Actually I was going to be running an event this month, but a combination of the site errorors at the beginning of the month as well as real life complications made me have to postpone it for the time being. This "event" was (or rather I should say is) my new year's resolution and unlike the majority of people I know I keep those resolutions. March on its own though generally see's a number of difficulties for a number of people, many of which you outlined in your post, but for students it's doubly hard as that's Midterm season (god I miss college already).
I don't like speaking on the behalf of the other Warbosses these days, but I assure you we are in the planning phase for something in April. It's not my event, so I don't feel right announcing it to the community, but it's coming together.
By the way Ork E Nuff I'm glad to see you have such passion for the WotW. It's creation was a big part of my life, and even though I haven't been a major player in it's ongoing development lately, I still care deeply about it's future and continued existence. In fact your very words:
This site has become a sort of haven on the web for us who tinker, who create, who write, and gripe about our favorite 40k army/race. This site really showed me that you don't have to be perfect to play and collect and create, just insane enough to never say "Well, I got enough ork stuff...mayber I'm done." This site also showed me that this web community can come together and support one of their own during the tough times
are the EXACT hopes we all had when we created the WotW, and all felt a bit foolish for having. I say that last part because realistically many communities fall apart rather quickly, but the WotW has been going strong for 3 years! Which is incredible, especially when one realizes that the former attempts at similar Ork Chain of Command structures on this site lasted less than a single year.
I'm not saying that the WotW is perfect, but I can say that the current leadership of AoD, Skeetergod, Adamscurr and myself all deeply care about the community and are always working to find ways of both growing our community and rewarding the community with events like Campaigns, Contests, Unit of the Month discussions, the Toof Bank, Fluff Competitions, the Junkyard build offs, and any other ideas that we bash together like an Ork Mek hammering away at a piece of scrap.
Another thing to consider is that because of the relative age of the codex, there generally aren't that many newcomers posting lists, but various rumor mills have been churning with the possibilities of a new Ork dex coming next year, and regardless of the validity or invalidity of those rumours, interest is peaked and therefore traffic within our forums will be picking up as people get into the Ork mindset again.
Peace
~OD