Community Talk - How big is too big?

How big is too big? How do you decide where to draw the line? I'll be stopping my advertising Sept 8, but it something that's been on my mind a lot. We've grown way past my original goal which is fine, but doing this adds whole new problems. The goal of the community was so that you could know the people you play with, become friends, help them out, all that jazz. An intimate group of gamers. The only reason I tried to grow us more is for things like drop off, enough people to play with for our more distant timezones, and that I think there are cool people still out there looking for groups. The council idea has received lack luster response, so I need new suggestions on how to make this thing work. I'll first state, that I'm so happy to gotten to know a lot of you. You seem like awesome people and proud to call you brother or sister. Right now however, after going through our list of members, almost half I've barely heard from since joining, which is sad, but they may be vocal after launch. How many members will start to peeter out after launch, either not playing or just find something more to their needs? How many have forgotten that they actually have a group? Do we have enough people for our members world wide to do end game content with? So right now, I need your help. The goal of this group has always been a community- more like a small cookout or a d&d game, not a party with a bunch of random people. How do we make this a community and compensate for the questions I mentioned above. I really want this to work and I don't want to do anything drastic. Thanks to all who comment because this has been stressing me out for sometime. Cheers!