[nagdu] Private club exemption

[Dailyah]

Yes.**  Truly private clubs are exempt from having to allow guide dogs or any other kind of service do.  

I'm not sure that you are actually talking about what I mean when I use the term private club, though.  I am talking about something like a country club or a secret society's building) Are you talking about the kinds of student-run clubs that meet on campuses, but they are invitation only?  (I'm thinking the alumni restaurant is a unique situation, so I'm not positive what you're asking.  Apologies!  If you can be patient with me and clarify your question, I'll do my best to give you the right answer.)

**Unless the "club" is meeting in a building owned by a University that receives Federal and/or State funding...I'm not positive what happens in that case, but I doubt the dog can be excluded from a building the government helps pay for in any way.  I'm pretty sure that's a big no-no.  I would need to check with the ProBoneO Program's head Legal Beagle to get a more definitive answer if one is actually needed.  

Should we take this off-list or are people interested?

Dailyah





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> From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com>
>To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
>Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 6:43 PM
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Private club exemption
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>Oh, my no. I used to eat dinner there a long time ago. I was, in those days, a member. I don't live there now. It makes it a nonissue where this particular "club" is concerned, but my question is, if another such "club" existed that wouldn't accept someone and the dog guide, or whatever the service dog does, could they do that.
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>CL
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>On Mar 8, 2013, at 8:24 PM, Dailyah wrote:
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>> Ah!  So the example you gave was actually where you're looking to have dinner.  Well, in that case, I'm glad that they were happy to have the dogs there since that makes it all a non-issue.  
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>> Dailyah
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>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
>>> Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 5:33 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Private club exemption
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>>> No, it doesn't help. This Alumni Association is a b uilding on campus; to my knowledge it does, in fact, belong to them. Only it doesn't matter in this particular case because they were more than happy to have the dogs on their premises.
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>>> CL
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