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 eighth edition of 'Reports from the Witnesses'!

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Reports from the Witnesses 2017-09-04

@timcliff - Witness Position #3

• Community Engagement Post - What do you expect from your witnesses?

@someguy123 - Witness Position #7

• Steem-in-a-box updated for v0.19.2

@clayop - Witness Position #18

• Witness clayop Update 2017/09/02

@ausbitbank - Witness Position #21

• Witness and seed nodes updated to steemd 0.19.2

@klye - Witness Position #23

• KLYE Witness Update 08 / 29 / 17

@cervantes - Witness Position #25

• Cervantes Magazine - Vol. 5 -

@lukestokes.mhth - Witness Position #28

• The Witness Voting Engagement Report - 2017-08-30
• Witness Update - lukestokes.mhth - September 2nd, 2017

@joseph - Witness Position #36

• Witness Update September 2017

@fyrst-witness - Witness Position #37

• Upgrading to 0.19.2 - Expecting to be back online in about 2 hours - 0.19.2 Fixes a lot of bugs - Other witnesses should follow!

@drakos - Witness Position #46

• Drakos Witness Update 2017-09-03
• Witness Tips: Seeds Ping Script

@netuoso - Witness Position #48

• State of the Witness #6 - 0.19.2 Released, Server Updated, Preparing to Hit the Road

@blueorgy - Witness Position #49

• 🔂 Upgrading Witness to 0.19.2 - Expected Downtime Minimal
• Life, Steemit, & Witness Update - Why I've been missing the past few days...
• 😯 Curiosity Killed The Cat 🐈... Or In This Case 24 Hours 🙄 - v0.19.2

@jerrybanfield - Witness Position #50

• 19.2 Update + New Backup Server + SteemJ Progress! Witness Update #2!
• Meet Steem's Top 10 Witnesses!
• Steem Secret #7: Appropriate Methods to Ask for Votes!

@followbtcnews - Witness Position #57

• Followbtcnews Witness and Seed Node Updated to v0.19.2

@sc-steemit - Witness Position #61

• Witness Update September - New Steem Hotfix and Projects Updates
• Steem Hotfix! - v0.19.2 Update Stats

@dragosroua - Witness Position #63

• Witness Update - DragosRoua

@steemgigs - Witness Position #68

• "Let's Make #philippines One Of The Most Visited Tags On Steemit". (Note): You Will Need Exertion & Self-Sacrifice To Read This Post.
• Inviting Every Steemian & Especially Philippines-Based Steemians (New & Old), To Do A #steemgig Today!
• What Exactly Does The "Steemgigs" Witness Represent & Its Recent Efforts On Steemit, The Philippines & Developing Nations!
• How To Become Hotcake On Steemit, Using Just Your Steemit Posts & Valuable Tips For #philippines-based Content Creators!!!

@swelker101 - Witness Position #76

• @swelker101 Witness Updates: Seed Nodes and 19.2 - 09/01/2017

@fubar-bdhr - Witness Position #78

• Witness Update FUBAR-BDHR - Sept 2017

@gingerninja - Witness Position #85

• Steemit witness update #2 | Updated my witness server to steemd 0.19.2

@steemitboard - Witness Position #88

• SteemitBoard - Witness Update 2

@sircork - Witness Position #102

• Current Witness Report for @SirCork - Witness #106 as of 08/30/2017

@joshtristram - Witness Position #115

• Witnesses are offline!

@dimitrisp - Witness Position #120

• Witness 101: Time & Money needed! | Τι επένδυση χρειάζεται!
• Witness Server updated to v0.19.2 | Αναβαθμίστηκε ο Witness Server μου στην έκδοση v0.19.2
• Witness Update #6, 02/09/2017
• Witness 101: Making Money! | Βγάζουμε λεφτά!

@cloh76.witness - Witness Position #121

• cloh76.witness Update 09/2/17 - (Red Cross Partnership update, Community Updates, Steemit Philippines Server, Project Updates, and Ongoing Developments)
• Steem update 0.19.2 and voting

@mahdiyari - Witness Position #139

• Witness Update #3 - Upgrade to version 0.19.2

@themarkymark - Witness Position #147

• @themarkymark witness update - 09/02/2017

@chillbill - Witness Position #200+

• ChillBill’s witness update. I’ve entered a rabbit hole.
• ChillBill’s Witness update 2. A big shock. There are thousands of witnesses.
• How many crumbs for the peasants? Not many. @ChillBill 's witness update No 3.
• STEEM does NOT need more STEEM Witnesses.

New Witness Announcements:

@livelikemarco - 08/29/2017

• Declaration of Witness by Markovich

@chillbill - 08/29/2017

• ChillBill starts a Steem Witness

@tobiasrieper - 09/01/2017

• tobiasrieper Witness Campaign

@guiltyparties- 09/02/2017

• GuiltyParties Witness

@joshtristram - 09/02/2017

• Witness setup story

@nantorious - 09/03/2017

• Today i've setup my Witness node!

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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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