The IETF rule is still that consensus is established on the mailing list, so it's clear that what happens on GitHub is not definitive - it's just a tool, which we can use for convenience as long as it remains convenient. Regards Brian On 30-Jul-19 06:32, Livingood, Jason wrote: > I may suggest we not rush to judgment. US compliance & export controls is part of any org operating from US, including ISOC and the IETF LLC. The IETF LLC's responsibility here is touched on in 11.a.viii of the agreement with ISOC (https://www.ietf.org/documents/180/IETF-LLC-Agreement.pdf). See also the draft IETF LLC Code of Conduct, Sanctions section at (https://github.com/ietf-llc/policies-consultation/blob/master/Code-of-Conduct-00.md). > > Jason > > On 7/29/19, 11:59 AM, "ietf on behalf of Stewart Bryant" <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx on behalf of stewart.bryant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > This report suggests to me that the IETF should move its work off GitHub > so that we own our own decision on who can and cannot take part in our work. > > https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2019/07/github-restrictions-introduced-to-comply-with-us-sanctions > > - Stewart > >