Obviously, I thought it would be important that the server is owned by
someone who can be trusted, with ssh access for all core developers.
That is a really bad idea. If there is not a CLEAR answer to "who admins it", there will be a bunch of "I thought YOU were applying security patches... no, I thought YOU were..." the first time it gets hacked.
So, the question is: who wants to take responsibility for keeping bitcoin.org safe and secure?
I am not going to do that, I've got too many other things to worry about. It is exactly the type of thing the Foundation was setup to do, but if y'all want to create some other organization to do it, then please make it happen.