Most of the people that join us are young and articulate, but they are not FReepers. I don't mean to demean Mass FReepers, but Boston is a sucky place to navigate unless you know it well.
I have engraved in my mind every FReeper that has helped us, but I have also remembered all of the Boston Patriots that stood with us at our various FReeps. It is a good feeling to walk down the street and have a person say you were the guys at "Israel Day" or meet one of the homeless Vets that supported us.
It is not that people don't have the fire, it is because people have lives to live and kids to raise.
I do know this LB, everyone loves a show and don't like being left out when they believe there is a "happening". With proper promotion and networking with other groups, an event will take on a life of it's own with regards to support and attendance. Our goal should be to push that "got to be there" snowball up the hill until it reaches the apex and starts rolling downhill on it's own.