UNITED STATES MINT

NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME COMMEMORATIVE COIN PROGRAM

DESIGN COMPETITION

OFFICIAL RULES

By submitting an entry in this Competition, you intend and agree to be bound and abide by all of these Official Rules (including but not limited to the warranties and Rights Transfer Agreement) and the Challenge.gov Terms of Participation (http://challenge.gov/terms). 

Background

1.   The United States Mint is holding a national competition (“Competition”) for the design to appear on the obverse (front) of coins to be issued under the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program.

2.   The National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act (“Act”) requires the Secretary of the Treasury (“Secretary”) to mint and issue three commemorative coins:  up to 50,000 $5 gold coins; up to 400,000 $1 silver coins; and up to 750,000 half-dollar clad coins.  The Act also expresses Congress’s sense that the $5 and $1 coins have a shape such that the obverse is concave and the reverse is convex.

3.   All three coins will have the same designs except for the inscriptions of their denominations.  The Act requires the design on the obverse of the coins to be “emblematic of the game of baseball,” and requires that the reverse of the coins depict a baseball similar to those used by Major League Baseball® (Major League Baseball is a registered trademark owned by Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.).  The Act requires that designs be selected in accordance with the design selection and approval process developed by, and in the sole discretion of, the Secretary.  The Act requires the Secretary to hold a competition to determine the obverse design, and authorizes the Secretary to award a $5000 prize to the winner.  

Definitions

1. In these rules, the words “we” and “us” refer to the United States Mint, and the words “you”, “your” and “entrant” refer to a person who submits an entry in the Competition.  The words “Entrant Minor” refers to a person age 14 to 17 as of the date of entry whose design is entered by a parent or guardian in accordance with these Official Rules.  Except where specifically indicated, “you,” “your” and “entrant” include an eligible Entrant Minor and the parent or legal guardian who submits an entry on that Entrant Minor’s behalf.

Eligibility:  Who May Enter the Competition?

1. Entrants, Entrant Minors, and the parents or legal guardians who submit entries on behalf of Entrant Minors must each meet all eligibility requirements.

1. The Competition is limited to individuals age 14 or older who are United States citizens or permanent residents.  Age is determined as of the date that the entry is submitted.  Only real persons (not organizations) may enter.  Each entry must be created and submitted by one person (or on behalf of only one Entrant Minor if submitted by a parent or legal guardian).  Even though the Challenge.gov submission form has a field for team members, team entries are not eligible, and you should enter “none” in the “team members” submission form field. 

1. The following persons and members of their immediate families are not eligible to enter into the Competition:

      a.   Employees of the Department of the Treasury, including the United States Mint and other Treasury offices and bureaus.

      b.   Contractor employees who are performing work under a contract with the Department of the Treasury, including the United States Mint and other Treasury offices and bureaus.

      c.   Former contractors under the United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program.

      d.   Individuals involved in the design evaluation process, including the staff of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, members of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, and members and staff of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, are not eligible to enter the Competition.

Persons Under 18 and Their Parents or Legal Guardians

8.   By submitting a design for an Entrant Minor, the parent or legal guardian who submits the entry on the Entrant Minor’s behalf is agreeing to be bound by all of the terms contained in the Parent/Legal Guardian Consent Form below.

9.   More than one eligible Entrant Minor in a family may enter, but each design must be independent, individually named, and submitted separately with separate required documentation.

10. An eligible parent or legal guardian who submits an entry on behalf of an Entrant Minor may also enter on his or her own behalf, but his or her design must be independent, individually named, and submitted separately with separate required documentation.

11. If the parent or legal guardian is officially notified that his or her Entrant Minor’s design has been chosen as a semifinalist design, the parent or legal guardian must also manually sign and submit a standalone Parental Consent Form (below, to include information that will permit the United States Mint to correspond with the parent or legal guardian) and Rights Transfer Agreement on the Entrant Minor’s behalf as required by these Official Rules, all as instructed and on the schedule required by the United States Mint.

