diff --git a/controllers/mpog_software_plugin_myprofile_controller.rb b/controllers/mpog_software_plugin_myprofile_controller.rb
index e15bb64..feed657 100644
--- a/controllers/mpog_software_plugin_myprofile_controller.rb
+++ b/controllers/mpog_software_plugin_myprofile_controller.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ class MpogSoftwarePluginMyprofileController < MyProfileController
 
     if valid_software_info && valid_community && valid_libraries && valid_license && valid_language && valid_database && valid_operating_system
       @community = Community.create_after_moderation(user, {:environment => environment}.merge(params[:community]), @software_info, @license_info, @controlled_vocabulary)
+
+      unless params[:q].nil?
+        admins = params[:q].split(/,/).map{|n| environment.people.find n.to_i}
+
+        admins.each do |admin|
+          @community.add_member(admin)
+          @community.add_admin(admin)
+        end
+      end
+
       redirect_to :controller => 'memberships', :action => 'index'
     else
       @list_libraries.each do |lib|
@@ -82,4 +92,9 @@ class MpogSoftwarePluginMyprofileController < MyProfileController
     end
   end
 
+  def search_offerers
+    arg = params[:q].downcase
+    result = environment.people.find(:all, :conditions => ['LOWER(name) LIKE ?', "%#{arg}%"])
+    render :text => prepare_to_token_input(result).to_json
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/functional/mpog_software_plugin_myprofile_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/mpog_software_plugin_myprofile_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5ca427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/mpog_software_plugin_myprofile_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../../test/test_helper'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) +
+'/../../controllers/mark_comment_as_read_plugin_profile_controller'
+
+class MpogSoftwarePluginMyprofileController; def rescue_action(e) raise e end;
+end
+
+class MpogSoftwarePluginMyprofileControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
+  def setup
+    @controller = MpogSoftwarePluginMyprofileController.new
+    @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
+    @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
+    # @organization = Community.create!(:name => 'My Software', :identifier =>
+    # 'my-software')
+    @person = create_user('person').person
+    #@organization.add_admin(@person)
+    login_as(@person.user.login)
+    e = Environment.default
+    e.enable_plugin('MpogSoftwarePlugin')
+    e.save!
+  end
+
+  attr_accessor :person
+
+  should 'search new offerers while creating a new software' do
+  end
+
+  should 'search new offerers while edting a new software' do
+  end
+end
diff --git a/views/mpog_software_plugin_myprofile/new_software.html.erb b/views/mpog_software_plugin_myprofile/new_software.html.erb
index eeb48a4..39c0bd8 100644
--- a/views/mpog_software_plugin_myprofile/new_software.html.erb
+++ b/views/mpog_software_plugin_myprofile/new_software.html.erb
@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@
         <%= swf.text_field(:demonstration_url) %>
       </div>
     <% end %>
-
+   
+   <div class="formfieldline">
+      <%= content_tag('label', _('Fill in the search field to add offerers for this Software'), :id => "text-input-search-offerers") %>
+      <%= token_input_field_tag(:q, 'search-offerers', {:action => 'search_offerers'}, { :focus => true, :hint_text => _('Type in a search term for a person to be added as
+offerers'), :pre_populate => @tokenized_children}) %>
+    </div>
+  
   <div id='libraries_fields'>
     <h4> <%= _("Libraries") %> </h4>
     <%= render :partial => 'library_fields', :locals => { :f => f, :object_name => 'community', :profile => @community, :libraries => @list_libraries } %>
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