How many votes does each franchisee have in a Local Advertising Cooperative for a Big Air Trampoline Park?
Big_Air_Trampoline_Park Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Local advertising cooperatives will be composed of all franchised and company-operated Big Air Trampoline Facilities located in a designated market area. If a Local Advertising Cooperative is established, contributions to the Local Advertising Cooperative of up to 2% of Gross Revenue may be applied towards your Individual Advertising Expense obligation. We anticipate that each franchisee will have 1 vote for each Big Air Trampoline Facility operated by the member in the designated market area. As of the date of this Franchise Disclosure Document, no Local Advertising Cooperatives have been established. There are no franchisorowned Big Air Trampoline Parks as of the date of this Franchise Disclosure Document, but if established in the future, franchisor-owned outlets could have controlling voting power on any fees that may be imposed by an advertising cooperative. We have the right to review each Cooperative's contribution rates on an annual basis and disapprove a rate of less than 1% of Gross Revenue or a rate in excess of 2% of Gross Revenue. The maximum fee or contribution rate that may be imposed by Local Advertising Cooperatives is 2% of Gross Revenue and the minimum fee or contribution rate that may be imposed by Local Advertising Cooperatives is 1% of Gross Revenue. The maximum and minimum fees that we have established are subject to change.
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES (FDD pages 10–15)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Big Air Trampoline Park's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, each franchisee will have one vote for each Big Air Trampoline Park they operate within a designated market area, assuming a Local Advertising Cooperative is established. As of the FDD's issuance, no such cooperatives exist. This means that currently, there are no active local advertising cooperatives in the Big Air Trampoline Park franchise system.
If Local Advertising Cooperatives are formed in the future, the number of votes a franchisee has will directly correspond to the number of Big Air Trampoline Park locations they operate within that cooperative's designated market area. For example, a franchisee with two locations in the cooperative's area would have two votes. The purpose of these cooperatives is to manage local advertising efforts, funded by contributions from the franchisees themselves.
It's important to note that while the FDD anticipates each franchisee having one vote per location, the document also states that if Big Air Trampoline Park establishes franchisor-owned outlets in the future, these outlets could have controlling voting power on any fees imposed by the advertising cooperative. This could potentially dilute the voting power of individual franchisees if the franchisor owns a significant number of locations within a cooperative.
Prospective franchisees should inquire about the likelihood of Local Advertising Cooperatives being established in their target market area and how the voting structure might evolve if the franchisor begins operating its own locations. Understanding the potential influence of franchisor-owned outlets on cooperative decisions is crucial for franchisees to assess their ability to shape local advertising strategies.