Emma I think it is just going to be slow going for a while.
I know of several forums---that have been around for 10 years or longer with 3000-4000 members---that have almost no activity.
we are just too new anyway. but I think we will end up doing better than some of these forums because we are different.
in the mean time we have place that we can call home. and we can use the time to create and build.
I am having a blast here.