I have forwarded an extract from an email sent to me from Reg Whitely - Interim Ambassador: GMUG I am a member of GMUG and Support GMUG.
Begin Extract From email/ Hi Ronni Graeme Moffatt is our regional Apple User Group Regional Coordinator. He can assist with WAMUG queries. He lives in Wellington, NZ. I don't think there would be any concerns changing the name to "Apple" from Apple's perspective. See here as a starting point http://www.apple.com/au/usergroups/ Graeme helped us update our GMUG details last year. He is a GMUG member and is recognised on our website here: http://www.gmug.org.au/people-and-links.html I hope that helps, although I would presume the WAMUG committee would know this too. Reg Reg Whitely Home: 08 9921 7272 Mob: 04 8899 7313 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net /End Extract from email =================== On 18/09/2012, at 12:35 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hello Carlo and Group, > > I don't wish to sound like I am complaining, because I am not; and don't > intend to complain. > It seems to me there has not been enough research done for this 'project', > before posting the 'Proposed name change to Apple Users WA' to the Mailing > List Members. > I have already pointed out some concerns and queries in other posts, so won't > repeat them. > > I'm not so much 'worried' about a name change, if one is deemed necessary to > promote and influence more people to join our group. > > But Carlo's comment to my question - > /Quote my question: > "How does Apple itself feel about this name change, given that it wasn't > that long ago (3-4 years I think) that they "took back" AppleCentre names > from the Resellers? Are we (as WAMUG) allowed now to use "Apple Users"? > Or is that something they would take back down the track as well?" > > On 17/09/2012, at 8:35 PM, Carlo Margio <wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au> > wrote: > >> Will Apple allow this -- that we don't know. Trying the name is one way to >> find out. > > The above comment made by Carlo, just does not make sense to me at all. > > Why not do it the "sensible" way. And ASK??? Wouldn't that be an easier way > than the expense and hassle? > I would have thought the common sense way would be to ask Apple. Say, we're > looking at changing our name to 'Apple Users WA' from 'WAMUG'. Is this going > to be a problem? Then you have it in writing! > > If Apple come back and say NO, we'd appreciate you don't use Apple in the > name then you know. > If Apple are fine with it, then you know it is ok to continue. > I personally would have thought asking is a better and easier way to do it. > > You don't start a shop with the name Apple seller to see if it's allowed. > You go through "the exercise" first to check. Research. Ask. Question. Plan. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120918/4b885112/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
