1. Yes.
2. Some parts of it. Other parts I don't touch with a 10-feet pole.
3. Never. And I've used perl IRC channels since 1997.
4. That assumes the Perl community has a global organization. It hasn't. The "community" is just a phrase covering a multitude of different initiatives, run by different people, for different audiences, providing different services.
5. No.
6. No idea. Don't care either.
7. No idea on the first group. No on the second.
8. Again, this question assumes some global, top-down control. The only way to change things is to actually do something instead of whine.

I get the feeling from your posts you don't like irc.perl.org. That's fine. Noone is forcing you to join. If you think you can it better, run your own server, apply your rules. That's how irc.perl.org started - before, the Perl-IRC center of gravity seemed to exist on large well-known network. Someone thought we'd do better on a private network. So it was set up. He turned out to be right, and things got better - hence the shift of focus. You don't like the party, or were requested to leave by the host? Too bad for you. Build your own party. And believe me, if it's any better, people will move.