Any ETA on when the server will be back?

It is very discouraging for all of us when we end up with a temp map. I think the worst part is the server is open to griefers and jerks. So do we have an eta on the plugins yet?

We arent waiting for plugins, most of the plugins are usually compatible with the new bukkit updates. What we're waiting for is a beta build of craftbukkit, which will probably be inbound sometime this weekend. Although, with my experimentation with the dev builds, all of them seem to safe to use, so that's always an option if things start to get really bad.