How can I get contacts in a group 'Hotmail' on my friend's ipad onto icloud and a Mac?

Question

She can't access these messages on her PC because she has forgotten both password and security question. I have persuaded her to migrate to an icloud account, but first she must let 100+ people know her new email.
I thought if I could get the contacts onto her cloud and thence to my Mac, we could send a group email. At present none of her contacts will syn to either cloud or Mac.

Answer 1

iPad
Yes, her contacts show up on her iPad, but only on her iPad
iCloud
She has her own iCloud ID but none of the contacts show up on it because they are in a group called 'Hotmail' and it is impossible on her iPad to change their group to 'iCloud'
Mac
I had already set up an account for her on my Mac, so her iPad is backed up.  But when she syncs her contacts to Mail on my Mac, none of the contacts come across, because they are not iCloud contacts.
My question is still how do I get these contacts off the iPad and onto either the cloud or the mac so I can change their group so they sync in future and so that we can send a group email advising her friends and relatives of her change of email address.  If this is not possible it means emailing a hundred or so people individually.
How sad that it is not possible on the ipad to select all contacts and assign them to a different group.