I'm stoked to hear Steemfest 2017 is happening in November !
Unfortunately I won't be able to go - I would have loved to come and meet more of you in person, but it's just not practical for me and my family this year.
It's frustrating, because I feel like I owe so much to Steem and as a new witness the networking opportunity alone would be priceless.
Steemfest's are great for our community
I think regular steemfest's are a great way to strengthen bonds in our community, let newer users network and do a lot to for steems public image.
Steemfest helps show that we are a huge worldwide community of real people from a diverse range of backgrounds and not just a small group of investors with an army of bots amplifying their voices (cough BTCC poll cough) .
I want to help support this event
One of the best ideas to be implemented at the last 
This Travel Reimbursement Fund is to help reduce travel costs for steemians so we can get as many of us there as possible , at the last steemfest it helped a lot of people get there and home again .
I'm no whale here, according to steemwhales I'm only ranked # 535 by account value - but I'm now ranked # 44 by follower count !
Gaining so many followers was unexpected, its made a massive difference to my post earnings to the point that I feel greedy to keep posting as often as I used to.
I've begun posting way less and resteeming more - unless I'm rejecting or donating payments so I can try and focus more on curating, encouraging new authors and building new tools for the community.
My pledge
I pledge to donate at least 1000 STEEM and the SBD rewards from this post to the 
I have a powerdown coming tonight that's already going towards Living Room Of Satoshi 's hopeful Steem to AUD implementation , but my next powerdown will be sent to the
I hope this helps some people go that would've had been able to afford it otherwise , and more people donate to the cause
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