I think you guys are taking the right approach and I agree with you. In my opinion the Witnesses need to do more than just witness blocks because there are a lot of community members that could also just do that.
I think a lot of us want to see HIVE take its rightful place back on the first page of CoinGecko. It's legitimately the most well formed Web3 ecosystem.
Sometimes I feel like some people locked in there don't really care too much about it growing as long as they are getting a passive drip from it that is a lot compared to their efforts.
Grow the Pie is my thoughts too.