On 6/27/2018 1:52 PM, Southenders Admin wrote:
Hi all. It's time for annual elections for my group, and I'm wondering the best way to transfer group ownership to a member. Right now, I have two memberships to my group--one as a regular member, and another as Communications Director. That way I get to see messages and the website as they are sent to the group the way regular members have to deal with the site, and also an owner (using a different email address). I'm wondering if there is anyone else using this formula, and what others might recommend to pass the reins on a group.
I use two addresses in the groups I own, for the same reason as you. I also have another member set to Owner status, after seeing the problems at Yahoo when a group's sole Owner/Moderator disappeared.
I'd suggest that the incoming owner should use a second email to join the list, and you can them promote that one to Owner. And I think you should also keep your Owner membership as a backup; you can easily turn off all group management notifications in the settings for this address and keep it just for emergencies.
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Bill
