A lot of the reason that nobody has been online recently is that we could see this in the wind. With Ray failing to whitelist the newbies, not being around and other things, it was pretty obvious what was coming.
With that being said, I'd love to see the server continue. This is a good place; sometimes I wish it were more populated, but it's not as though that can't be fixed.
I don't think money is a difficulty. The people of this server have shown their willingness to donate more than once; if they want the server to be around, they'll make it happen.
As for leadership, I don't know. Ray has had a pretty fortunate combination of traits that have allowed him to make this happen.
I have most of the technical skills required to make this happen, though not to the degree that Ray does. I have neither leadership ability nor desire to lead, but I would be quite willing to play technical support to make this happen.