12. Challenge.gov allows loading a photograph to be associated with your account, and allows registration through Facebook®.  We strongly encourage you to help keep children safe by ensuring that no photograph associated with your Challenge.gov account (including Facebook photographs) contains anyone under the age of 18. 

13. Emancipated minors and other persons under age 18 (including those who may have obtained Challenge.gov accounts) are not eligible to enter on their own behalf. 

Disqualification

14. The United States Mint reserves the right to disqualify, at any time, entrants (including Entrant Minors, their parents or legal guardians) and their entries, if—

      a.   the entrant engages or has been found to have engaged in criminal, infamous, dishonest or notoriously disgraceful conduct, or any other conduct prejudicial to the United States Government; or  

      b.   the entry or entrant (including the parent or guardian of an Entrant Minor) violates or does not fully comply with these Official Rules, the Rights Transfer Agreement(s), or the Challenge.gov Terms of Participation.

15. Additionally, the following will be disqualified:

      a.   Entrants who are ineligible under the Official Rules.

      b.   Entries prepared by more than one person or that indicate team members on their submission forms.

      c.   Entrants submitting more than one design in violation of these Official Rules.

      d.   Three dimensional entries of finalists that are not received by the United States Mint on the schedule required by the United States Mint and otherwise in accordance with these rules.

16. Disqualification could, among other things, result in cancellation of, and/or the requirement that the entrant reimburse the United States Mint for, any payment to which such an entrant might otherwise have been or might become entitled.

What are the deadlines?

17. The Competition submission period begins on April 11, 2013, at 12 noon Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).  The submission period will end at 12 noon EDT on April 26, 2013, if 10,000 or more entries have been received by that time.  If fewer than 10,000 entries have been received by 12 noon EDT on April 26, 2013, then the submission period will remain open until 10,000 entries have been received, but will end no later than May 11, 2013, at 12 noon EDT.  Updates on the number of entries received will be posted at www.batterup.challenge.gov and at www.usmint.gov/batterup.  When it appears to us that the number of entries will reach 10,000, we will post a notice on Challenge.gov, informing the public that the contest submission period will close early, but not less than 48 hours after the notice is posted. 

How many designs may I submit?    

18. Each entrant may submit only one design to this Competition.  A parent or legal guardian may enter on his or her own behalf by submitting one design that the parent or legal guardian created, and may also enter on behalf of one or more Entrant Minors by submitting a separate entry for each with its own single design in accordance with these Official Rules.  Except with respect to a parent or legal guardian’s submission of a design on behalf of his or her Entrant Minor, no one may enter by submitting a design created by another person.  By entering this Competition, you warrant that you have not attempted to avoid the Official Rules by knowingly permitting another person to submit your or an Entrant Minor’s work as his or her own. 

What are the design requirements?

Basic Requirements

19. Designs must be emblematic of the game of baseball. 

20. Designs must not include the name or depiction of any real player or other real person, whether living or dead.

21. Designs must not include depictions, names, emblems, logos, trademarks or other intellectual property associated with any specific commercial, private, educational, civic, religious, sports, or other organizations whose membership or ownership is not universal, including any current or former baseball team, either professional or amateur.

As Official Rule 21 rule states, the design restrictions found in the rule apply to any organizations described in the rule—including the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Major League Baseball®, and any past or present sports organizations. By way of examples, your design must not include any reference to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, such as its name as an inscription, images of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum building and grounds, or any other text or symbol associated with the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

*For entrants who have already submitted designs, they may revise their submissions to comply with this rule until the Competition submission period ends no later than May 11, 2013, at noon Eastern Daylight Time.

The purpose for this rule is to uphold the longstanding policy of the United States Government to refrain from implying in any manner that the Government endorses or favors any specific commercial or private organization, unless expressly authorized by Federal statute. Some commemorative coin laws have expressly authorized or required a design that is emblematic of a private organization (e.g., Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, Public Law 110-363, section 4(a)(1); Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, Public Law 111-86, section 4(a)(1)). However, the National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act, Public Law 112-152, section 4(c)(1), merely specifies that the common obverse for the coins of this program be “emblematic of the game of baseball.”

