Who is required to attend the Initial Training Program for an Extreme Art Studio franchise?
Extreme_Art_Studio Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
4.1.1 We will train up to two people, which must include you (or your Operating Owner, if you are an Entity) and your Designated Manager (defined in Section 8.55 below), if applicable, in the material aspects of operating an Extreme Art Studio Business, at no charge for your first Extreme Art Studio Business you open, so long as all such persons attend training at the same time ("Initial Training Program"). We will provide the Initial Training Program at either our designated training facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota, such other location we designate or virtually. You may not begin your Extreme Art Studio Business until you (or your Operating Owner, if you are an Entity) and your Designated Manager, if any, complete our Initial Training Program to our satisfaction. If we determine that you (or your Operating Owner) or any Designated Manager cannot complete the Initial Training Program to our satisfaction, we may require your Operating Owner and/or Designated Manager to attend the Initial Training Program again in accordance with Section 4.1.2 or appoint a new Operating Owner and/or Designated Manager and send those individual(s) to the next available Initial Training Program, at your expense. If the Initial Training Program is not completed to our satisfaction after two attempts, we may terminate this
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 49)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to the 2024 Extreme Art Studio Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee (or the Operating Owner if the franchisee is an entity) and the Designated Manager, if applicable, are required to attend the Initial Training Program. Extreme Art Studio will train up to two people at no charge for the first Extreme Art Studio Business, provided they attend the training simultaneously. Franchisees may not commence business operations until they (or their Operating Owner) and their Designated Manager, if any, complete the Initial Training Program to Extreme Art Studio's satisfaction.
If Extreme Art Studio determines that the franchisee (or Operating Owner) or Designated Manager cannot complete the training satisfactorily, they may be required to attend the Initial Training Program again or appoint a new Operating Owner or Designated Manager, who must then attend the next available Initial Training Program, all at the franchisee's expense. Failure to complete the Initial Training Program satisfactorily after two attempts may result in termination of the Franchise Agreement. Franchisees can invite additional employees to attend the Initial Training Program if space allows, but they will be charged Extreme Art Studio's then-current training fee for each additional attendee.
The Designated Manager must successfully complete the Initial Training Program and need not have an ownership interest in the Franchisee Entity. If the Operating Owner or Designated Manager is replaced, the replacement must attend and successfully complete the first available Initial Training Program, with the franchisee bearing the training fee and associated costs. The franchisee (or Operating Owner) or the Designated Manager must continuously exert their best efforts to promote and enhance the Franchised Business, and the business must always be under their direct, full-time supervision.