Having no stake in this, I think that's a mistaken way of going about things. Wordpress is PHP's killer app. If people aren't getting involved, php team should consider outreach.
Part of the problem is PHP has no team. It's determined to be a meritocratic loose organisation of individuals, and so there's no entity to do outreach.
It's not my favoured governance model, but it is what it is.
It's not my favoured governance model, but it is what it is.