tried to involve everyone IC as much as I could
Okay now that's bologna.
Leopold doesn't respond to messages half the time, and has a long track-record of silence and non-participation.
You've tried to include your realm-mates. That ain't everyone. Now I don't see any obligation to include everyone, so I don't think what you're doing is wrong. But it certainly isn't true. The whole reason we are where we are is because Leopold doesn't include others and doesn't want to include others.
