Sabah Steemit meet-up: Ideas for community projects

I am probably the 100th post on a very awesome Steemit meet-up in Sabah. I got to meet the community of Steemians around me for the first time, with the legendary big brother @bitrocker2020 giving an in-depth tutorial and introduction to what Steemit is.

The image below is sourced from @bitrocker2020.

While many have posted on the Durian party and how much they have learnt from the project, I thought that I would go a different route and pick on something else that was intriguing to me when I went to the meet-up. That is the ability of Steemit to impact the underprivileged community. Let's be real here, when you talk about Steemit, there is no running away from talking about the monetary potential of it. However, that potential can also be used for a good cause, pooling our creative talents into generating money to help the needy.

Where do we start?

I have been teaching in Sabah for seven years. Throughout that time, I have met many students who are incredibly talented in music and art. Any opportunity that can involve the incorporation of song and dance, and you will see the entire classroom atmosphere change. The problem with this talent? There is not many ways for them to showcase it. I have met designers who had to strive and work hard just to get that limited amount of exposure, but never really seeing monetary success.

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Steemit can be the answer to this, with a community like teammalaysia to support such creative minds, a normal artist who would've needed to work for free, would at least get 0.50 to potentially 10 dollars of payout. I said 50 cents because that's my current voting power =). But let's be positive, shall we? Now imagine if that particular artist received 10 dollars, that's 7.50 minus curation payout.

With a 50/50 payout, that artist would receive 3.75 Steem dollars. After a month of posting daily, that would be 112.50 Steem dollars. Converted to Ringgit, that would be in the ball park of RM3000. Not bad for doing what you like, is it not?

How do we go from there?

I propose the introduction and workshop for artists, singers and anyone in the creative industry. I propose a small token fee to help support the initiative further down the road, to sustain it for more people to come aboard, and to be a part of it. While the fine details can be worked out eventually. So how can this be used to impact the larger community?

I have been a part of some programs that has helped with education with students who lack access to the internet. This impedes their ability to gain access to knowledge that could help them in learning. Education is power and it is through this, that the creative minds who were helped by the proposed workshop earlier on, can help. These individuals who would've seen some success in Steemit after some time can help in organizing and contributing to funds. These funds can be used to purchase equipment such as computers and equipment. Equipment that can help these students gain access to materials on the Internet for learning.

This is just a thought of mine and I am sure the Sabah community can definitely refine this. It was awesome meeting all of you, until the next meet-up in Labuan. Perhaps someone from Labuan would bring Chocolate and Drinks instead of Durian.

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