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FREMONT — Whoever said timing is everything probably would find enthusiastic agreement these days from the Alameda County Library Foundation.

The foundation’s Web site is down temporarily because RegisterFly — the company that hosts sites and registers domain names — apparently is going out of business.

But what began as a significant yet manageable inconvenience has become an on-the-fly lesson in event-planning snafus. It also underscores just how valuable the Internet is for the Alameda County Library system, which has 4.5 million virtual visitors to its Web sites.

The timing couldn’t have been worse for the Fremont-based foundation, the nonprofit fundraising arm for the Alameda County Library.

Organizers of its upcoming fundraiser, “Passport to Adventure,” have relied upon the now-defunct Web site to receive and give information for the event.

But now, visitors to their longtime site (www.aclf.org) only get a vague Web page directing users to various topics that have nothing to do with Alameda County libraries.

Library officials have responded to the unexpected problem by shifting much of its information to an interim Web site, http://www.aclibrary.org/foundation.

“Our fondest hope is to get our Web address back and be up and running within 30 days,” said Richard Ajluni, the foundation’s executive director. “If not, we’ll have to find a new identity on the Internet.”

Meanwhile, foundation officials say they hope the issue doesn’t hurt the upcoming fundraiser, noting that the previous two fundraisers provided

15 percent of the foundation’s budget.

“It could cripple the organization,” Ajluni said. “It’s an unfortunate situation. We were just in the wrong place in the wrong time.”

Individual tickets to the event are still available for $100. Blocks of 12 tickets are $1,000.

Proceeds from the evening will help pay for the foundation’s cultural and literacy programs, which serve roughly 94,000 people.

To RSVP, attendees may view http://www.aclibrary.org/foundation and click on the link in the Web site’s upper right-hand corner. RSVP notices or donations may be sent by regular mail to the Alameda County Library Foundation, 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont 94538.

For more information, call (510) 745-1542 or e-mail rajluni@aclibrary.org.

Staff writer Chris De Benedetti covers Fremont issues. Contact him at (510) 353-7002 or cdebenedetti@angnewspapers.com.

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