country or credit union.
There is no limit to the number of applicants from a single credit union; however, the number of credit union employees that are selected from a single credit union to participate will be limited.
To be eligible to receive the Certified Credit Union Manager designation, the information associated with the participant’s application must be true and accurate, and a completed business case must be submitted before the deadline (June 24, 2024 at 11:00 P.M. ET)
2. Competition phase
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. This competition is void in whole or in part where prohibited by law. To complete your entry you must read and agree to the following rules. Participation in this competition constitutes full and unconditional agreement and acceptance of these rules. All dollar amounts are in U.S. funds. The search competition is presented by CUES (the “Presenter”).
The CUES Emerge competition phase begins at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on August 8, 2024 and ends at 11:00 p.m. ET time on October 8, 2024. CUES has the right to change the dates or time frames of any portion of the competition without notice.
A. Eligibility Criteria
The competition phase is open only to those that have completed the education phase in the current year. There are no geographic restrictions.
B. How to Enter
To enter, check the “I want to participate in the competition phase” when submitting your business case. Business case submissions are due at 11 p.m. ET on June 24, 2024. Submissions received after that time will not be eligible to move onto the competition phase.
Your entry submission must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible:
A completed business case that meets the technical specifications required for it to be uploaded to, and received by, the CUES Emerge website by the end of the application phase.
Not contain any objectionable language or images.
Not contain any content that violates any law or any third party's rights (including trademark, copyright, privacy and intellectual property rights).
Be submitted in English.
In the event of a dispute, applications shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the entry (the “Applicant”). All applications are subject entirely to the discretion of the Presenter, whose decisions are final. Each entry that meets the criteria above and that is submitted in accordance with these rules, will become eligible for the competition phase. Only one entry per person will be accepted. Multiple entries will be disqualified. Chances of winning depend on the number and skill level of participants.
C. Identifying the FINAL 5
All business cases will be reviewed and evaluated by the judging panel. The five (5) entrants with the highest rating will become the Final 5 and participate in the online pitch show. Finalists will be advised by email and announced on the website on or about August 8, 2024.
D. Determining the competition winners
Each of the Final 5 will participate in the online pitch show hosted by Currency Marketing on October 2, 2024. Each of the Final 5 will be required to deliver a live presentation, up to seven (7) minutes in length, detailing their business case. These presentations will be streamed live during the online pitch show and posted on the CUES Emerge website and should communicate the progress and planning of their business case to the judging panel and to the online audience.
The criteria the judging panel will use includes:
Creative thinking
Content/idea
Presentation style
E. Awarding the prizes
Top 3 —Each of the Top 3 winners will receive a tiered educational and coaching package to support continued development and growth within the industry.
If a Finalist cannot continue as a Finalist, the Presenter retains the right to offer the spot to another contestant.
CUES Emerging Leader — The ultimate winner will also receive industry recognition including:
Award presentation
Live interview
The CUES Emerge Winner agrees to provide updates for CUES Emerge highlighting their experiences of the program.
Prizes must be accepted as awarded and are not transferable or redeemable for cash. If a potential winner cannot accept the prize as awarded, his or her entry will be forfeited, and another eligible contestant may be selected. Any costs associated with accepting the prize shall be the sole responsibility of the winner. At its sole discretion, the Sponsor may substitute a similarly valued prize at any time. Winner(s) must be employed in the credit union industry at the time of prize redemption in order to collect their prize.
3. Other matters that are important to read
A. Conditions of Participation:
By entering this competition, the Applicant certifies and acknowledges that:
The business case submitted is original work and that the Applicant is the creator.
The Applicant has agreed that all images and ideas submitted with this application are being submitted on a non-confidential basis and may be edited and posted to a website or used in other marketing and advertising materials without compensation.
The Applicant is permitted to disclose the business case and all images contained therein to the Presenter for its use and the images and ideas shall become the property of the Presenter on submission.
Submission of the video and any images and content may impact the Applicant’s legal rights to protect them.
All trademarks and copyrighted material have been properly acknowledged in the application.
The Applicant acknowledges that the Presenter or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries may already be in the process of independent development and innovation for various products and services and therefore any disclosure of information or ideas submitted by the Applicant may not be new to the Presenter or its affiliates or subsidiaries and would not affect or impair its proprietary rights to its own innovation.
B. Assignment of Rights to Submission
By entering this competition, you irrevocably and exclusively assign all copyright, without limitation of time, place, medium, support or language, in the business to the Presenter and waive all legal and moral rights to the business case and video presentation in favor of the Presenter. Accordingly, you acknowledge that the Presenter will have the unrestricted and exclusive right to use the business case and video presentation for any purpose, including but not limited to, publishing it in an electronic form on the CUES Emerge website for promotional purposes without further compensation. The Presenter also has the right to (but is not required to) use your name, image, likeness, age and biographical information and credit union name in credit along with the video. You confirm that you are the sole author of the business case and video presentation and that you own all rights to it and are able to fully assign all rights to the Presenter as contemplated above.
As a condition of accepting a prize in this competition, the winner agrees to a declaration of compliance with rules and an assignment, release and indemnity, assigning all rights to the video submission to the Presenter, including all copyrights and moral rights and releasing CUES, its affiliates and respective advertising and promotions agencies from any liability in connection with this competition or the prizes awarded.
C. Responsibility
No responsibility is assumed by the Presenter, its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, its respective directors, officers, employees and assigns, for any disruption to telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software or failure of any entry to be received because of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, as well as lost, incomplete, destroyed, misdirected, illegible or late entries which for any reason are not received.
D. Submissions
Submissions shall not be returned to participants.
E. Substitutions
No prize substitutions will be made, except for the right of the Presenter to make a prize substitution of equivalent or greater value in the event the prize, or any portion thereof, is unavailable for any reason.
F. Cancellation
The Presenter reserves the right to modify or cancel this program at any time including, without limitation, in the event of technical corruption, virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or any other technical problems, which may arise from time-to-time beyond the control of the Presenter, destroying the integrity of this program.
G. Liability and responsibility
No liability or responsibility is assumed by the Presenter, resulting from user attempts to participate in this program or if required, download any information necessary to participate in this program. By entering this program, participants agree to hold the Presenter, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, their respective directors, officers, employees and assigns, harmless from and against any and all claims and liability arising out of or in any way connected with the operation of this program and use of a prize. Participants of this program assume all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this program or use or redemption of a prize. By participating in this program, entrants agree to be bound by the rules and the decisions of the program judges, which are final.
H. Disputes
In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry.
I. Disqualification
The Presenter reserves the right to disqualify any individual whom it finds to be in violation of these official rules or tampering with the entry process. The Presenter reserves the right to refuse an entry from a person whose eligibility is in question or who has been disqualified or is otherwise ineligible to enter.
J. Privacy policy
By entering this program, each entrant also consents to CUES, its agents and/or representatives, storing, using and disclosing the information submitted or provided with each entry for the purpose of administering this program and the prize in accordance with CUES’ privacy policy.
K. Caution
Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or interfere with the legitimate operation of the search competition may be a violation of criminal and civil laws, and the sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and/or other relief from all responsible persons to the fullest extent permitted by law.
L. Laws
This program and these rules, shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Wisconsin. Any litigation must be initiated in Wisconsin.
