I totally understand where you are coming from. There are only so many things you can do with your time and at some point you just need to pick and chose.
Anyway. I would see if these guys http://dallasmakerspace.org/blog/ or these guys Facebook have a mailing list and I would post there. One of the problems with the Arduino forum is that its so international, which makes it a bit difficult to collaborate (i.e. I am located in Vienna, Austria) as sometimes its nice to just sit down and have a Beer to get a feel of how the other person 'works', you know?
Btw. Try contacting the forum user NI$HANT Arduino Forum he is a dude from India who seems very eager to take on projects and who has in the past done work for other people through the forum.