It sounds like a lot of work what you plan to do to get your witness server up and running, but if it turns out anything like the amount of work you've put into steemworld, and continue to put in, it will be well worth the effort. Can't wait to vote for you.
I do have something to report. Under the account operations, I've been noticing that outgoing comments have not been updating as quickly as they normally do. The post count comments amount in the stats window has always been a little tardy, but now it's updating before the comment will show up in the account operations window. Sometimes, it doesn't show at all. A refresh of the page resolves that.
I thought I'd let you know about it in case you weren't already aware. I don't know if it's been happening on anything else.