[Curdle] Alissa Cooper's Discuss on draft-ietf-curdle-gss-keyex-sha2-09: (with DISCUSS)

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DISCUSS:
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"The IESG is considered to be the owner of all these key exchange
   methods; this does NOT imply that the IESG is considered to be the
   owner of the underlying GSS-API mechanism."

I don't understand this text. What does it mean for the IESG to be the owner of a method?