Citizenship Requirements: Is the bar set too high, or is it just par for the course?

[Boustrophedon]

I don't understand why people focus on the CdeC so much. It consist of only 12 people whereas citizenship has been conferred on 600-700 people. Why is less than 2% of the citizenship body responsible for the supposed decline of the Curia? A better question would be why the great people of previous years have stopped posting here? The biggest problem imo is that many people find it boring here and boredom creates frustration...

I'd love to see you in CdeC though, Omni get your detective's nose out! ^^

EDIT: I always saw the Curia as something like the UN. Extremely vital but at the same time often quite useless too...