Weekly Update 26

Regained 9000 SP While Steem Remained Quiet

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Week 26 was a good week as we put the donations and post upvotes to good use and regained the 9000 SP mark. One of the great things with this market being down is the leverage we get from the Minnowbooster Delegation Market. We picked up 175 Steem for 13 weeks for only 9 Steem. That is about 20:1 leverage and definitely helps to replace the expiring MB steem delegations that we entered into when steem was higher. So the bottom line is that we didn't set the world on fire this week, but did make some gains and that is all that is important. (one foot in front of the other, right?) ;)

On the upvote of our post this week, we had another good week of participation and happily @fulltimegeek and his bots are still active! Steem was flat for the week (roughly $0.90) and our vote values stayed the same at $0.15 per post per steward ($0.00).

On the free delegation front we didn't have any new delegations, but everyone is also sticking with us too. So thank you to all the free delegators for your continued support!

During the week we had a three more donations come in, one from repeat SOG donor @cranium giving 1 Steem; and two from non-SOG members @four20 of $0.50 Stemm and @bashadow of 1.0 Steem. On top of this, @bashadow also contributed a @steembasicincome share to this account so this gives us 2! It all adds up and we keep going forward! Thank all three of you very much for your donations and its a great testament to @fulltimegeek and his Stewards of Gondor that you have earned your respect!

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.

Chart 1 Dashboard On Steemworld.org

This Weeks Payment On Posts Today (~$4 steem)

Tonight we will receive the 26th weekly payout since the launch of this program. The payout will be equivalent to about $4 steem (with the new payout formula, it will be all in steem), 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 183.675 sbd and 55.086 STEEM

New Donations This Week

@four20 donated .50 STEEM (repeat non-SOG donor)

@cranium donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@bashadow donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat non-SOG donor)

@lyndsaybowes donated 20.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@cranium donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@bashadow donated 1.0 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@bashadow donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@enrique89 donated 0.50 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@hitmeasap donated 1.5 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@preparedwombat donated 2.0 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@cranium donated 1.0 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@bashadow donated 1.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@lynncoyle1 donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat donor)

@bashadow donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@goldendawne donated 10.0 sbd (SOG donor)

@cranium donated 1.5 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@mikepm74 donated 15.0 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@bashadow donated 1.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@bashadow donated 1.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@enrique89 donated 0.5 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@preparedwombat donated 1.0 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@abh12345 donated 1.5 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)

@howtostartablog donated 3.0 sbd (repeat SOG donor)

@bashadow donated 1.0 sbd (repeat donor)

@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"