Weekly Update 16

Growing Despite Steem Plunge, Solidly Over 6500!

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Week 16 was another solid week on several fronts as we managed to briefly touch 7000 SP, until we had one of our Minnow Booster Delegations cancelled.

We did get our delegations for SP filled on the market early this week but we had almost a similar amount cancel today. We re-entered a new order (see right) and if it fills then we will be back over 7000 until one of our longer term leases runs out. So while it was nice to see that 7000 mark, we might need some more time to get there and hold it. Don't forget that each week now, we have to more than make up for what we lose each week as the older delegations roll off.

On a really positive front we received 2 very nice delegations, a 200 SP delegaton from SOG member @c0ff33amore another 100 SP delegation from @alvinauh. Both of the delegations come with no strings attached and we don't pay anything for them! That not only helps our plan to hold the 6000 threshold, but we are now solidly past 6500 SP on our way to 7000! Thank you both very much for honoring your fellow SOG members and the message of giving learned from @fulltimegeek!

Also on the upvote side of things we did get some nice upvotes again, in particular @fulltimegeek returned with his big upvote (and many many fulltimebots joined him too ;) )! Thank you once again for all you do @fulltimegeek!!! Combined, the votes and the new delegation will definitely help us this week to continue to stay ahead of the curve. On the negative side, this week we saw a big dip in our vote values to roughly $0.18 per post per steward (-$0.05), and that is entirely due to the nasty drop in steem.

During the week we received 1 additional donation, as it was a slow week for donations! Our donor @profanereviews is a repeat donor and he donated 1 sbd to the cause! Thank you so much @profanereviews for continuing to "give back" to the community and honor the work that the stewards of gondor represent!

Don't forget who we are helping, this is the full list of SOG members supporting FTG: @fulltimegeek @abh12345 @allseeingewe @buddy67 @c0ff33a @carlgnash @cbanks @cecicastor @cheneats @coolguy123 @cranium @crimsonclad @dakini5d @davedickeyyall @defango @drakos @einarkuusk @fabiyamada @flauwy @frankbacon @geekpowered @goldendawne @greenrun @hendrix22 @hitmeasap @howtostartablog @inquiringtimes @kryptokayden @kubbyelizabeth @leighstewy @lifttheveil411 @lukebrn @luming @lyndsaybowes @marxrab @mikepm74 @old-guy-photos @openmic @orcheva @originalsimulant @quitefrankly @realtreebivvy @reko @samiwhyte @skycae @somethinfishy @spiritualmax @taskmaster4450 @theuxyeti @votovzla @wisewoof @yagoub

Tell your friends about what we are doing for the #stewardsofgondor, we want the program to continue to grow and support the many things the SOG members are doing.

Chart 1 Dashboard On Steemworld.org

This Weeks Payment On Posts Today (~$16 sbd)

Tonight we will receive the 16th weekly payout since the launch of this program. The payout will be equivalent to about $16 sbd (with the new payout formula, some will be steem too), and it, along with any donations will be used to initiate new leases if the rates stay so favorable. The goal will be to add more new 13 week leases to replace the expiring 13 week leases each week that come due!

We have successfully built up and stabilized our account, and now we should provide a steady and growing upvote if we continue to get your support. The goal is to give the SOG members a real benefit and with your continued efforts to support us, we will continue to build the SP and curation trail.

Friends That Have Generously Donated SBD (newest donations first)

Total 120.175 sbd and 21.086 STEEM

New Donations This Week

@profanereviews donated 1.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@preparedwombat donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat donor)

@four20 donated 1.0 sbd (repeat small donor)

@afifa donated 1.0 sbd (new donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.5 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@orcheva donated 2.086 STEEM (new SOG donor)

@enrique89 donated 0.5 sbd (repeat donor)

@four20 donated 1.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@lynncoyle1 donated 2.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@marxrab donated 5.0 sbd (new SOG donor)

@bashadow donated 2.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@enrique89 donated 0.5 sbd (new donor)

@abh12345 donated 0.50 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@cranium donated 2 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@four20 donated 1 sbd (repeat supersmall, big heart donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@profanereviews donated 1 sbd (repeat donor)

@abh12345 donated 0.50 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@preparedwombat donated 1 sbd (NEW donor)

@howtostartablog donated 5 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@reko donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@cranium donated 2 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@bashadow donated 1 sbd (repeat donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@whatsup donated 3 sbd (new SOG donor)

@hitmeasap donated 2 sbd (new SOG donor)

@reko donated 1 STEEM (new SOG donor)

@cranium donated 3 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@howtostartablog donated 3 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@spiritualmax donated 1.50 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@paulag donated 3.0 sbd (NEW donor)

@discordia donated 8.30 sbd (NEW donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat donor)

@smylie2005 donated 1.50 sbd (repeat newbie donor)

@simplymike donated 1.0 sbd (repeat newbie donor)

@lynncoyle1 donated 1.50 sbd (repeat newbie donor)

@bashadow donated 2.0 sbd (repeat newbie donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.5 STEEM (repeat donor)

@gracefavour donated 0.30 sbd (repeat newbie donor)

@cranium donated 5.0 sbd

@lynncoyle1 donated 1.5 sbd (repeat donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat donor)

@smylie2005 donated 0.50 sbd (repeat donor)

@amariespeaks donated 5.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@lynncoyle1 donated 1.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@howtostartablog donated 4.0 sbd

@abh12345 donated 2.0 STEEM

@theuxyeti donated 2.0 sbd (helping out his fellow SOG members!)

@profanereviews donated 1.0 sbd (SP total is 4 SP... yes that's right 4 SP)

@beeyou donated 1.075 sbd (her SP total is 41 SP)

@gracefavour donated 1.0 sbd (her SP total is 1 SP... yes that's right 1 SP)

@abh12345 donated 2.0 sbd (@lynncoyle1 @davemccoy donated in his name)

@simplymike donated 8.0 sbd (plus her 100 SP delegation)

@bashadow donated 1.0 sbd

@beeyou donated 1.0 sbd (her SP total is 40SP)

@smylie2005 donated 2.0 sbd (her SP total 19 SP)

@spiritualmax donated 2.5 sbd

@ricia donated 5 sbd

@lynncoyle1 donated 1 sbd

@mikepm74 donated 15 sbd

@abh12345 donated 1.5 sbd

@davemccoy donated 5 sbd

Thank you all for your generous support!

As mentioned earlier these new donations and earnings of sbd from posts will be reinvested to grow the SP so that the SOG members get a bigger hit to their upvote. We have now started lengthening the leases from 13 to 20 weeks depending on market opportunities.

What you can do if you want to support this project to help @fulltimegeek and his #stewardsofgondor

#1 You can follow what we are doing and tell your followers and friends through various methods

#2 You can upvote our posts to increase the amount of earnings we have to lease more SP

#3 You can follow our curation trail (84th place already) on steemauto and have your upvote show moral support (even 2 or 3% is something that matters because it all adds up)

#4 You can donate directly like the wonderful people above

#5 You can delegate any of your own SP for any period of time that suits you while this Quest is ongoing

#6 Last but not least, you can thank the individual "friends" that are supporting this effort directly. Sometimes just a stop by and a small note saying you appreciate their help will make a big difference to a donor's day!

If you can't do any of the other 5 and you support what we are doing, then #6 is a very very effective way to help us. It encourage them to spread the word and rewards their efforts with "respect"