I think calling a team that is (it sounds like) struggling with governance and organizing a conference "toxic" doesn't feel right.

I think it is good to also show some empathy here and consider that probably nobody gets paid to be on the core team or to run the Rust project. It can't be easy to be in the middle of such a vibrant and vocal community, basically as a second job. At least that is what I think when I read some of the situations in this post.