I think the rust team do exceptionally well in involving the community. When most people say consultation what they really mean is they’ve already decided. With rust, decisions are generally made by consensus. This is a testament to the quality of the people involved in the project and its organization - it is much much easier to make decisions as an individual than it is to take all the different views into consideration. Add to that the fact that many people involved in rust have never met in person, and use text to communicate. It’s a staggering achievement.
I do happen to think that there are some problems with the website. I do worry that people will go on it and not know what rust is (a programming language), but I’m sure these issues will get fixed, and there are things I like about compared to the old one. Everyone should just spend more time appreciating how awesome rust and the teams behind it is. Theoretical research right through to great end-user experience.
We can always improve - no community is ever perfect, but given how dysfunctional other parts of society are, we really should spend more time marveling at the achievements rust has already made.