The update Alphadin is working on (frostbitten) should be finished a fair amount of good time before we've even got a server up, aka it's pretty much almost finished except for GUI stuff and other features.
This also means when the server goes back up, we're going to have the new white-list features which means anyone can join whenever an admin is occupying the server; white listed or not. We'll also be able to do actual events with the new economy stuff. I have to wait for a new host or share a VPN with someone, so until then I will keep people updated via this thread and the steam group.