It is good insurance to have multiple owners so that in worst case scenario the list does not become an orphan.
Giving ownership rights is a critical decision and you need to have 100% trust in the person. I am a moderator
of a group from 1995 and we always had at least two owners. After moving the list to GIO we know have three
owners and your can trust your life with each. Every group should address this issue now and make sure multiple
backup owners are there to protect long term survivability of the group.
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On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 8:19 PM SP4149 <
ken@...> wrote:
With the demise of YahooGroups many lists are discovering how much a missing owner impacts the future of a list.
To transfer a list from YG at least a full moderator or an owner is needed.? However YG had changed moderator levels and responsibilities.
Last year I tried to transfer a list with an absent owner but found that even though I had been a moderator for 17 years I did not have the authority.
My moderator status had not been upgraded during YG changes.? The list had 1800 members, an absentee owner and two moderators on YG.
The other moderator and I moved the list to January 2018, and then this summer the other moderator was killed in a traffic accident.? It is a very active list
so I have added two full moderators so the list can continue without me.? If you have a large, active, popular list; a co-owner or a full feature moderator
is a wise precaution.? But I know of other list owners who prefer the list to die with them.? Your call...
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ken clark
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