Downsizing a file's dimensions in Illustrator

I am new to Illustrator, and am trained in Photoshop.  I'm working with a printer that wants a vector based AI file, so I'm trying my hand at Illustrator.  I have an AI, vector based, logo that I'm trying to fit onto a business card template.  The logo is primarily text, with a circle surrounding one of the letters.  The circle has a stroke that narrows on the right hand side to a tiny sliver.  I am selecting all three layers (the top line of text, bottom line of text, and the surrounding circle), holding down the shift key to preserve the proporotions, and grabbing the little box in the bottom corner to shrink the whole selection.  As I make the selection smaller, the surrounding circle around one of the letters becomes fatter, changing the look of the logo.  How do I correctly make the logo smaller, without converting it to a PDF or JPEG?

this is because the stroke size isn't scaling with your adjustments. bring up the 'Transform' window, check the 'Scale Strokes & effects' option in its drop-down menu.

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