The Reports from the Witnesses aims to provide the community with a summary of what all the witnesses have been up to. Every week, I collect all of the reports from the individual witnesses and assemble them into a single aggregated report. New witness announcements and witness retirement announcements are included in the report as well.

Witnesses can continue posting their posts to the witness-category and/or witness-update tags, and I will assemble everything I find there. If I miss any reports, just let me know and I will correct it. If you want to direct message me a report via chat, that is fine too.

Historic Reports from the Witnesses can be found here:
https://steemit.com/created/reportsfromthewitnesses

So without further ado, I bring you the thirty sixth edition of 'Reports from the Witnesses'!

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Reports from the Witnesses 2017-08-20

@klye - Witness Position #9

• KLYE Witness Update 08 / 19 / 17

@cervantes - Witness Position #27

• Cervantes Magazine - Vol. 1- A deeper look into our community
• Cervantes Magazine - Vol. 4 -

@lukestokes.mhth - Witness Position #29

• The Witness Voting Engagement Report - 2017-08-16

@fyrst-witness - Witness Position #37

• Fyrst-Witness going through Mandatory Upgrades - Will be back up soon!
• ANTISPAM Feature Request: Reject dust-transaction with SPAM-MEMO on account-level!

@drakos - Witness Position #52

• Drakos Witness Update 2017-08-20
• Running a Witness: Is it as Easy as it Sounds? 🤔
• Drakos Witness Update 2017-08-13

@blueorgy - Witness Position #54

• What NEEDS to change NOW in order for Steemit to Survive. (Partial Payout Declined Self-Voting)

@followbtcnews - Witness Position #56

• Followbtcnews Witness Update 8/20/2017-Rock-N-Roll

@jerrybanfield - Witness Position #61

• Top 100 Steem Witnesses by Number of Votes!

@sc-steemit - Witness Position #62

• Witness Stats: How many users are actually voting for a witness?

@dragosroua - Witness Position #63

• Witness Update - DragosRoua

@felixxx - Witness Position #65

• Quick Witness Update 14th of August 2017

@steemgigs - Witness Position #69

• My Curation Efforts Under #philippines Will Shift Focus More, To 100% Powered Up Posts! Steemit Growth Efforts Reaches Baguio, Philippines!!! Steemgig Inside!
• My Attempt To Bring "One Sports United, Philippines" Onto Steemit And Recent "Steemit Growth Philippines" Endeavors! Introducing Hooray-Brigade!
• Inviting Philippines-Based Content Creators To Post Under #tilphilippines ("Today I Learned") & Things You Didn't Know About Trending Posts!!!
• Every Tiny Thing You Do In The Steemit Ecosystem On-The-Scene Or Behind-The-Scenes, Promotes Steemit! Plus, Free Reusable Steemit Shirt & Gift Cards Designs

@swelker101 - Witness Position #79

• swelker101 Witness Update: 8/17/2017 - The Blame Shane Campaign

@dimitrisp - Witness Position #119

• Witness Update #4 - 19/08/2017

@cloh76.witness - Witness Position #121

• cloh76.witness Update 08/20/17 - (APR Update, Red Cross Partnership update, Steemit Philippines Server, Project Updates, and Ongoing Developments)

@anarcho-andrei - Witness Position #123

• Anarcho-Andrei Witness Update - 18 August 2017

@rycharde - Witness Position #127

• How to Vote for a Witness Outside the Top 50, and What NOT TO DO!

@mahdiyari - Witness Position #142

• New Steem Seed Node - node.mahdiyari.info:2001
• Witnesses Miss Block SMS Notifier - witness.mahdiyari.info

New Witness Announcements:

@criticalblaze - 8/14/2017

• Becoming a Witness

@themarkymark - 8/16/2017

• Witness "@themarkymark"

@sircork - 8/16/2017

• Please consider my bid to become a recognized Steem Block Chain Witness!

@zeartul - 8/18/2017

• Vote Zeartul for witness , Bellyrub bot lover and how I see the minnowsupportproject

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Some Notes:

• Many witnesses do not report every week, and prefer to only report when they have updates.
• I recommend that you include communication as one of your criteria for evaluating witnesses, but keep in mind - it is not the only criteria. There are some witnesses that prefer to work "behind the scenes", and do not do much as far as reports.
• For witnesses that are not currently posting any reports, I would encourage you to provide the community with at least some insight into what you are currently working on :)

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Remember to vote for witnesses!
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If you aren't sure who to vote for, check out this Witness Voting Guide.