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If virtually all efforts at community outreach had ceased, the group is probably not doing well - look for a word that reflects this. However badly the group is doing, however, it is not chimerical (unreal); it definitely exists if new members have joined it and are making plans to rehabilitate it. The group may be superannuated (antiquated or too old for use), but the fact that it is experiencing difficult times does not in and of itself imply that it is very old or obsolete. The best answer is moribund, which means in a dying state or stagnant.
To fill in the next blank, we need to look for a word that could conceivably describe the leadership of such a group ineffective perhaps? Frowzy is probably not correct; it means slovenly or musty, which has no bearing on how well the group is functioning. Stringent is slightly more plausible, but would not necessarily cause problems for the group; strict or exacting leadership could be harmful if taken too far, but it could potentially accomplish a great deal as well. Torpid (inactive or slow) fits in well with moribund and is the correct answer.
Finally, the last sentence implies that the new recruits hope to stir up new interest in the group, so we need a word that means something like elicit or incite. To perpetrate means to commit or to execute and has generally negative connotations (as in, perpetrate a crime) - it is out of place here. Make sure that you do not mix up convoke and evoke; the former means to call together (as in, to convoke an assembly), while the latter means to elicit or draw forth. The best answer is foster (to promote the growth of or to encourage).