The Phone Game
The day after receiving the letter, I acted right away. I called the woman they told me to call, Dawn Soufleris. Someone in her office said that Dawn will be out for a while. She then told me that she would call me back later in the day. I have yet to receive that call. I called the Chief Legal Officer to tell him that I could not get in contact with Dawn. He didn’t answer my phone call, twice. I tried calling RIT’s Vice President for Student Affairs. She was not there. Someone in her office told me that the Assistant Director of Student Conduct would call me. He called me. He said that he did not have enough information about the situation and needed to speak to the Chief Legal Officer before he discusses the situation with me. He tried calling the Chief Legal Officer twice. No answer. He finally called me back the day before the deadline.
Short Term Requirements
After talking with the Assistant Director of Student Conduct yesterday, we discussed what needed to be done for today’s deadline. These are the following:
- Move the “ritbook is not affiliated with Rochester Institute of Technology” up to the top of the site
- Change “MYritbook” because it “closely resemble’s RIT’s myRIT”
(I changed it to “My Account”)
- Possibly change the colors. (Not required)
The main reason RIT is taking these actions against ritbook is because it “could lead to customer confusion.” They complained that the people may think that this site is an RIT website. I explained that I CANNOT meet their deadline. To move the site & change the name, it’s going to take a long time. I got them to give me a month. The deadline is now extended until May 10th. I’m complying with these short term requirments so it will give me a month to figure out what to do.
We’re Getting The Media Involved
I am meeting with the following organizations to discuss ritbook and the issue with RIT.
Want to help publicize? Feel free to contact the media about this issue. Tell them they can contact me (drl4193@rit.edu) for any additional information.
Image courtesy Reporter Magazine
BookMaid had an exhibit set up at Imagine RIT, with an estimated 17,000-20,000 people at the festival.
