Re: [Ietf-and-github] Rules regarding ownership of orgs

[Warren Kumari <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 3:01 PM Salz, Rich <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> There was one comment about giving too much power to the secretariat.

Yes, thank you, I did see that -- I just happen to disagree. The
secretariat are (currently) the group which acts like sysadmins / root
for the IETF / IESG - they add and remove ADs in the DT, they can
reset passwords, they verify that the process was actually
followed[0], etc.

> The main point of this thread is *NOT* about that, but rather making sure there's continuity by having enough people.

Yup - and I think that the secretariat is the "continuity" - they are
(currently) the stable group within the IEFT - ADs come and go, but
the secretariat (role) remains - I'd think having 2 or 3 secretariat
role accounts is better, and more secure, than having 15ADs each with
a subset, and rotating them in and out.
W
[0]: It doesn't happen very often any more, but it used to be at least
somewhat common that an AD would accidentally click the wrong dropdown
in the DT, and put a document in IESG eval before IETF LC, or similar.
The secretariat would smack our hands, and fix it...

>
> I've been told by folks who are looking at the backup requirement, that it requires an owner account (which was a surprise to me and I will verify it).
>


-- 
I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad
idea in the first place.
This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing
regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair
of pants.
   ---maf