22. Designs must not include any depiction of a real baseball stadium, arena, or field, either in whole or in part, whether or not currently existing or in use. 

23. Designs must include the following three inscriptions:  “Liberty”; “In God We Trust”; and “2014”.

24. Designs may include other inscriptions consistent with these Official Rules.

25. Do not include your name, initials, logo, artist’s mark, or other identifier anywhere in or on your design (including nonvisible portions of a three-dimensional design).  The United States Mint will add the initials of the Competition winner as an artist’s mark to the winning design prior to minting.

26. Because it is important that the Nation's coinage bear dignified designs of which the citizens of the United States can be proud, designs must not be frivolous or inappropriate. 

27. Each design element must have a clear border, indicating its separation from the field or other elements around it, to allow the relief to be determined and masked off for proof finish polishing.

28. Designs must be coinable and appropriate for mass production.  Consider that some designs that appear appropriate in a larger rendering may be too small in scale when reduced to the actual coin size.  When preparing a design, bear in mind that the coins will be minted in the following diameters:  $5 gold (0.85 inches); $1 silver (      1.5 inches); half-dollar clad           (1.205 inches).  Designs must be appropriate when reduced to these actual coin sizes.  For general reference, the diameter of the $5 gold coin is relatively close to the official .835” diameter of a United States five-cent coin.  The diameter of the half-dollar clad coin is the same as the official 1.205-inch diameter of a Kennedy half-dollar coin.      

Originality

29. Designs (including any revisions required by these Official Rules) submitted by entrants over 18 must be entirely the entrant’s own original work.  Designs (including any revisions required by these Official Rules) submitted by parents or legal guardians on behalf of an Entrant Minor must be entirely the work of the Entrant Minor.  Designs and revisions must not be copied in whole or in part from other works.  If you must consult any source materials (such as photographs or models) in preparing a design or revision, you may use such materials only for reference and to ensure design element accuracy. 

30. By entering this Competition, you warrant that the designs and revisions you submit are entirely your own original work or, if you are submitting a design or revision on behalf of an Entrant Minor, you warrant that the designs and revisions you submit are entirely the original work of that Entrant Minor.  The United States Mint has the right, but not the obligation, to request that entrants provide true and accurate copies of all of their references, sources and other supporting matter at any time and from time to time in form and content satisfactory to the United States Mint. 

31. By entering this Competition, you (jointly with your Entrant Minor if you entered on behalf of an Entrant Minor) indemnify and hold harmless the United States Government against any claims arising from any one or more of the following: breach of these Rules; breach of the Terms of Participation of Challenge.gov; breach of the terms of, or failure to provide accurate information on, any one or more Parental/Legal Guardian Consent Forms or Rights Transfer Agreements you submit; and infringement of copyright or other third-party rights related to any one or more designs or revisions you submit, their sources, or  the use of such designs, revisions or sources.

Entry Specifications

32. We are accepting two types of entries:  Line Art and Three-Dimensional.

      Specifications for Line-Art Entries

33. For Line-Art entries, you must submit a black and white drawing. Such entries must be approximately 8 inches in diameter.  No color entries will be accepted.  Designs may be produced using any monochromatic technique, including freehand drawing, painting, or computer-assisted design. 

34. The United States Mint will use the winning entry as a two-dimensional guide to create a three-dimensional coin.  Accordingly, in creating a Line-Art entry, you should use shading techniques to convey the form, relief, and structure of your design.  Think of the drawing not only as a design, but also as a rendering of an actual coin (but not necessarily a photo rendering).  Do not use drawing techniques that rely on dramatic effects of light and shade; instead, use line and tone to subtly indicate the sculptural qualities of the elements of your design.  Keep in mind that two-dimensional shading cannot be executed in three-dimensional sculpture. 

