Nominate for AFER

Nominating an Enterprise
for Evaluation and Assignment of an AFER score*

Any enterprise (e.g., a corporation) may be nominated to be assigned an AFER score.
Nominations may be requested by any member of the:
- University Student Body
- University Alumni
- University Faculty
- University Administration
- University Trustees
The AFER Project Team will determine the acceptability of each request and prioritize the analysis and evaluation activities.

In addition, other University supporters may request a specific enterprise be evaluated and assigned an appropriate AFER score.

Such outside requests must be submitted to the AFER Project Team.
Each request must be sponsored by a member of the team.
The sponsored request must be reviewed and approved by the University Trustees.
The requester shall be responsible for reimbursing the University for the full cost of collecting and assembling the necessary information.
The cost of analyzing the data and determining the appropriate AFER score also must be paid by the requesting party.
University policies, as well as common ethics, preclude the cost of creating the enterprise assessment from having any effect on the AFER score (or vice versa).
The AFER Project Team will still be responsible for prioritizing and carrying out the data collection and analysis.
The Trustees, at their option, may elect to waive a portion of the costs for consenting enterprises.
However, the cost of any expedited processing cannot be waived.

The data collection, assembly, and processing times (and costs) are typically proportional to the size of the subject enterprise.

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	Note 1.	From data collected and assembled by students of Free Enterprise at Zo^o University.
	Note 2.	The exact formula is a very complex algorithm resulting from University student research and is a proprietary trade secret of the University Trustees and Alumni Fund.
	Note 3.	Data is first sought from corporate disclosures, next from numerous public and private sources, followed by questions to employees and business associates of the corporation, and - when all else fails - estimated by the senior students in the department (with assistance and guidance from trusted university alumni).
	Note 4.	Wherever possible, quantifiable, numeric data is used in preference to subjective values.
	Note 5.	Data errors will be corrected promptly upon proper receipt of objective, verifiable data.
	Note 6.	A worthy participant in American Free Enterprise will usually have an AFER score of at least 3000.
	Note 7.	The University trustees, students, alumni, and business partners make no claims as to how the AFER score could be used, and they thereby accept no responsibility for any decision someone chooses to make as a result of an AFER score having been assigned.