One wonders if there should be a reorganisation on the forums regarding this particular issue...
As far as I can remember, there was a point far, far back in time when the RA had 12 (!) members — this was during the Al Andaluz merger — and there was good reason to limit the roles of the RA members regarding so-called "official announcements".
But since then, the RA has consistently been at its minimum size, just 5 members. Right now, out of those 5, one is the LRA — who has write access to the announcements. Then there is the LRA pro tem — a role that wasn't formalised until recently — also with write access. And, finally, for historical reasons, the RA Archivist also has write access (to be allowed to post the minutes). That leaves a total of 3 out of 5 members with write permissions, and 2 who are "excluded" and only have read permissions (like everybody else in the CDS).
That feels a bit strange to me!
Considering the tiny size of the RA, and the very strong possibility that members can be away for a while without having time to prepare everything — relying on their RA colleagues to do so — wouldn't it make more sense to have all RA members with read/write access to the announcements?
That way, we wouldn't ever be in Almut's position — being the duly appointed LRA pro tempore but having no means to discharge her duties due to "technical difficulties".
I'm quite aware that this forum's permission system is an utter nightmare to properly manage (it's waaaaay too flexible!), and it tries — as best as it can — to replicate the rules set by the branches of government (and some other organisations, too), even if they might seem weird. It would be nice, for instance, to have the forum software automatically change the permissions after an election is over. This, unfortunately, would require a massive programming effort. It's not "impossible" — it was designed to allow such things to happen — but it's also not merely clicking on a few checkboxes 
