I think that's an excellent idea! Your post might be a good start for a 
page on minnow or squeak.org to encourage more of this
Related, this talk made interesting points about the value of smaller teams:
http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2005/debconf5/mpeg/2005-07-10/03-Small_Teams_in_Debian-Andreas_Schuldei.mpeg