Making the Transition: Check Your Community's Domain Name Registration
As your community transitions to a new group of officers, community leaders should ensure that the domain name registration for your community Web site is updated with the appropriate leader's name and contact information.
Making sure that the domain is registered under the correct contact information will help your community avoid any problems updating content. It will also protect against accidental domain lapses which could put your current Web site URL at jeopardy. If your community has not provided your domain hosting company with the correct e-mail address, your community may not receive a renewal notice announcing the expiration date of the domain registration.
Communities should list a non-personal forwarding e-mail address-for example, webmaster@[community domain].org-as their primary contact. That way, when the community gets a new webmaster, that person will receive any communication regarding the domain.
Tieline welcomes transition tips for new leaders that your community has found helpful. Please send your suggestions to the Tieline editor.