CURATOR TEAM APPLICATION ### ARTS - POETRY, ARTS, CREATIVE WRITING, MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, ...###

A wonderful day to all steemians. Hope we are all great.
It has been the desire of the steemit board and all steemians in general to see the growth of the steemit community. Several ideas have been made and executed to the end of both promoting steemit and stabilizing our beloved steem coin.


To that effect, the steemit team proposed for curation teams to manage the curator04-08 accounts with the aim of distributing the votes to as many as possible. To that end, a clarion call was made for curation teams made up of seven members to join. This is another plus to the steemit team.


I would like to appreciate all in this team who made efforts to ensure the team is filled up. I would also appreciate the members of the team for deeming it fit to accept the invitation to our team.


Which of the five themes we would like to curate

After having deliberated as a team and considering the various strengths of the team members, we decided to go for Arts -photography, arts, creative writing, poetry, music, …. This was chosen because of the vast experiences of the team members in the field of arts. Additionally, the team members work with related contents in their various communities and have perfected in curating such publications. The profile of these team members leaves no doubt as to their ability to handle it very well.
We have chosen to curate the art-themed posts because we believe it is one of the most interesting categories on Steemit and in general on the entire blockchain ecosystem. In fact, creators have both the possibility of obtaining the copyright of their works by registering them on the blockchain, and use their blogs as a showcase to display them to the public. Furthermore, the advent of NFTs will give even greater importance to artists and will lead in the near future a large part of the original creations to be exhibited and sold directly on blockchain-based marketplaces.


Why we would make a good curation team

Each member of this team is unique with special abilities and experiences, drawn from one end of the world to another end of the world. They have worked in steemit in various capacities and having been tested and trusted in so many spheres of activities within the steemit ecosystem.

They represent so many nationalities, races and cuts across boundaries. The bonding and unity existing within the group is evidenced from the group chat we have had since the beginning of this project.

Now let me introduce this wonderful team to the entire steemit team.

Meet Team Universal

● @girolamomarotta, he has been in steemit since December, 2017.
Country of Origin – Italy
Club status -club5050
Language - English and Italian
Team Member Profile – Country Representative of Italy, Admin of Italy Community aand Admin of Italygame Witness.
Curates with @steemcurator06.

● @knopka145. She has been in steemit since November 2017.
Country of Origin – Russia
Club Status – club5050
Language – Russian and English
Team member profile – Country representative for Russia, An admin in the Steem-BRU community. Curates with
@steemcurator06

● @randulakoralage. She has been in steemit since September 2018.
Country 0f Origin - Srilanka
Club status – club5050
Language -English, Sinhala
Team member Profile – Country representative in Srilanka, Admi of Srilanka community, One of the Oldest greeters,
Handler of steem Srilanka’s curation account. Curates with @steemcurator07

● @msharif. Joined steemit since August 2020.
Country of Origin – Bangladesh
Club status – club100
Language – English, Bangla
Team member Profile – Moderator in Promosteem community and Steemit-network community

● @benton3. Joined steemit since August 2020
Country – Nigeria
Club status – club5050
Language – English, Igbo
Team member Profile – Admin of Steemkidss Community

● @fendit – joined steemit since July 2020
Country of Origin – Argentina
Club status – club5050, will soon enter club75
Language – Spanish, English
Community – Country representative for Argentina, Admin in Writing and Reviews community, Admin in steem
Argentina, Latin America curator for @steemcurator05.

● @belenguerra – Joined steemit on July 2020
Country of Origin – Argentina
Club status – club5050
Language – Spanish, English, basic Italian and French
Team member Profile – Country representative for Argentina, Admin of Writing and Reviews, Admin of steem
Argentina, Latin America curator for @steemcurator05.

Our team tagged Team Universal is well poised for the challenges ahead. From the inception of this team we have seen team bonding in action. One of the basic tenets of team work is the ability to carry every one along, which have been shown by all the team members. Recognizing our individual capabilities and abilities will helps us to coordinate ourselves very well, letting it be a solid drive for curation efficiency.

Additionally, all of us in the team are moderators and admins in various communities with different backgrounds, objectives and have attended to people from so many languages, nationalities and races. This is a strength in itself and the team will use this strength to maximise their curation potential if given the opportunity.

The steemit team can also bear witness to how efficient we have all performed in each of the team members communities and how these members have religiously and efficiently managed curation accounts at their disposal.


Anything special about how they will do their curation to ensure the widest reach

We will ensure that we reach out to as many post as possible within our chosen field. This we will do by encouraging content creators in this field to use a dedicated special tag like #universalarts when making a post. Once a special tag is used, most post within this category

The diverse nature of the team can also help us reach out to as many persons as possible. As we scan through our various communities and others as well, we fish out those creating contents relating to our chosen area and encourage them to use our special tag next time.

The different time zones where the moderators comes from is an asset that will help us in reaching to as many users as possible. This is indicated in our active working schedule below.

Sn	username	active time on steemit
1	@benton3	8 GMT to 3 GMT
2	@randukolarage	11.30 GMT to 16.30 GMT
3	@belenguerra	9 GMT TO 14 GMT and 6 GMT to 00 GMT
4	@fendit	12 GMT to 23 GMT
5	@knopka145	11 GMT to 19 GMT
6	@msharif	3 GMT to 8 GMT and 12 GMT to 17 GMT
7	@girolamomarotta	16 GMT to 23 GMT

With these strategies, we can have a more wider coverage.


How they will ensure not to vote any post with plagiarism content.

Our team are eagle eyed in detecting plagiarism. We also make use of plagiarism programs, softwares and tools that can scan for plagiarism.
We will painstakingly scan every post for plagiarism before curating.


Conclusion

Thank you steemit blog for giving us the opportunity to make this application. The Team Universal would be looking forward to a favourable response from you.