Re: AUGD: Apple store policies toward Apple User Groups
Re: AUGD: Apple store policies toward Apple User Groups
- Subject: Re: AUGD: Apple store policies toward Apple User Groups
- From: Chris Hart <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:47:06 -0400
- Thread-topic: AUGD: Apple store policies toward Apple User Groups
I think you're lucky that they let you meet there at all.
I'm not surprised one bit to hear about these restrictions they're putting
on your organization.
>From a legal standpoint, I can see understand why they would insist on these
policies.
I believe your local store management is unique in opening their doors to a
MUG in the first place. Expecting anything more than that is probably not
realistic, IMO.
-Chris
___ Russ Conte at <email@hidden> wrote: ___
> Hi everyone,
>
> Greetings from Chicago! I hope my note finds everyone well.
>
> We've been meeting for some five years at the North Michigan Apple
> Store. We are a very typical group, bringing in speakers, holding
> raffles, giving away t-shirts, SIGS, and all the rest. You know how
> this goes :)
>
> What are your arrangements with the Apple store, if you meet in one?
> Have there been any changes with user groups that meet in Apple
> stores? The reason we are asking is that we have recently been
> approached by three managers, separately, at different times within
> the last few months about accepting money for memberships, or any
> other financial transactions while we are in the store, and that we
> are forbidden from doing these while we are in the store. One of the
> managers questioned our holding raffles, telling us we could not have
> raffles exclusively for our members. We are wondering if this is
> consistent across all Apple stores. We are most interested in the
> responses.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Russ Conte
> President, Chicago Apple Users Group
> www.chicagoaplle.org
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