Sneaky, Sneaky...
Alex Lisman was VP Education of the Ryerson Students' Administrative Council (RyeSAC, now known as the Ryerson Students' Union) in 2001-2002. After his term in office, Lisman became a member of the Ryerson Activist Coalition. This Coalition, also known as RyeACT, became heavily involved in the RyeSAC 2002 elections, where Mr. Lisman "told The Eyeopener that he plans to campaign like he's never campaigned before to make sure Dave MacLean is not elected president" (Eyeopener, 2002-03-05). A heated election ensued. Sure enough, Mr. MacLean's main competitor for President (whom Mr. Lisman supported), Ken Marciniec, was elected President (albeit amid allegations of corruption and bias on the part of the Chief Returning Officer). And, as it turns out, Mr. Marciniec has also enjoyed a little cyber-squatting on his own.
The Ascendant Strategy Group is a for-profit consulting agency that is primarily geared towards providing consulting services for student unions (which they call "student government associations"). Despite its tag line, which describes it as a "World Leader in Student Enhancement," the organization appears primarily geared towards American student unions. Why exactly Mr. Lisman believes that it would be reasonable for such a consulting agency to possess the domain name "canadianstudentleaders.ca" remains a mystery to me....
In any event, anyone who wants to waste their money is welcome to register studentunion.org, studentsunion.ca, studentunion.ca, studentsunion.ca, etc.
"To help protect the unique identity and integrity of Government of Canada Web sites, GC organizations must register and maintain the registrations for any domain names that include their title in commonly used domains such as .com, .org, .net, .ca, etc." (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Common Look and Feel for the Internet, Standard 3.1 [Cybersquatting])In a previous post, I talked about the "Federation of Canadian Student Leaders" (FCSL), who are advertising their upcoming Conference on Partnerships and Development on their website, http://www.canadianstudentleaders.com/. Unfortunately for them, the FCSL failed to register the similar domain http://www.canadianstudentleaders.ca/. This domain name has since been registered by one Alex Lisman, who has redirected all who mistakenly access his domain to a webpage produced by the Ascendant Strategy Group.
Alex Lisman was VP Education of the Ryerson Students' Administrative Council (RyeSAC, now known as the Ryerson Students' Union) in 2001-2002. After his term in office, Lisman became a member of the Ryerson Activist Coalition. This Coalition, also known as RyeACT, became heavily involved in the RyeSAC 2002 elections, where Mr. Lisman "told The Eyeopener that he plans to campaign like he's never campaigned before to make sure Dave MacLean is not elected president" (Eyeopener, 2002-03-05). A heated election ensued. Sure enough, Mr. MacLean's main competitor for President (whom Mr. Lisman supported), Ken Marciniec, was elected President (albeit amid allegations of corruption and bias on the part of the Chief Returning Officer). And, as it turns out, Mr. Marciniec has also enjoyed a little cyber-squatting on his own.
The Ascendant Strategy Group is a for-profit consulting agency that is primarily geared towards providing consulting services for student unions (which they call "student government associations"). Despite its tag line, which describes it as a "World Leader in Student Enhancement," the organization appears primarily geared towards American student unions. Why exactly Mr. Lisman believes that it would be reasonable for such a consulting agency to possess the domain name "canadianstudentleaders.ca" remains a mystery to me....
In any event, anyone who wants to waste their money is welcome to register studentunion.org, studentsunion.ca, studentunion.ca, studentsunion.ca, etc.
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3 Comments:
Titus,
There is someone who has already wasted their money on studentunion.ca
You may know him.
Keep up the good work.
- Joey
You're starting to connect the dots on all of this. Good work! Know that people are following your blog - and if what I've heard is any indication, in greater numbers and in more important places than you might think.
Just beware: based on past history the closer you get to really exposing the CFS the more likely they are to press the lawsuit button...
Keep it up.
It is not just the CFS, it is any student organization that individuals are benefitting personally from being in positions of power within.
I am currently under heavy attack from my Student Union for daring to expose things and organizing students for accountability.
I am currently banned from all MSU space. I am banned, by the University upon request of the SU, from talking to any student without prior written permission about anything. I have also been warned that any continued organizing of students will result in more severe penalty by the University because the MSU is screaming harassment and initimation against myself as one of the leading student voices on campus.
I will say for the record, if Titus is sued by CFS I will donate to a legal defense fund.
Too many students are having their Charter rights violated.
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