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

Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Mon, 16 March 2020 04:02 UTC

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:32 +1100
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
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Subject: [Ietf-and-github] Rules regarding ownership of orgs
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In discussion with Rob Wilton, the question about recommendations for organization ownership was raised.

The using-github draft says:

> The owners for a Working Group repository MUST include responsible Area Directors.

The -configuration drafts says:

> Initialize the organization by designating the IETF Secretariat and the area directors in the working group's area as owners. If the responsible AD for the working group is from another area, that AD will be an owner as well.

On face value, this is different, but it is at least consistent.  The strictures in the policy are narrower in terms of requirements than the concrete implementation of that policy.

I'm reading Rob's concern to be primarily about redundancy.  An AD who becomes unreachable might render the organization inaccessible or unusable.  Do you think that we should recommend or require inclusion of more people in the using-github draft to match the configuration draft?

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