What about ":schutzkontakt" of fogman?
fogman started several attempts for such a project, and none of them failed because of him. He is a very reliable, dedicated and experienced programmer and team worker.

Probably, one community is way too small to build up such a team, you need to get awareness for the project on several, not to say on many, communities to find enough dedicated people who's skills fit with the needs of the project.