So far so good, things are moving along nicely.

Voting Power

The sharp power drop seams to be rebounding and holding steady with the new tier changes from yesterday, we dipped to 87%, but gained back t 90% and currently sitting at 89%, I'm hoping she gains slowly maybe 1-2%/day, I think we will see a few more ppl pay penalties of increase delegations through the month too, so it's nice to have some wiggle room.

Donations

I know last month I had mentioned that I think we need to move away from donations, but people really did't mind and were happy to continue donating, but the issue is we are growing fast and more members and receiving votes and with the huge fluctuations in steem/sbd prices, I worry that people will loose any potential ROI. We are still okay at the current levels, but lets say next month steem is at $10 and SBD stays at $3 or less, it's no longer going to work to accept donations and rent more SP. Who knows what's going to continue to happen with the delegation market as well if it continues to rise, it just makes donations less and less useful as well and it's really hard to balance the donations and delegations for everyone. We'll have to continue to watch the currency prices closely, but I do suspect we will need to stop accepting donations.

Second Chance Post

[This post has a special place in my heart](https://steemit.com/gratefulvibes/@ironshield/grateful-vibes-i-m-grateful-for-sevinwilson-a-short-history-of-the-steem-round-and-unboxing0 as it's a nice little ode to the steemsilverround, it's an exciting time with the design contest for the 2018 Version currently underway. Thanks for the great post @ironshield and good job picking up a few extra rounds.

Thanks for stopping by and see you all tomorrow