Weekly Update 14
Preparing To Hold 6000 SP! Off To A Good Start!
Week 14 was a good week as we managed to get our delegations for SP filled on the market this week as we plan on holding the 6000 threshold even as our longer term leases are now going to start to expire. For instance, this upcoming week we have about 350 SP set to roll off, but we have already gotten ahead a bit as we hit 6200 already thanks to these new leases. It will be a balancing act now in hopes that we can continue to grow faster than our old leases expire. But so far so good, and we are off to a good headstart!
On the new delegation front we were quiet this week as no new "free delegations" came in. However on the upvote side we did get some nice upvotes and in particular 
returned with his big upvote! Thank you very much !!! This will definitely help us this week to continue to stay ahead of the curve and we should actually pick up more "net" SP as we put those payouts (along with the new donations) to work. This week we maintained our vote values of roughly $0.25 per post per steward, and that is with a small drop in steem (steem apprears to have leveled off the last few days)!
During the week we received 7 additional donations (8 if you count 
donating 2 different times), as the donation front picked up! We had 2 new SOG donors, 
generously donated 5 sbds and 
donated 2.086 steem. Plus we had repeat donations from 
for $0.50 sbds, 
for 2 sbds, 
for $1 sbd (she has a huge heart, but needs to stop giving so much away) and (2 times for a total of 2 sbds!), and the final one was from repeat SOG member 
of 1.5 steem. While it was a slow week on the delegation front, the donations picked up. Its absolutely amazing how the delegations/donations/upvotes seems to be working out from week to week and someone is always picking up the slack! I love to see both new and repeat donations, from SOG members and non-SOG members; and I want to thank everyone very much for supporting this project and helping show our support for and his stewards!
Don't forget who we are helping, this is the full list of SOG members supporting FTG: 
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 (~$20 sbd)
Tonight we will receive the 14th weekly payout since the launch of this program. The payout will be $20 sbd, 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 117.175 sbd and 19.086 STEEM
New Donations This Week
donated 1.5 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 1.5 STEEM (repeat SOG donor) donated 2.086 STEEM (new SOG donor)
donated 2.086 STEEM (new SOG donor) donated 0.5 sbd (repeat donor)
donated 0.5 sbd (repeat donor) donated 1.0 sbd (repeat donor)
donated 1.0 sbd (repeat donor) donated 2.0 sbd (repeat donor)
donated 2.0 sbd (repeat donor) donated 5.0 sbd (new SOG donor)
donated 5.0 sbd (new SOG donor) donated 2.0 sbd (repeat donor)
donated 2.0 sbd (repeat donor) donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor) donated 0.5 sbd (new donor)
donated 0.5 sbd (new donor) donated 0.50 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 0.50 STEEM (repeat SOG donor) donated 2 sbd (repeat SOG donor)
donated 2 sbd (repeat SOG donor) donated 1 sbd (repeat supersmall, big heart donor)
donated 1 sbd (repeat supersmall, big heart donor) donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 1 sbd (repeat donor)
donated 1 sbd (repeat donor) donated 0.50 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 0.50 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 1 sbd (NEW donor)
donated 1 sbd (NEW donor) donated 5 sbd (repeat SOG donor)
donated 5 sbd (repeat SOG donor) donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor) donated 2 sbd (repeat SOG donor)
donated 2 sbd (repeat SOG donor) donated 1 sbd (repeat donor)
donated 1 sbd (repeat donor) donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 3 sbd (new SOG donor)
donated 3 sbd (new SOG donor) donated 2 sbd (new SOG donor)
donated 2 sbd (new SOG donor) donated 1 STEEM (new SOG donor)
donated 1 STEEM (new SOG donor) donated 3 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 3 STEEM (repeat SOG donor) donated 3 sbd (repeat SOG donor)
donated 3 sbd (repeat SOG donor) donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor)
donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat SOG donor) donated 1.50 sbd (repeat SOG donor)
donated 1.50 sbd (repeat SOG donor)
donated 3.0 sbd (NEW donor)
donated 3.0 sbd (NEW donor)
donated 8.30 sbd (NEW donor)
donated 8.30 sbd (NEW donor) donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat donor)
donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat donor)
donated 1.50 sbd (repeat newbie donor)
donated 1.50 sbd (repeat newbie donor)
donated 1.0 sbd (repeat newbie donor)
donated 1.0 sbd (repeat newbie donor) donated 1.50 sbd (repeat newbie donor)
donated 1.50 sbd (repeat newbie donor) donated 2.0 sbd (repeat newbie donor)
donated 2.0 sbd (repeat newbie donor) donated 1.5 STEEM (repeat donor)
donated 1.5 STEEM (repeat donor)
donated 0.30 sbd (repeat newbie donor)
donated 0.30 sbd (repeat newbie donor) donated 5.0 sbd
donated 5.0 sbd donated 1.5 sbd (repeat donor)
donated 1.5 sbd (repeat donor) donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat donor)
donated 1.0 STEEM (repeat donor) donated 0.50 sbd (repeat donor)
donated 0.50 sbd (repeat donor)
donated 5.0 sbd (repeat donor)
donated 5.0 sbd (repeat donor) donated 1.0 sbd (repeat donor)
donated 1.0 sbd (repeat donor) donated 4.0 sbd
donated 4.0 sbd donated 2.0 STEEM
donated 2.0 STEEM donated 2.0 sbd (helping out his fellow SOG members!)
donated 2.0 sbd (helping out his fellow SOG members!) donated 1.0 sbd (SP total is 4 SP... yes that's right 4 SP)
donated 1.0 sbd (SP total is 4 SP... yes that's right 4 SP)
donated 1.075 sbd (her SP total is 41 SP)
donated 1.075 sbd (her SP total is 41 SP) donated 1.0 sbd (her SP total is 1 SP... yes that's right 1 SP)
donated 1.0 sbd (her SP total is 1 SP... yes that's right 1 SP) donated 2.0 sbd ( 
donated in his name)
donated 2.0 sbd ( donated in his name) donated 8.0 sbd (plus her 100 SP delegation)
donated 8.0 sbd (plus her 100 SP delegation) donated 1.0 sbd
donated 1.0 sbd donated 1.0 sbd (her SP total is 40SP)
donated 1.0 sbd (her SP total is 40SP) donated 2.0 sbd (her SP total 19 SP)
donated 2.0 sbd (her SP total 19 SP) donated 2.5 sbd
donated 2.5 sbd
donated 5 sbd
donated 5 sbd donated 1 sbd
donated 1 sbd donated 15 sbd
donated 15 sbd donated 1.5 sbd
donated 1.5 sbd donated 5 sbd
donated 5 sbdThank 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 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"