35. Line-Art entries must have a fully defined circular border.  The design elements must not fade into the background.

36. All lettering (including the required inscriptions) must be shown in either outline form (to denote a raised font) or solid black (to denote incused, or recessed, lettering).

37. Entries must be uploaded as an image file (e.g., GIF, JPG, PNG) up to 5MB in size.  

38. If you create a design using a digital sculpting program, you may submit your entry via up to three screen shots formatted according to the Line-Art entry criteria.  Artists should use a three-dimensional shader that best reveals the relief quality of the design and focus on revealing the form rather than generating a photo-realistic rendering. 

      Specifications for Three-Dimensional Entries

39. The United States Mint encourages entrants to submit three-dimensional, or sculptural, entries.  Such entries must be between seven and nine inches in diameter.  Three-dimensional entries must be made of a durable alpha grade plaster, neutral epoxy, or other hard casting material.  Entries must be either a neutral white or grey color. 

40. If you choose to submit a three-dimensional entry, please follow the instructions under How do I enter?, below. You will need photographs of your entry for submission through Challenge.gov and must be prepared to ship your three-dimensional entry to the United States Mint if required.  Judging of the pre-finalist stages of the Competition will be based on your entry as represented by the photographs.

How do I enter?

41. If you do not already have one, establish an active Challenge.gov account at www.challenge.gov.  An Entrant Minor’s parent or legal guardian must establish a Challenge.gov account and submit the entry on the Entrant Minor’s behalf.  

42. By submitting an entry, you are agreeing to the Rights Transfer Agreement below covering your entry.  Additionally, if you receive official notice that your design entry has been selected as a semifinalist design, you must print, manually sign and submit to the United States Mint a standalone copy of the Rights Transfer Agreement as instructed and on the schedule required by the United States Mint to be eligible to remain in the Competition.

43. Make sure you print at least one copy of these Official Rules, including the Rights Transfer Agreement and Parental/Legal Guardian Consent Form.  We strongly recommend that you also keep, for reference purposes, a copy of the design that you submit to us. 

44. If you choose to submit a three-dimensional entry, you must upload at least one, but no more than three, photographs of your design as part of your entry when you submit your submission form.  Photographs may be black and white or color.  We recommend that you photograph the entry from multiple points of view and/or lighting conditions so as to highlight the quality of relief.  Judging of the pre-finalist stages of the Competition will be based on your entry as represented by these photographs.

      a.   If you submitted a three-dimensional entry and are notified that your entry has been officially selected as a finalist, you must send your actual three-dimensional entry to the United States Mint on the schedule directed by the United States Mint.

      b.   Before sending a three-dimensional entry, we recommend that you insure it against loss or damage. Finalist three-dimensional entries must be securely packaged and labeled for shipping, with the design name included on the shipping label, and sent to the following address (do not send your entry to this address if it is not a finalist three-dimensional or sculptural entry):

Attn: Leslie Schwager, 3rd floor

801 9th St., NW

Washington, DC 20220

      c.   The United States Mint is not responsible for any damage to, or loss of, entries during transit.  Mail sent to the United States Mint through the United States Postal Service may be subjected to an irradiation process to protect against biological contamination.  This process may cause irreversible damage to three-dimensional entries and render them ineligible for the Competition.  Accordingly, we encourage entrants who are concerned that this irradiation process may damage their entries to consider an alternate commercial delivery service.  The United States Mint is not responsible for artwork or entries damaged in this or in any other delivery process.

45. All materials, statements and information submitted in connection with the Competition must be timely, complete, legible, signed where required, true, accurate and not misleading.

46. All entries (including, but not limited to, all intellectual property embodied in all entries) shall become the sole property of the United States Mint and will not be returned, whether or not selected as the Competition winner.

How will the Competition be judged—What are the Steps and Evaluation Criteria?

