Almost every WMF developer attended Wikimania this year, and there was
quite a lot of fruitful discussion and feedback given. Somewhat
surprisingly (to me, it was my first Wikimania) the tone in person was
quite different than what you might expect from email list traffic. Perhaps
that was self-selection, as the attendees at Wikimedia were the members of
the community interested in constructively working on solutions.
But it's also worth noting that just about every Wikimania attendee is
either traveling or on vacation today. The conversation on this thread
might be a little lopsided as a result.
--scott