i feel unfortunatley all the ideas in here may just get lost in the land of the forums....

The best ways to get noticed are:
Create a brainstorm and associated post in the brainstorms thread - being as in depth as possible and requesting support. ask for who you need, coder/developer, graphics person, testers etc... see how much support you drum up.

The other method is to create a [proposal] thread - search some others that have been created - i suppose it is a different method - but again the idea is to drum up support.

The more effort you put in the higher chance there is that people will help you