47. The submitted entries will be evaluated during a selection process consisting of an initial screening for minimum requirements and four evaluation rounds.  The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), and the National Baseball Hall of Fame will review the finalist designs, after which the United States Mint will put forward a recommended design to the Secretary for selection.  The ten-step selection process can be found at www.usmint.gov/batterup.  

48. The United States Mint may contact eligible finalist entrants, or the parents or guardians of finalist Entrant Minors, and request that the entrants revise their designs.  To remain in the Competition, finalist entrants asked to make revisions must prepare revised designs themselves and resubmit them on the schedule and in the manner required by and acceptable to the United States Mint, accompanied by an additional Rights Transfer Agreement (substantially as described below) in the form and on the schedule directed by the United States Mint, manually signed by the entrant (or the parent or legal guardian of the Entrant Minor) to cover any revised designs.

49. The United States Mint reserves the right to extend any time period contemplated by the Competition, or to cancel this Competition at any time for any reason it considers in its sole judgment to be in the best interest of the United States Government, without compensation or recourse to entrants (including entrants submitting any designs selected or officially announced as semifinalists, finalists or as the design to be used on the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins), by posting such information at www.usmint.gov/batterupand at www.batterup.challenge.gov. 

What might I win?

50. The United States Mint intends to use the design selected as the winner of this Competition as the basis for the obverse design of the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins, and for other purposes, including but not limited to promotion and marketing of the coins.  The United States Mint expects coins to include the initials (as an artist’s mark) of the designer on whose design the coin is based, as well as the initials of the United States Mint engraver responsible for translating the design to our engraved coinage dies.  

51. The entrant (or, if an Entrant Minor, then the Entrant Minor only) whose design is selected by the Secretary, is officially announced by the United States Mint as the Competition winner, and appears on the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins, will be eligible to be paid an honorarium of $5,000.  To qualify for payment, the winner will be required to provide a Social Security number or Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) for payment processing, as well as contact information and bank account information necessary for making an electronic payment.  The payment may be subject to offset by the United States Treasury Department for debts owing to the United States Government, and the United States Mint does not guarantee receipt of the total amount of the honorarium net of such offsets.  Entrants invited to participate in certain activities such as official travel to access-controlled facilities may be subject to security vetting, and must provide necessary information to allow such vetting as requested by the United States Mint.

52. Entrants selected as finalists or as the winner must exercise their best efforts to cooperate with United States Mint activities promoting the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin if requested to do so.

What else do I need to know?

53. The selected design will be translated into bas-relief by United States Mint engravers, and is subject to further alteration by the United States Mint, as necessary and in its sole discretion, without your approval.  Changes may be made for any reason, including but not limited to technical accuracy, appropriateness, or coinability.

54. The Competition will be governed by United States Federal law.

How can I find out the results?

55. The United States Mint will announce the results by press release, and on www.usmint.gov/batterupand www.batterup.challenge.gov.

Who is the point of contact for this program?

56. The United States Mint’s Competition administrator for this Competition is Leslie Schwager, Program Specialist.  She can be reached at baseballcompetition@usmint.treas.gov.   

Rights Transfer Agreement

The Official Rules of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program Design Competition (“Competition”) are incorporated by reference into this Rights Transfer Agreement.

In this Rights Transfer Agreement, the term “Entrant” is either—

      a. the person who is submitting his or her own design (or revised design) in the Competition in accordance with the Official Rules, and who enters this Rights Transfer Agreement solely on the Entrant’s behalf; or

      b. the parent or guardian of an Entrant Minor, as defined in the Official Rules, who is submitting a design (or revised design) in the Competition in accordance with the Official Rules on behalf of the Entrant Minor, and who enters this Rights Transfer Agreement on both the Entrant’s and the Entrant Minor’s behalves.

