1. It is for companies with dedicated resources for open source projects.
2. The person signing on has to mention the company he is with, so ideally a person from the "dedicated resource" or open source department of a prospective company?
3. They exist to discuss "how to shift ownership of projects from companies to the community".
So as a person of an open source department at their company, one is expected to join this to help their company render their department useless?
They should bake it better and present it to the right person.