We've had several not-so-local Local Liaisons and it has gone fine. Best if you can make a couple trips to the area during planning for information gathering, but even completely remote has worked. :)
I am a LastPass fan! There's a small fee if you want to use it on mobile devices, which I gladly pay. My password here also predated my conversion, but now it's updated. And it reminded me to do a security challenge and reset some other places too. :)
I'm not even sure I agree in principle that the Stormlight Archives is his best work. It's definitely long and often confusing. I would start with Mistborn.
If you want something even lighter, he just finished the Reckoners trilogy of YA books, and they are quite fun. They are non-Cosmere...
I just want to point out that meeting IRL isn't strictly speaking necessary to be Made Real. A voice call with your membership admin is sufficient, and if you aren't Made Real when you register for the event, we have you Made Real before you attend. :)
That's quite aside from the point that...