By entering the Competition and in consideration of the opportunity to have the submitted design considered for use on the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins and the possibility of being eligible for the honorarium, the undersigned Entrant hereby—

1. transfers to the United States Mint in perpetuity all rights (including but not limited to all copyright and all other intellectual property rights) in all designs and revisions the Entrant submits to the United States Mint for this Competition, and in all drafts of those designs and revisions even if not submitted to the United States Mint, all of which will become the United States Mint’s sole and exclusive property for any and all uses and purposes, even if (a) prepared before the Entrant entered the Competition and agreed to this Rights Transfer Agreement or (b) not ultimately used by the United States Mint (this means that the Entrant will relinquish and not retain any rights at all in these designs, revisions or drafts, and without specific written permission will not be able to use or license or allow others to use them (or designs substantially similar to them), display them on a web site, or use or license an unused version or draft of a submitted design (or revised design) in any manner, even if it existed before the Entrant entered the Competition or agreed to this Rights Transfer Agreement (including one covering any revision)).

      2.   agrees that, if the Official Rules or the United States Mint requires the Entrant to prepare and submit manually executed Rights Transfer Agreements, the Entrant must deliver them on the schedule and as additionally directed by the United States Mint to remain eligible in the Competition.  The Entrant acknowledges that the United States Mint has the right to disqualify entrants who fail to properly sign and timely return required Rights Transfer Agreements.

      3.   agrees to waive and agree not to enforce any “moral rights,” such as rights of attribution and integrity, in the design and any revisions the Entrant submits (and in their drafts) and as they may be revised by the United States Mint for the various purposes contemplated by the Competition, and waives and acknowledges that the Entrant will not be entitled to inspect or approve any design, revision, final design, finished product, or any other use of any design, including but not limited to advertising, marketing, promotional materials or merchandising products or materials.

      4.   in addition to the other warranties in the Official Rules, warrants thatthe design and any revisions the Entrant submits comply with the Official Rules; the Entrant alone (the Entrant Minor alone if the undersigned Entrant is a parent or legal guardian submitting on behalf of an Entrant Minor) created the design and any revisions the Entrant submits, all of which are entirely original, not previously published and not copied in whole or in part from other works (including public domain works, stock house works or “clip art”); any source materials (such as photographs or models) consulted in preparing the design and any revisions submitted were used only for reference and to ensure design element accuracy; and if, in spite of the foregoing, for any reason the Entrant’s design or revisions do contain or are based on third-party intellectual property (such as a photograph) or affect third-party rights (such as an individual’s name or likeness), before submitting the design the Entrant has (without assistance, payment, or prompting from the United States Mint) obtained all permissions necessary to ensure that the United States Mint will own all rights in the designs, revisions and any drafts, without restriction or any further action so as to, among other things, allow the United States Mint to own, use and allow others (such as licensees) to use or modify and use the designs and any revisions and derivatives in any manner in all media and markets now known or hereafter developed or discovered, worldwide, for commercial or other purposes in perpetuity without restriction, approvals, attribution, permissions or compensation.

      5.   indemnifies and holds harmless the United States Government against any claims arising from any one or more of the following:  breach of the Official Rules; breach of the Terms of Participation of Challenge.gov; breach of the terms of, or failure to provide accurate information on, any one or more Parental/Legal Guardian Consent Forms or Rights Transfer Agreements the Entrant submits; or infringement of copyright or other third-party rights related to any one or more designs or revisions the Entrant submits, their sources, or the use of such designs, revisions or sources.

      6.   consents to the collection and use of the Entrant’s personal information (such as name, likeness, biographical material and other identifying characteristics) for purposes such as identity verification, application processing, security vetting if performed, potential payment processing, and public posting of semifinalist and finalist designs on the websites of the United States Mint and Challenge.gov, with the evaluation and selection process (including public advisory committee reviews), and with publicity and promotion of the Competition, final design and coins, and United States Mint programs generally.

      7.   agrees to be responsible for all expenses of participation in the Competition, including but not limited to all materials, postage, telephone, internet, and travel (other than those expenses of official travel to United States Mint facilities or other locations for which the United States Mint may expressly and in advance directly notify and invite the Entrant and agrees to bear expenses).

