The good news is I think we have figured out what the issue is with the website. The domain needs to be registered through the WHOIS database for verification. Problem is that when I set up the account, I did so in Liston Bochette’s name. My thought was that the ICC technically owns the site and since I might not be around past December, the account should go to the chairman of the ICC. Now Liston is a very busy man at the moment, running for the Fort Myers, Fla. city council and all, and he tends to get a lot of e-mails. Like anyone else, many of those e-mails turn out to be junk that gets ignored. At some point, it would make sense to hand control of the website off to somebody else if I’m not around. For the time being, however, I will need to transfer the contact e-mail to myself just to make it easier for everyone.
This is still uncharted territory for me. I was able to set this site up with relative ease, but it was my site and mine alone. I have never done it for a third party before. There are a lot of nuances to take into consideration and while it can be a grueling process, I am that much more knowledgable because of it. It is also important that I be able to share those challenges in this journal to show how it is not always fun and games. Work is very much involved and it is not easy, but if you get something out of it, then it is all worthwhile in my mind.