 Am I crazy?
lsc: you are crazy.but it sounds like fun.  if you make it to silicon valley be sure to check out the hacker dojo in mountain view: http://hackerdojo.pbworks.com/Do start a website, and make sure you give your sponsors plenty of publicity.  But make the project cool.If I wasn't spending every penny I can on hardware,  (or if I wasn't selling out faster than I can get new servers up) I'd buy some advertising.   As it is, I'd be happy to give you some hosting, if you don't have any, and if you make it down here I'll buy or make you dinner.You should pitch it as "I'm doing this really cool thing, and I think you are really interesting and would add something cool to the project"  which should be true.   Be aware that respondents will be motivated both by being part of something cool, but mostly by the publicity.  But then, it's not good publicity unless it's cool, right?You probably want to setup the website and build some excitement ahead of time.so go out and make something cool.