Kickstarting new communities is great and all but to be honest the biggest issue right now is still user retention and finding out why people aren't sticking around rather than throwing poop at the wall until something sticks and people move here happily ever after. To have communities you need users to put in them to use it. May suggest somehow someway trying to find out the real reason people don't stay and fix that first before communities?
RE: Ask the Hive: What communities would you like to see kickstarted on Hive?