Weekly Update 19

Broke Through 8000 SP Thanks To More Generous Delegations!

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Week 19 was another awesome week, as we not only held our ground above 7500 SP and but we jumped above 8000 SP thanks to two nice delegations! So we not only replaced our expiring long term delegations for the week, we actually gained a new target to defend of 8000 SP. The two new free leases on the week were a repeat 500 SP delegation from SOG member @drakos (bringing him to 1000 SP and tying him with @themarkymark for our highest single delegators) and another SOG member @preparedwombat who delagated 100 SP as well. These 2 delegations were both given with NO strings attached and a further testiment to the pay-it-forward mentality that @fulltimegeek encouraged with his Friends of Gondor program! Thanks guys, this is awesome!

On the upvote of our post this week, we did get another nice batch of upvotes, again led by @fulltimegeek and his rather large following! We really appreciate the upvotes on the weekly post from everyone as it really adds up over time to help us invest in SP.

Speaking of SP, we just renewed our upcoming lease (due next week) with @em3 and he was generous enough to move our lease from 175sp per steem per week to 220sp per steem per week for another 9 weeks. He is also taking his payment over time, so we were able to pay off 11.5 steem of the total 25 steem from last week's posts payments and donations. That leaves us with only 13.5 steem to go and we will have successfully extended another 612 SP for another 9 weeks! Thanks for working with us @em3, I know you are a big fan of @fulltimegeek and the #stewardsofgondor program and this is a helpful way for you to work with us! :)

On a brighter note too, we finally had steem rise during the week and this has actually grown our vote value, finally! Steem had a roughly 20% surge from $1.30 to $1.55 for the week. Also because our number of posts has been consistently dropping, I have upped the percentage to 30% of our vote from 26%. These two factors have helped our vote values rise to $0.21 per post per steward (+$0.05).

During the week we received only 2 donations, as this was the only slow area we had. We had 2 total donations (both repeat donors), 1 from repeat non-SOG member @enrique89 of 0.5 steem and the other from SOG member @preparedwombat of 1 sbd (which goes along with his very nice 100 SP delegation!). Thank you very much guys, it all adds up to help us tremendously. Those donations are important and every one really helps us to build our vote values!

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 (~$7 sbd)

Tonight we will receive the 19th weekly payout since the launch of this program. The payout will be equivalent to about $7 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. (NOTE: This week it will go to finish securing the 612 SP lease from @em3) 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 148.175 sbd and 26.586 STEEM

New Donations This Week

@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"