In reply to Jeff Chandler.

I was asked not to attend the community summit due to a supposed lack of space. I actually live in San Francisco and blocked out the entire week of my schedule so I could attend and still wasn't allowed.

By the numbers, before I sold CyberChimps I was the second largest theme developer on .org besides Automattic.

It is no coincidence that the largest theme author was asked not to attend the community summit and then a decision like this was forced upon the entire community without warning.

Theme authors unfortunately have no say with the way the TRT is setup.