I think there is little point in continuing to discuss how you think Savannah is run, it is up to the Savannah hackers how they decide what they wish to work on, or not. You can call this "wrong" or a "mistake" -- but it doesn't change the way how the GNU project works.
Moving forward, I propose that each official GNU project becomes a volunteer entity, providing one or more volunteers for GNU. I suggest you take some time an read about the sturcture and organization of the GNU porject (https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-structure.en.html). This is what GNU maintainers already do, and there is the GNU Volunteer Coordinate team, the GNU Advisory Committeeommietee, etc etc.
