The Master of our FC recently decided to leave the game. He was supposed to set one of the founders as the new Master, but he never did. He's now gone away for a fortnight and by the time he gets back his account will no longer be active as he cancelled his subscription. The rest of us are still very active but we find ourselves with no member set as the new Master and the current one is no longer part of the game.
Is there any way at all we can get the person who was supposed to be set as Master to get the rank without him having to be set it by the current one? We spent ages building up rank, saving up cash and stuff and we really don't want to have to leave our FC just to make a new one with the same members just because we have no Master...

Any help, advice, etc would be appreciate.
Thanks.