As per phoe's mail, indeed I can create groups. To discern the idea that the bus factor here could be equal to 1, I'll add that so can Mark Evenson and Philipp Marek. Sending a mail to
admin@common-lisp.net should be enough to get your request fulfilled. I think creating groups is similar to creating new projects - a privilege that used to be available to
common-lisp.net admins only. Maybe we should reconsider, now that gitlab groups aren't tied to server administration directly and (more) liberally distribute the 'create group' bit? (Especially since it's no longer required to have groups on the physical box to publish project sites...)
Erik.