Weekly Update 17

We Blew Through 7500 SP Thanks To Increased Delegation/Donation From @themarkymark!

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Week 17 was an outstanding week on both fronts as we surged to a record high of 7700 SP. We more than replaced our expiring long term delegations, as we not only used the SBD/Steem from our upvote, but we also had some awesome donations come in from 5 different people. In addition, we also received an additional 500 SP free delegation from @themarkymark to bring his total to support @fulltimegeek's stewards of gondor cause to 1000 SP. Impressive donation and thank you @themarkymark!

We did get all of our delegations for SP filled on the Minnow Booster market this week and they also managed to increase our SP (despite the ones that they replaced expiring). The reason is that we are getting as high as a 240 SP per steem per week rate on the new leases to replace the old ones that were done at far lower lease rates. Note: just a reminder that each week now we have to make up for what we lose each week as the older delegations roll off.

Also on the upvote side of things we did get some nice upvotes again, in particular @fulltimegeek and his bots returned with their big upvotes! While the drop in steem has reduced the value, it is still a meaningful vote that is adding and helping to replace our expiring SP. So thank you everyone for the upvotes and again to you @fulltimegeek!!! The goal is to use the votes, donations, and free delegations to continue to hold the SP line and stay ahead on our big weeks (like this one). Again on the negative side this week we saw a big drop in steem, but fortunately our vote values only dipped barely to $0.17 per post per steward (-$0.01). I would say a successful week indeed!

During the week we received 5 additional donations, as donations picked up strongly this week! Our leading donor was also our top delegator @themarkymark who donated 20 sbds to help the cause! . Also we had 4 other donations, 2 from repeat non-SOG members @bashadow of 1 steem and @preparedwombat of 2 sbd and 2 from SOG members @davedickeyyall of 1 sbd and repeat SOG donor @abh12345 who donated 2.5 STEEM total to the cause! Thank you all for your generous donations, they mean a lot in towards keeping our vote values strong!

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.

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This Weeks Payment On Posts Today (~$6 sbd)

Tonight we received the 17th weekly payout since the launch of this program. The payout will be equivalent to about $6 sbd (with the new payout formula, some was in 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 143.175 sbd and 24.586 STEEM

New Donations This Week

@abh12345 donated 1.5 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@themarkymark donated 20.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@preparedwombat donated 2.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@davedickeyyall donated 1.0 sbd (new SOG donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@bashadow donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat donor)

@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"