Re: [TREASURER #5526] Re: managing Huawei accounts
On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 01:18:43PM -0400, Jonathan Carter via RT wrote:
> On 2022/04/01 19:14, Aron Xu via RT wrote:
> > I don't think there is a contract to actually "sign on the paper",
> > what we need is to create an account on the cloud service platform
> > owned by Debian or SPI, which there will be a service agreement to
> > agree with. Huawei does not ask to sign a separate contract for the
> > donation of credits to this account as far as I know.
>
> Would it work to update the cloud team delegation so that the cloud team
> can create and manage this account, and then SPI (or even another TO if
> needed), just handles the billing part?
I'm not familiar with Huawei's cloud, so I can't offer any specific
advice - but in general, I don't think so. Here's my understanding.
If Debian delegates creation, then Debian or an individual member owns
the account - not SPI. We want to avoid that because:
- there's no way for Debian to shield members from the liability created
by the provider's contract.
- there's no way for Debian to ensure the member doesn't run off with
the account, or disappear and lock us out.
That means SPI needs to vet & accept those terms. When SPI is happy
with the terms, they can sometimes delegate the actual acceptance
process back to us.
Ross
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