1. These General Terms and Conditions of Business apply to the Franklin Method^TM teacher training courses and workshops offered by the Franklin-Method Institute worldwide.
    
2. Registration for a teacher training course
   A registration fee is due upon registration; the amount is stated in the corresponding announcement. Upon receipt of your registration and registration fee you will receive a confirmation from the Institute and, depending on the mode of payment, an invoice. Thus your registration becomes definitive. The agreed payment deadlines are binding.
    
3. Registration for a workshop
   After registering for a workshop you will receive confirmation from the Institute and, depending on the mode of payment, an invoice. The agreed payment deadlines are binding. If you pay shortly before commencement of the course your receipt shall be presented to the course assistant. It is also possible by arrangement to pay the amount due on the first day of the course.
    
4. Place in course and holding of course
   In order to optimize our training courses and workshops we fix a minimum and a maximum number of participants. Places in the course are awarded in the order of registration and subject to payment by the due date. If the number of participants is not sufficient the training course or workshop will not be held. In this eventuality payments already made will be reimbursed in full.
    
5. Exclusion from courses
   The Management reserve the right to exclude one or more participants from a course. In the event of an exclusion the course fee will be proportionately reimbursed.
    
6. Withdrawal and refunds
   Withdrawal from a confirmed teacher training course or a confirmed workshop can involve relocation/cancelation of the event and always a considerable amount of administrative work . The Institute charges cancellation fees according to the time of withdrawal from a course. The following arrangement applies:
   The Institute requires notice of withdrawal in writing in all cases. The withdrawal takes effect on the day the withdrawal notice is received at the Institute's secretariat. The cancellation fees charged by the Institute are as follows.
   Withdrawal from a teacher training course & cancellation fee
   * The initial registration fee is non-refundable.
   * 6 month prior to the course there is a full refund minus the registration fee
   * 3 months before the course there is a 50% refund minus the registration fee
   * After this there is no reimbursement.
    
   Withdrawal from a workshop                                         Cancellation fee
   Up to 15 days before commencement of course                  30 usd
   Less than 15 days before commencement of course          50 usd
   After commencement of course                                            no reimbursement
    
    
7. Missed lessons
   Missed lessons in teacher training courses can be taken later by arrangement and prior enrolment. Missed workshops cannot be attended at a later date.
    
8. Confirmation of attendance and certificate                                                                             Certificates for training courses are issued upon fulfilment of all requirements (homework, reports, passing of exam etc.).
    
9. Entitlement to hold courses
   After completing the first year of training, Level 1, graduates are entitled to hold courses and workshops on the Franklin Method^TM covering the subject matter they have studied. The title and content will be announced by the Institute or must be agreed upon with the Institute. It is not permitted to hold courses or workshops in the Franklin Method® during the first year of training. The Institute reserves the right to take legal action if this stipulation is infringed.
    
10. Limitations of liability
    All teacher training courses, workshops and other courses can raise self-awareness; a precondition for this is the psychological ability to cope with strain and assume responsibility. The Institute shall not be liable for any difficulties arising in this connection. During the training and workshops participants are doing common gymnastic excercises without gymnastic equipment. The institute shall not be liable for any physical damage that may occur thereof. It is up to participants to ensure that they are adequately insured.
     
11. Program and price changes
    The Institute reserves the right to change the program and prices, and to change its general terms and conditions of business.
     
12. Copyright
    The titles and contents of the courses and all documents issued are protected by copyright and may only be re-used within the agreed limits. In the case of illustrations, texts and text excerpts, the source "Franklin-Method Institute" must always be mentioned.
     
13. Jurisdiction and applicable law
    All legal relations with the Franklin-Method Institute (Institut für Franklin-Methode) are governed by Swiss law. Venue shall be Uster.
     
14. Translation
    In case of divergences between the English and the German version of the General Terms and Conditions of Business, the German version shall be governing.

Version November 2008