      8.   releases and holds harmless the United States Government (including but not limited to the United States Mint and Challenge.gov), ChallengePost, Inc., and their respective components, parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, any other entities or organizations performing services in connection with the Competition, and the respective past and present officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents,  successors and assigns of all of the foregoing, from and against any and all claims, losses, expenses and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to the Entrant’s participation in the Competition (including but not limited to all travel, promotion and publicity) or acceptance, use or misuse of any prize.

Entrant Signature: _______________________________________________________

Design Name: __________________________________________________________

Brief design description: __________________________________________________

Entrant Name: __________________________________________________________

Entrant Minor Name (if any): _______________________________________________

Entrant Address: ________________________________________________________

Entrant Telephone Number: _______________________________________________

Original Entry Submission Date: ____________________________________________

Revision Submission Date: ________________________________________________

PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN CONSENT FORM

(for parents and legal guardians submitting semifinalist designs on behalf of Entrant Minors)

The Official Rules of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program Design Competition (“Competition”) are incorporated by reference into this Parent/Legal Guardian Consent Form.  

By submitting an entry to the Competition on behalf of an Entrant Minor, and signing and submitting this form, effective as of the date of entry, the submitting parent or legal guardian—

      1.   authorizes the Entrant Minor to participate in the Competition and to be bound by the Official Rules (including but not limited to the required Rights Transfer Agreements and other materials to be submitted in connection with the Competition);

      2.   consents to the collection and use of the personal information of both the parent or legal guardian and the Entrant Minor (such as name, likeness, school grade, home town, other biographical material and other identifying characteristics) for purposes such as identity verification, application processing, security vetting if performed, potential payment processing, and in connection with the public posting of semifinalist and finalist designs on the websites of the United States Mint and Challenge.gov, with the evaluation and selection process (including public advisory committee reviews), and with publicity and promotion of the Competition, final design and coins, and United States Mint programs generally;

      3.   warrants and agrees (in addition to the other warranties in the Official Rules and Rights Transfer Agreements) that—

            a.   the Entrant Minor is the sole creator of the submitted design;

            b.   the submitting parent or legal guardian is legally authorized to enter agreements (including for the transfer of all rights in intellectual property created by the Entrant Minor) and otherwise act on behalf of the Entrant Minor;

            c.   the submitting parent or legal guardian and the Entrant Minor meet all eligibility criteria contained in these Official Rules; and

            d.   the submitting parent has read, understood and agrees to these Official Rules on his or her own behalf and on behalf of the Entrant Minor; and

      4.   releases and holds harmless the United States Government (including but not limited to the United States Mint and Challenge.gov), ChallengePost, Inc., and their respective components, parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, any other entities or organizations performing services in connection with the Competition, and the respective past and present officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, successors and assigns of all of the foregoing, from and against any and all claims, losses, expenses and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to participation in the Competition by the parent or legal guardian and the Entrant Minor (including but not limited to all travel, promotion and publicity) or acceptance, use or misuse of any prize. 

Name of Parent/Legal Guardian (Challenge.gov account holder who originally submitted the entry on behalf of the Entrant Minor):

____________________________________________________________________

Address of Parent/Legal Guardian:

Street address ________________________________________________________

City _________________________________________________________________

State and zip __________________________________________________________

Email Address of this Parent/Legal Guardian:

_____________________________________________________________________

Name of Entrant Minor who created the entry design submitted by the Parent/Legal Guardian listed on this form:

_____________________________________________________________________

Age of the Entrant Minor who created the entry design submitted by the Parent/Legal Guardian listed on this form:

                                                __________________

SIGNATURE of Parent/Legal Guardian (Challenge.gov account holder who originally submitted the entry on behalf of the Entrant Minor)

____________________________________________________________________

Date (dd/mm/yy):  _________________________