diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-board.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-board.yaml
index 58fc800..51c8cb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-board.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-board.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.MY_REPO_PAT }}
+# MY_REPO_PAT is about accessing private submodules
+# todo: how do we use same script both with and without MY_REPO_PAT? would two conditional versions of 'uses: actions/checkout@v2' be needed?
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72781712/how-to-add-private-git-repo-as-a-submodule-in-another-git-repo:
+#          token: ${{ secrets.MY_REPO_PAT }}
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: 1. Build Docker
@@ -36,4 +39,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github_token: ${{ github.token }}
           branch: ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}
-