dont be...relax...
in my years of internet interaction and experience I can freely say that I have been thru all sorts of boards,communities etc...many of 'em I either ran or was directly involved in keeping those places going,adminning,modding,contributing and so on
the truth is,no matter how much effort you put into it nowadays, the people you build and open places for and to are simply too lazy and spoiled to show much appreciation....most of them are lurkers and only looking to grab something they think they might need and run away with it
currently I am running a very private lightwave board with the membership of ~60 and have the same number of Online visitors as you guys here with memberbase of ~6,000...five or six people on the average.
Despite the fact that the members of my forum are very carefully selected there's the same kind of apathy,people who are ready to keep coming only to find out that nothing new is happenening and that doesnt stop them from coming the next day nor does it spur them to do something to get some action going...
this is also happening because the internet now is so vast that it takes a long time to check it all out and only read and visit places,so there's only so much time left to contribute
I guess all I'm saying is that you guys can relax,and even if you took some time off and retured in a couple of month's time the things would not be any different nor would this place die and people would be coming the same as they have so far...
I know you are trying to do the opposite,to stir things up here so there's a lot more action but while it might be worth some effort and planning do not take it so seriously as to be dissapointed if it doesnt improve things all that much,who cares - this is a great resource place whichever way you look at it