I don't know of much when it comes to behind the scenes, but I do know what is happening in the one place it matters: the scene itself.

Manage the teams better. Whatever you are doing right now isn't working. Fix it.

--> osu! revolves around playing beatmaps
--> to play beatmaps, you need to make beatmaps
--> at this point, mappers are born
--> sure, you can make beatmaps, but they need to be fun for people to want to play them
--> that's where modding supposedly comes in. you offer insight in hopes of bettering the person's map.
--> this is where teams of modding experts come in -- BATs and MATs, respectively. They dictate what maps are good enough to be ranked.
--> Nobody is perfect. these teams need to be managed.
--> You need people who are willing to be managed.
--> You need a person(s) who is willing to manage these people.
--> You need leaders

Somebody do SOMETHING with the teams. It's the only way the game will get better. As stated previously, whatever you are doing now clearly is not working. At any given time, the majority of the BATs are inactive. Hell, a lot of them haven't modded in almost a year now and yet are still "active" BATs. From the public's perspective, nothing is being done about it; therefore, it is same to assume that indeed, nothing is being done.

How do you expect the community to prosper if you have poor management? It doesn't make any sense.

I'm sure most of us will agree on this:

Somebody manage the BATs. To the BATs whom wish not to put any more effort in this game, leave so that people who are actually willing to mod more than once every 6 months get placed on the team.

Perhaps once we have active BATs (who are subjectively the ones who make the world go round), progress will once again be seen. RANK MAPS

The same exact thing applies to MATs.