Thanks for correcting my ignorance! Definitely a stupid statement on my part. The process looks pretty solid. What is confusing is who the Rust Team is and how the project is sponsored. Is it all volunteer like C++ or is there some sponsorship involved?
The team is largely volunteers, though several companies sponsor people as well. Some people who are sponsored are only part time, or only on the bits relevant to that company. Mozilla sponsors the most full-time people at the moment. We’re working on getting more full-time people, there are some challenges there.