Important limitations

A practical checklist for deciding not to move

Last materially reviewed 2026-09-28

Quick answerPostpone a move when its essential access, ownership or recovery conditions are still unresolved.
Likely to work well when

✓ Established interest groups

✓ Volunteer community teams

✓ Member access and moderator handovers

Important limitations

— Launching a first creator offer

— Course production or LMS migrations

— Agency software resale

— Guaranteed community growth

What to know

Use stop conditions, not anxiety

A decision to wait should name the missing condition: no confirmed owner, no viable member help route, an essential archive without a permitted destination or an unresolved access requirement. Avoid a vague statement that the group is not ready. Specific conditions can be addressed, while a general feeling tends to produce repeated proposals and no accountable next step.

What to know

Separate inconvenience from exclusion

A different button layout may require better instructions. A member being unable to use an essential route may require a different product or a supported alternative. Do not infer either outcome from age or technical confidence. Test the relevant task using appropriate participants and assistive technology where required; our published checklist is not an accessibility certification.

What to know

Keep the existing service maintained

Postponement is not permission to abandon security, ownership or routine support. Name who maintains the current welcome message, event schedule and administrative access. Retain only necessary records and follow the existing provider’s rules. Write the event that would reopen the platform decision, such as a documented product limitation or a planned change in the group’s requirements.

What to know

A fictional postponement

A committee has chosen a new platform but nobody knows who controls the existing billing account. It delays the cutover while resolving ownership through legitimate account procedures. It does not share a former volunteer’s password or cancel a service it cannot safely administer. The next review asks whether ownership and continuity are now established. A postponed move with a clear owner is more useful than a nominal launch with unresolved responsibilities.

What to know

Before you close this task

Set a concrete reopening trigger and an owner. Do not automatically restart the entire selection exercise at every committee meeting when the underlying missing condition has not changed.

Source boundary

Where the safety evidence stops

This guide draws on Mighty Networks migration FAQ, Mighty accessibility statement. Merchant-controlled records describe the provider’s own capabilities, terms or standards; they do not independently validate those claims. These records do not establish independent confirmation of the product claims.

Verify any current price, plan limit, label direction, compatibility rule, or commercial term that would materially change the decision. The dated source ledger shows the underlying records so this conclusion can be checked and updated.

Sources used for this page

These records support the facts and comparisons above. Merchant-controlled records are labelled so you can separate product claims from independent evidence.

  1. Mighty Networks migration FAQ — Merchant documentation · mightynetworks.com · Merchant-controlled · checked 2026-09-28
  2. Mighty accessibility statement — Merchant documentation · mightynetworks.com · Merchant-controlled · checked 2026-09-28