I'm pretty sure the actual forge we deserve at this point is one that is a membership organisation, eg, owned by its (paying) members. Members elect the board

I'm pretty sure the actual forge we deserve at this point is one that is a membership organisation, eg, owned by its (paying) members. Members elect the board which chooses the CEO. A cooperative, in other words. The tech is a solved problem, with lots of open source around to do it. Enough members means paid operations and development staff, or outsourcing one or both, or grants to open source devs, etc. The possibility is there. That's how we prevent cultural drift: by actually controlling the company.