Friendly reminder that every Sunday, we are having 'meetings' and would like people to attend. We will start at roughly 10 p.m. EST this time and go until whenever. The purpose is to familiarize yourself more with your fellow allies and go over any changes or suggestions people may have. We're a family, and want you all to participate in the growth and steady flow of Allied activity.

Once this post is released, I will pull out the sorting hat and see who stays with us and who doesn't. Nasty job and I might get a few haters in the process, but it is necessary for continued GROWTH. The water is stagnant is some areas as they don't comment, upvote, resteem or even use our tag. It feels like some of you are not taking us very seriously and/or are just here snagging votes to appease your own agenda. That being said, some of you will be issued warnings and put on a probationary watch list and some will just be ousted without a word. The whole point of joining up with us was the understanding that you become a family member. There are no black sheep - or maybe we're all black sheep LOL! But, families stick together, they swim together, they HUNT - together. Not everyone is a hunter in this great pod of Killer Whales. Some are mothers, some are but children and some are cooks and entertainers. But we're all family and should be treated as such.

In this next section is a selection of posts that are astounding to just look at. Eye candy for the brain's visual delight. It is a group of top-notch pictures and artwork by members using our tag in their post. We hope you gain the same awe struck sensation as our eyes did upon seeing them.

It would appear we have a good handful of poets in our family's wings, so I would like to start spotlighting them in their own section. Please enjoy the various forms of poetry like sonnets, haikus, free-verse poems and just beautiful reflections of the heart, mind and soul portrayed by the written word.

Now this particular curation corner is dedicated to those members with highly undervalued posts. All of these posts are between 1 and 5 days old and many of them put just as much time, if not more, into their work than most all of the rest of us. These posts below appear to have gotten skimmed right over without a second glance. I know we go through so many posts, it's hard to keep up, but, it is imperative we support **ALL** of our family members. These are posts from people that support you too, so please, let's all make them feel more appreciated as they 'Steem On' with us.

Thank you for taking the time to read this everyone. I do hope people visit the articles and profiles and see about our family. Any questions anyone may have about anything or contests you want to promote, feel free to post those in the comments as well.