Solid advice! I'd also like to chime in and recommend that apart from keeping the official server alive so that new users can come in, please prioritize on making it easier for other developers to start contributing to the codebase and setting up new instances.
I love the way people are supporting you and the way this project has been shaping up. Best wishes!
Oh, that's neat one. Do you keep the VM running always to make the backups work?