I agree with being positive and I am still sharing this coin out with those around me and voting every chance I get.
The challenge with waiting too long to get on an exchange is that a small amount of miners are accruing significant amounts of coin, and all it takes is one miner with a couple hundred million to panic and sell at 1 satoshi each and take away any chance of it going above that. The longer the coin stays as is with a low hash rate, no clear plan communicated and no exchange the more likely we will have a panicked seller when it does hit Mintpal or any other exchange with enough volume to absorb that kind of a trade. I am still positive about this coin and think it can do very well, and am in for the long haul, but we need to admit as a community that some individuals mine for the short term, and the longer they are forced to hold on the less they will take when they can sell it.
A strong coin has a great community with a balance of miners and traders, the traders though set the value through their demand and the miners follow the value, without the trader interest we will have a hard time creating value in the coin IMHO.