Rocky Mountain Region Steemit Accelerator/Meetup October 4, 2017 (FOLLOW UP)

I finally had the opportunity to host my first accelerator in the Denver, Colorado region and I’m happy I had a chance to bring something to life which I conceptualized and floated a proposal for about six months ago on Steemit. I am absolutely amazed and humbled by the Steemit community in Colorado.

One notable member of our growing community is @rebele93. He provided a door prize for this first accelerator in the form of two tickets to The Great American Beer Festival – one of the most coveted events in Colorado featuring 3,900 beers for ticketholders to sample in five-hour blocks. It was truly staggering generosity on his part.

Rocky Mountain Meet and Greet and Accelerator

The first portion of the accelerator was dedicated to meet and greet followed by some basics about Steemit to some of the newer members. Unfortunately, two community members, @intuitivejakob and @amvanaken, were involved in a car accident along the way, which was fortunately minor and resulted in no serious injuries.

@jimitations, @geke, @sunravelme and @twenty23three

Generally speaking, our more recent registered users already understood the basics of the platform (posting, formatting, voting, etc.). The focus for this portion of the Meetup covered powering down, moving earnings to exchanges, and converting STEEM and SBDs to Bitcoin and USD. I also took some time to introduce the group to Streemian, explained how to delegate voting power, and how to form or join curation trails. We then discussed forming a Rocky Mountain curation trail to support our local writers and creators in the Rocky Mountain region of the US.

Winners of the Great American Beer Festival Door Prize: @sunravelme and @twenty23three

STEEM Based Dollar Utility Project/Cryptocraft Marketplace

Before I floated the proposal to make a Denver Steemit Accelerator and Meetup, I’d floated a proposal about increasing the utility of SBDs with a marketplace in which vendors could sell consumer staples (food, alcohol, gifts and some specialty items) with one caveat – they can accept any form of payment, but they must accept SBDs as well. It’s been my dream to bring that to fruition here in the Denver marketplace.

I have recently convinced a grower from the weekly Farmer’s Market I attend to consider a CSA model, which would accept SBDs for payment. For the time being, I have agreed to handle all currency translations for him from SBDs to fiat, so we can get this project off the ground.

I spoke with the group to gauge their interest in supporting this grower, and the conversation grew into a broader discussion of potential small business owners and craft/artisan product creators which may be receptive to accepting SBDs as a form of payment. Currently, I have agreed to behave as a fiat gateway in a limited capacity to translate SBDs to fiat. I’m looking forward to moving this forward and having first SBD transactions booked for consumer staples to realize true utility.

By the end of October, the state of Colorado will have hosted four Steemit Meetups, spread out over four distinct geographic regions of Colorado within a one month period. The future looks bright in the Centennial State.

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Rocky Mountain Region Steemit News

If you are part of the Rocky Mountain Region and would like to join the community chatroom on the Steemit Chat application, please Direct Message me (@lpfaust) to include you in the Rocky Mountain Region community private chatroom. You can also join the conversation on the Rocky Mountain Steemit Discord Channel. We would love to hear your voice and have you participate in upcoming events (or host your own).

Some upcoming Steemit Meetups in the Rocky Mountain Region:

• @rebele93 has formed the Colorado Front Range Steemit Meetup. The first Meetup is at the Nighthawk Brewery - 2780 Industrial Lane Broomfield, CO on Thursday, October 12, 2017, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Please visit the linked page for the Meetup.org page and more details. I will be attending this event and if you’re in the area, be sure to catch up with us.

• @rebelmeow and @in2itiveart have a Denver Meetup scheduled at the Mercury Café in the Jungle Room – 2199 California Street Denver, CO on Thursday, October 26, 2017, at 7:00 PM. I’m currently clearing out that evening to join them and I hope to see you there.