[civsa] Greetings - Important information about a campus tours website

[DJ Dull-MacKenzie]

Hello all:

Likewise, we had our legal dept issue a cease-and-desist and we were
promptly removed (as far as I can tell).

Encourage all others to follow suit to smack down this seemingly
burgeoning industry.

-DJ

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DJ Dull-MacKenzie, '88

Director of Visitor Relations

Stanford University

 

From: listserv [mailto:listserv-bounces at civsa.org] On Behalf Of La Dawn C.
DUVALL
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 4:42 PM
To: listserv at civsa.org
Subject: Re: [civsa] Greetings - Important information about a campus
tours website

 

Do not use them. We at UC Berkeley had to issue a cease and desist letter
to get them to remove us and other UC's from their list.

 

Best,

La Dawn

 

 

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Ray, Merideth E
<merideth.ray at admission.gatech.edu> wrote:

Looks like I am behind on my emails and you have all been talking about
this! I am blaming our decision release from this weekend. I hope all is
well.

 

Merideth

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From: "Merideth E Ray" <merideth.ray at admission.gatech.edu>
To: listserv at civsa.org
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 3:34:53 PM
Subject: Greetings - Important information about a campus tours website

Hello all, 

 

This made it to me from another Admission professional organization but
looks like Drew from Region III initially spotted it. I see some CIVSA
schools listed on this site. Please let me know if anyone is using this
legitimately. It looks like a site to be wary of. 

 

Merideth

 

 

 

From: Drew Steding <drewsted at umich.edu>
Date: Monday, March 17, 2014 1:31 PM
To: Drew Steding <drewsted at umich.edu>
Subject: Greetings - Important information about a campus tours website

 

Greetings, Region III! 

 

One of CIVSA's members recently found this interesting website that we
thought all membership should be aware of - please see below:

 

In case you haven't heard of this, I just wanted to make you aware of this
website - www.visitdays.com <http://www.visitdays.com/> . I found out
yesterday that this website, which launched a few months ago, was booking
students for campus tours for Furman without our permission. They never
contacted us - just put up our logo and says they'll book campus tours for
prospective students. It has a calendar with "available" dates and times.
I actually booked a campus tour for myself at Furman on a day where we
aren't offering tours at all. I received a confirmation telling me my tour
was booked and that Furman was looking forward to seeing me there.

 

Needless to say, I've called and had our university removed. The Founder
and CEO told me they don't need my permission to do this - they've
basically inserted them as a middle man to make booking campus visits
easier for prospective students. He said their lawyers have said they are
allowed to use our logo, our university name, etc. He said we were
identified in a focus group as a university that should use this website
(???), and they plan on expanding to all universities and colleges in the
US. I, of course, reminded him about trademark laws, etc. He didn't seem
to care.

 

Some of your schools are on there, so if you don't want them to be booking
tours for you, I'd give them a call!

 

Thanks all - Looking forward to hopefully seeing you at conference!

 

Best,

 

Drew

Region III Director

 

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Georgia Institute of Technology
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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