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“On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 11:40 AM, Holly wrote: How is the moderator promoted to owner if the single owner has disappeared before doing that?”

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In my mind, I think assigning a new owner is more of an inheritance issue than a promotion. In my case my group had already been established back in 2000 on YG by the original owner, and a medical issue came up for the original owner which required the group to have a new owner, or the group would be no more. The owner had been looking for a member to help moderate their group while they were going to be incapacitated, but none one in the group at least five years after it was formed, wanted to help the owner moderate except me. What I didn’t know at the time, but maybe the other members did, was the owner was looking for someone to hand off the group too. After about month I got an email from the owner through the group, telling me they were not going to be able to carry on with their group, and they had made me the new owner of the group. I guess since I was the only person that showed any interest in helping the owner, I should be the one that inherits the group. The old owner is still alive, and still a member of the group, but not an active member. So, in my case the owner did not disappear, they just did not want to be the owner anymore.

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Maybe assigning a new owner to a group could be looked at like a Trust, where there the old owner is the trustor, Mark of Groups.io is the trustee, and a named member or members are the beneficiaries. Of course a form would have to be developed, and the trust process would have to be triggered by an action. Just a thought.

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Don

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