Looks like this discussion has gone sour. I encourage people to get in touch with each other as much as possible. Google+, Facebook, Twitter, IRC, conferences, two tin cans and a string.... All fine. All not part of the Apache process either. That doesn't make them bad, it just makes them non-official.
Obviously the dev list is the only official channel of any Apache project. If people want to "hangout" on Google+ I might suggest using Google+ to coordinate that. Feel free to send invites to the lists. -David
