How can I request to be a member of ros-gbp?

Yes, you can use any repository you want, however a ros-gbp release repository is the recommended way to go. You can send a PR to the terraform config for the org here: GitHub - ros2-gbp/ros2-gbp-github-org

For more details on the process you can read @nuclearsandwich’s post here: Ros2-gbp release repository permissions are now managed via GitHub repository