I know what you mean.
When I started the SAS MOD, I had two people!!
Then it grew to about 25-30
And yeh, not being able to recruit in the forum's is a bitch
but if you want people to join, send e-mails to every single ofp site you can find, saying who you are, what your mod is about, and what people you need/want, and/or use the training depot right here at ofpec