I know that Andrea interviewed bunches of people, so I can’t say no one from Lean Startup Circle was contacted. The gist of the articles was that the organizations weren’t working for the startup community due to politics and bureaucracy — not that the startup community wasn’t being built ‘in the shadows’ of these organizations. She told me directly that she’s interested in other voices writing an OpEd in response — you should contact her and I’m happy to make the introduction.