Lee, thank you for your `contribution' but let me try to be as nice as I can and try to explain what/how that was "not" what this thread wanted at this time (For the record: I am assuming that *I* did a poor job explaining myself and *you* were only trying to help--if this isnt the case let me know so that I can adjust my score card accordingly-).
Ok, maybe I jumped in a bit quick with the code - I saw you were getting agitated by the lack of interest, so I jumped in to get the coding ball rolling and perhaps generate some more interest when members see something getting started.
The word `contribution' means "gift". -i.e. was/is it your only intension to `contribute' this piece or would you like to sign up to be a member of the team?
I think the 'sign-up' aspect is what may be detering some members from threads of this nature - note that most come here to browse and come and go as they please as a release and form of relaxation from work, and hence don't want to be tied down to another project outside of work as well, where there may be some expectation for them to contribute something to the project. Furthermore, I don't think too many will be overkeen on the 'rank' system - I realise there needs to be structure and that tasks may be delegated to different users, but I would remove the word 'boss' if you catch my drift.
Overall I understand your intention - to inspire the community to work together to everyones strengths, so that members can learn from the coding (and perhaps organisational) strengths of others and vice versa; and I completely agree that it would be a good idea. But, (and maybe I'm wrong here), I should imagine many may view this as 'work' and won't want to get involved on top of a hectic day job - of course, as I've demonstrated, I'm personally happy to contribute to the project.
As always, take my thoughts as a pinch of salt and don't read too much into my thoughts of the community as a whole, I'm likely way off.
Lee