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Power of membership

The Status of Association’s member

Any employer may be Franchise Association’s member, both Ukrainian residents and non-residents that recognize its Statute and take part in its activities. Franchisers and its representatives, potential franchise companies, franhcisees and their unions, holdings and other networks, consulting companies that specialize on franchising, studying institutions that cover franchising in their curricula, non-profitable organizations, unions and the rest may become Association’s members.

Acception of members takes place after potential member sends application form to Association throught its Directorate. Decision to accept a member is made by the Council. In case of acception a candidate should pay entrance fee during 30 days since acception date.

Association has set different membership categories depending on regiaon or sphere of member or its status. All members have equal rights and obligations.

Association’s member gets the right to:

Association’s member is obliged to:

• fulfil Assocaition’s Statute requirements;
• fulfil decisions of Association’s managing bodies;
• pay membership fees on time;
• take active part in achieving goal and deciding tasks of Association;
• promote Association’s activities by informational, financial or other means.

Termination of membership happens in case of:

• voluntary exit;
• exclusion.

Any member has the right for voluntary exit of Association’s membership by informing the Council in wrutten form.

A member may be excluded from Association if his activity contradicts the Statute of Association or harms Association’s activity. The decesion on exclusion is made by the Council.

Power of membership for existing franchisers

POWER OF ECONOMY

Membership in Association provides considerable discounts for participating in events and services that are necessary for development of network:

• Expo “Franchising", co-organised by Association
• Franchise catalogue
• Magazine "ÌÎRS: methods of optimum network development"
• Franchise presentations during educating regional seminars, held by Association
• Receiving special prices from suppliers, consultants who are members and partners of Association

POWER OF INFORMATION

You will be regularly informed of vital events of branch through electronic and printed resources:

• www.franchising.org.ua – Association’s web-site, that bears information about projects, events, services and members
• e-mail leaflets – You will get information on franchise issues and Association’s activities, business forums, round tables, conferences etc.
• www.e-franchising.org.ua – You can write and comment messages on forum. It enables to inform of events and get news more dinamicly
• MORS: methods of optimum network development – magazine about franchising, official printing body of Association. Franchisers may share experience and news on its pages, get vital information about market and its events
• Franchiser hot-line – members of Association may get information about market, events, methods of building and management of network via telephone or e-mail

POWER OF FINANCING

• Crediting of potential franchisees – Franchise Association is working on the common program of crediting potential franchisees with Privat Bank and OTP bank. This will enable franchisers not to refuse a franchise to those who have premises and experience but doesn’t have enough financial resources. More favourable crediting conditions make profitability of franchise higher
• Fundraising for investment in network development
• Paying your accounts in your name through our account in foreign currency (we have dollar, euro and rubble accounts) it the cost is 2 % of the transferred sum

POWER OF INFLUENCE

Franchise Association is registered in the form of union of employers, that enables it to present the interests of its members at the governmental and local levels in the most efficient way.

Association is represented in Union of entrepreneurs of Ukraine attached to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, in Social expert council for legislation problems, in Confederation of ngos of unions of entrepreneurs “New formation union", in Social board of State committee of Ukraine for regulatory policy issues and entrepreneurship, in Social board attached to the Head of State customs service of Ukraine.

The issue of specialised law on franchising was raised since the very start of Association’s work. In 2002 the project of law wasn’t passed to the Parliament partly due to the efforts of Franchise Association.

Today Association is working on the project of franchise law that will promote development of franchising in Ukraine.

POWER OF EXPERIENCE

Education

Association holds selection, training and re-training of personnel of:

• franchise departments
• other functional departments
• separated units

During the series of educating seminars on topic “Franchising as a method of stable and long lasting business" Association holds corporate seminars for training personnel of companies – future franchisers, managers of selling departments, dealers, distributors.

Seminar may be also held for the group of potential franchisees (partners, distributors, directors of private units).

Literature

Franchise Association publishes literature on theoretical and practical aspects on franchising:

• Seriously about franchising. Electronic library on franchising. 
• Franchising from A to Z: Glossary. Authors Anna Tsyrat, Yevgeniya Kryvonos. First in CIS manual of such a kind. 
• Methodic manual for the future participants of franchise networks. Consists of practical advices for those who is going to become a franchiser or a franchisee.

POWER OF COMMUNICATION

• Organising delegations to international forums, expos and conferences;
• Inviting and organising trips of representatives of foreign association and international networks;
• Organising round table discussions, sittings of franchise club, thematic workshops of franchisers.

POWER OF PARTNERSHIP

Becoming a member of Association You get access to the informational resources of its partnership organisations.

E-mail leaflets of Association is also spread through the data bases of these organisations. You get the news of our partners, you can attend them and search for partners among members of these organisations.

POWER OF PROMOTION

The member of Association has the right for free:

• placing the banner on the web of Association in the column “franchises"
• special page on Association’s web in “Members" section  www.franchising.org.ua/franchiser, where You can place any information about network and offer of partnership for potential franchisees
• corporate or personal e-mails franchiser@franchising.org.ua or aivanov@franchising.org.ua
• spreading your information via e-mails to data base of Association
• receiving data base of potential franchisees that turn to Association for a franchise

Member of Association gets exclusive conditions for:

• participation in collective stands of Association on expos, forums, both in Ukraine and abroad;
• participation in events of Association;
• placing information in franchise catalogue;
• placing information in MORS magazine.

Power of membership for suppliers

Consulting companies and suppliers of goods and services benefit from promoting their services among the other members of Association.

The consultant has the right to:

• placing the banner on the web of Association in the column “franchises"
• special page on Association’s web in “Members" section  www.franchising.org.ua/company, where You can place any information about the company and your offer
• corporate or personal e-mails company@franchising.org.ua or aivanov@franchising.org.ua
• spreading your information via e-mails to data base of Association

Association’s member get exclusive conditions for:

• participation in collective stands of Association on expos, forums, both in Ukraine and abroad;
• participation in events of Association with reports and presentations;
• placing information in MORS magazine.

Power of membership for potential and starting franchisers

• registering trade marks and supporting franchise agreements
• developing franchises
• organising consulting on issues of network development
• standardising franchises that are offered for sale
• independent expertise of fulfilling franchise agreements

These services are provided with the help of TeamVision company, official consultant of Association.

Power of membership for potential franchisees

• search of regional partners;
• organising business meetings with Ukrainian and foreign franchisers;
• search of a network for entering without changing branch of activity both in Ukraine and abroad;
• search of a network for starting a new business inside of it.

Fees to Association

The entry fee to Association – 1000 hrn. for all categories of members.

Considering individual needs and peculiarities of potential members, Association may set individual sizes of membership fees by signing Individual membership agreement, that will explain services and volume of them, that is necessary for a member.

Size of quaterly membership fees for categories of members:

• existing franchiser:
• standard – 40 hrn. per unit in network, not more than 1400 hrn.
• extended – 30 hrn. per unit in network plus 1 % of sold franchises by Association
• existing franchisee:
•  “own" – 20 hrn., if franchiser is a member of Association;
•  “not own" – 70 hrn., if franchiser is not a member of Association;
• potential franchisers – free if package and agreement is being prepared by Association
• potential franchisee – 0,5 % of the sum of bought franchise, 2 % of sum of attracted finance
• suppliers – 2 % of incomes from members of Association
• other companies – 100 hrn.
  

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