I’ll volunteer for renting a server from these guys (recommended by Pete)

$10 a month for 9 player slots, and I’m happy to fund for a few months. If we decide we really like it for some reason we’ll start passing the hat around for someone to paypal me $10 when your turn comes up.

http://www.multiplaygameservers.com/game-servers/mc-minecraft/

Who’s in? If we get more than 9 player slots, great.