What happened to the Affiliate Program Agreements for the Gokhale Method after 2011?
Gokhale_Method Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
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Affiliate Program Agreements. During the period 2009 to February, 2011, Ms. Gokhale offered and sold arrangements to individuals to teach the Gokhale Method under "Affiliate Program Agreements." The Affiliate Program Agreements authorized individuals to offer Posture Classes using the Gokhale Method name and marks in exchange for a fee of $3,000 for training and a fixed payment for each student taught. These arrangements might have been considered franchises under certain laws. We have taken assignment of Esther Gokhale's interest in all Affiliate Agreements, and in 2012 offered to all existing affiliates the option to convert to the franchise offered here or end their relationship with us. All affiliates have now either been converted to franchises or our relationship with them has ended. No further affiliate agreements have been offered since 2011 and none are currently in effec
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS, AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 8–10)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to the 2024 Gokhale Method Franchise Disclosure Document, the company offered Affiliate Program Agreements from 2009 to February 2011. These agreements allowed individuals to teach the Gokhale Method using the company's name and marks. In exchange, affiliates paid $3,000 for training and a fixed payment for each student taught. The Gokhale Method acknowledges that these arrangements might have been considered franchises under certain laws.
In 2012, the Gokhale Method offered existing affiliates the option to convert their agreements into a franchise agreement or end their relationship with the company. The document states that all affiliates have either converted to franchises or ended their relationship with the Gokhale Method.
Since 2011, the Gokhale Method has not offered any further affiliate agreements, and there are currently no affiliate agreements in effect. This means that the only way to teach the Gokhale Method using the company's name and marks is to become a franchisee.