Staff presence at Unity

There's been much discussion on Unity in recent blogs and comments. What's struck me over the last few months I've been lurking and later registered here, is the low level of staff presence among the community. I've been onboard a fair number of growing projects, and Boonex Unity is distinctly among the less active communities when it comes to  chatter about current development and the general community-staff input cycle.

The lofty ideas surrounding the concept of Unite People concept are of course wonderful ideals, but Unity begins at home. I haven't seen much unity between the Staff and the Community to date — the interaction seems to be minimal. Aside a stray post from Unoboonex, staff input into the community comes across as quite minimal to me. Am I just spoiled with my assumptions and expectations?

Who are the Staff, anyway? The Team page doesn't really tell much, it's a set of job descriptions rather than a set of real people and faces. The faces are of course there on the new video (using a cute tune from the Finnish folk music group Loituma). I'd like to see those faces around the Unity, laying foundations for actual Unity.

Unity starts with communication. Communication leads to coordination and cooperation. Tight cooperation leads to unity. Without communication, there can never be unity.