Hello Steem Silver Gold!

Well, this comes a day late but all seems quiet on the Steem Silver Gold front. We have no new members to add to our ranks this week. Secret Santa is in full swing (remember if you are participating... keep your identity secret from your gift's recipient). Steem Rounds are at Ray's place and the US bound rounds are in the mail! All of this makes for a comforting wrap up to 2019.

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Membership

If you would like to join Steem Silver Gold or you would like to nominate a new member, please reference the road map to membership below. Nomination does not guarantee membership. If you nominate someone, please reach out to said individual to discuss this nomination and gauge their interest in joining.

Please make sure nominees have a track record of posting about metals and of building relationships with community members (ie. consistent posting with a track record of posting about silver and/or gold, replying to comments on their posts , commenting on posts of other community members). The friendships we form will be what sustains our group through the growing pains of Steem.

Related to membership, I was looking through our list last week. There are about 20 members who haven't posted or commented on Steem in the past 6 months to a year. I think it is important for our member list to accurately reflect our active membership. The two main ways to gauge activity are a display of interest in precious metals stacking/collecting and interaction on the Steem blockchain. We are STEEM Silver Gold after all. After the new year I will look at these 20 names again to see if anyone has reappeared after a Steem hiatus. If there are no changes, I will remove the names from our active member roster. Folks are always welcome to rejoin the community, but I feel like keeping them on the list if their time on Steem is done seems unnecessary.

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Help the community, help yourself!

There are TWO ways to receive community supported votes at Steem Silver Gold. One is via the @myprecious curation trail, the other is via the @ssg-community subscription service (which is also confusingly referred to as Precious the Silver Mermaid). Here is a run down of each:

1. Join the Steem Silver Gold curation trail - HERE

The community curation trail up votes every member of Steem Silver Gold (unless a member requests otherwise). 26 accounts currently follow the trail. You will see the @myprecious vote appear on one of your posts each day after 6 minutes. 26 other votes are tied to that one! Thank you to everyone on the trail.

Members may also choose to delegate to @myprecious. There is no membership requirement to delegate, but it is a selfless way to support the entire community. There are currently 17 delegators to this account. The delegators include: @bauloewe, @thesilverdoll, @ronaldoavelino, @tbnfl4sun, @kerrislravenhill, @ladybug146 @monsterjamgold, @thekittygirl, @enginewitty, @handofzara, @edthecanadian, @fat-elvis, @dfinney, @jznsamuel, @guiltyparties, @xyzashu and @dkid14

2. Join our members only up voting service (aka Precious) - HERE

Precious the Silver Mermaid up voting service (linked to the @ssg-community account) is open to all members of the #steemsilvergold community. She has well over 100k in voting SP and members can receive daily up votes by either delegating SP are donating STEEM on a monthly basis.

If you have questions about the @ssg-community subscription (aka Precious the Silver Mermaid), please reach out to @welshstacker. He can advise you on how to delegate, pay liquid steem or use a combination of the two to reach a subscription tier.

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That is all for this week.

Hope the last couple weeks of 2019 bring good fortune and positivity to you all.

xo

~@dfinney

Member	Member	Member
@ajain	@famcore	@owenwat
@anothervoice	@fat-elvis	@pbock
@armshippie	@firecajun9262	@peaceloveliberty
@axeman	@fishyculture	@phelimint
@battleaxe	@flipstar	@pit-bullion
@bauloewe	@floridastacker	@plaid
@bearbear613	@geneeverett	@pocketechange
@bearone	@generation.easy	@raybrockman
@beckieg	@goldenarms	@rolf.bakker
@bengy	@goldkey	@rollingthunder
@bi5h0p	@goldmatters	@ronaldoavelino
@bitcoinman	@goldrooster	@russellbury
@blackrussian	@gomatthew	@saffisara
@bluelightbandit	@grizzman	@sbsparts
@bmj	@guiltyparties	@senstless
@bowentroyer	@handofzara	@sevinwilson
@brian.rrr	@harleymechanix	@shaungerow
@britcoin	@hashcash	@silverbug
@buggedout	@hooiyewlim	@silverd510
@bushkill	@infidel1258	@silverfortune
@buster544	@ironshield	@silver-hammer
@caladan	@janusface	@silveringots
@clumsysilverdad	@jbcoin	@silversaver888
@coindevil	@jimbobbill	@silverstackeruk
@coldsteem	@joshuaslane	@sk43
@coolbowser	@juniusmaltby	@smaulgld
@corndogg42	@jznsamuel	@solominer
@cryptofuwealth	@kanedizzle08	@soyrosa
@cryptokeepr	@katrina-ariel	@stephen-somers
@cyber.explorer	@kerrislravenhill	@stnwllstrtgc
@darkmrmystic	@khamen	@stokjockey
@davedickeyyall	@kiwiscanfly	@summertooth
@daveks	@knowledge-seeker	@tbnfl4sun
@dfinney	@kp138	@teenagecrypto
@digestingreality	@ladybug146	@theb3ar
@dixiesilverminer	@mattclarke	@thedamus
@djohan	@matthewwarn	@thekittygirl
@dkid14	@methus	@themanwithnoname
@drakos	@mikepm74	@thesilverdoll
@dreemsteem	@moderndayhippie	@tyedyefirepower
@dwingsworld	@monsterjamgold	@underground
@eaglespirit	@mrchef111	@urbanist
@edthecanadian	@mr-vulcan	@vgholdingsllc
@eveningart	@naltedtirt	@welshstacker
@elamental	@neoxian	@willsparks88
@em3	@nomadicsoul	@xyzashu
@edxserverus	@o07	@yaboyjon
@enginewitty	@odracir80	@yankee-statman
@georgemales	@dropthatcode	@elizabethbit
@silvertop	@silver-horde	-