[bhartzer]

I am not sure if you know, but domain registrars have a policy that allows the organization or company to be able to get ahold of the domain.

For example, if the domain is registered under a former employee and you cannot get ahold of that employee, the organization or company can fill out a form provided by the registrar to gain access to the domain.

This would certainly apply to you, and you should be able to get ahold of the domain name (and renew it). You will need to provide certain documents in order to prove that your organization should have access to the domain. What is required depends on the registrar.

Also, I would contact the domain registrar and tell them that you'd like to pay for the renewal (so they will change the name servers back to your previous name servers) while the details are worked out about domain ownership.

If you have any trouble with ANY of this, get in touch and I will help you get it taken care of, you should be able to find me via a search for my user id.