12.09.08 | Important Scholarship Policy Announcement
Dear Members,
Please read the following important announcement concerning how we will award scholarships in 2009. We believe this change will encourage more member participation and make it even easier for active members to win.
Program Change
Effective January 2009, monthly scholarship drawing winners will be announced only on our website. We will no longer call and email the scholarship winners each month. In order to win a scholarship, members will need to check the website on the day specified for the drawing. From that day winners will have 3 days to contact us to claim their scholarship.
After 3 days the winner will forfeit the scholarship and first runner-up will be posted and given a chance to claim the prize. He or she will have 3 days to contact us. This process will continue until somebody claims the scholarship.
Why are we doing this?
If a person joins, enters a scholarship and then never comes back to the site we are happy to award them the prize if they win. Sometimes however, when we try to reach the winner and they don’t even know who we are it seems a little unfair to the members who worked really hard to earn lots of points and who visit us regularly.
This system will put the odds in favor of active and regular members. Anybody who wins can collect their prize by simple checking the site on the drawing date specified. However if they never come back to the site the prize will fall to somebody who does making it even more rewarding to be a member!
How will you know when the drawing is?
The next scholarship drawing date will be posted on the homepage of the site so you will always know the day to come back and check.
What if you are out of town or away from a PC?
We give you three days to check the website for your name to be posted on the homepage. Most people have internet access at least once in 72 hours but if you don’t you will know ahead of time which day to ask your family or friends to check for you.
If you don’t win, should you check back?
Yes! If you don’t win and the posted winner doesn’t respond in time you could be the next winner so it literally will pay to check back often!
Finally if you read this announcement here is a code for 15 points: IHOPEUWIN
Sincerely,
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