Thanks for covering this, Brian. I'm hesitant to call the folks involved the "Outreach Team," mostly because it's not structured like other Make Teams. In a way, I suppose we could call all 700+ of us in the channel one big "team." The point is that I'd like to steer clear of that terminology to avoid anyone mistaking it as some sort of structured team in the way that other teams work.

I like to think of the project as more of an open-ended discussion, a home for extenders to work together to make WordPress better together.

I'm not sure the "in the dark" phrasing fits (just a minor nit-pick), but I agree that we share many of the same struggles. At the end of the day, most of those of involved in Outreach from Automattic are also building on top of the platform. So when there are pain points, we feel them too. That's why it's so important for all of us to have this channel and collaborate with each other.