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Communities will play an ever more important role in the future growth and diversity of Steem. But we know they can benefit greatly from some support to help them flourish. So as our second 'Spread the Love' experiment we are launching the Communities Support Program. --- --- ### The Communities Support Program

We will be selecting a number of communities to join a trial for this Support Program. As a starting point we will be able to support selected communities in three ways... #### 1. The Best of the Week Lists
Communities in the Support Program will be invited to publish each week a digest of up to 10 of the best posts to their community for the past 7 days. Those posts selected in each digest will then receive a significant vote from either @steemcurator01 or @steemcurator02. We will reserve the right not to vote on any of the posts in certain circumstances, particularly if they have used bid-bots or delegated voting services. In addition to the votes on the selected posts we will also give a significant vote to the digest post if it is set to 'Power Up 100%' and posted through a general community account rather than through an individual's account. We hope through this to build up more voting power for the community. --- #### 2. Community Development Progress Reports
These will not be obligatory but the selected communities will be invited to publish monthly reports detailing how the Community has progressed in terms of content, activities and membership numbers. The reports might also outline plans for future growth and development, particularly in terms of recruiting new people to Steem. Again if these posts are set to 'Power Up 100%' and issued from a general community account @steemcurator01 or 02 will give a substantial upvote to help build the voting power of the community. --- #### 3. Contest Vote Prizes
If the Community is running any open contests then we will be able to provide upvotes as prizes from @steemcurator01 or @steemcurator02. The specific vote sizes will vary depending on the type of contest and the size of the community. This support will generally be limited to one contest per week for each community. --- ### Selecting the Communities for the Support Program

For the trial of this Program we are aiming to select seven communities to support. We will consider both long established and more recently set up Steem based communities. Ideally they should be exclusive to Steem. Our interest will mainly be in communities based around a specific topic or subject area - for example food, gardening, folk music, education, film, creative writing etc. For the trial we will not be looking for geographic or language based communities. Communities should ideally have at least two people involved in their administration and organization (as Admins or Mods). They should also ideally have a community specific account. We will particularly be looking for communities with a clear vision, a plan for growth and development, and ideas for recruiting people to Steem. --- --- This is another new experimental program so we will likely be tweaking and refining it as it develops. We also welcome comments and suggestions from the general Steem community, particularly those involved in existing communities. This is for communities operating on the blockchain with a hive-123456 type address - not for communities only operating offchain on Discord etc. **If you would like your Community to be considered for this new Support Program please post a comment below with brief details of your community.** Thank you, _The Steemit Team_ --- --- ### Notes from the Community...

#### Weekly Food Contest

If you are keen on food check out @alikoc07's new weekly food contest. There is 40 STEEM to be won... * [**40 STEEM AWARDS / WEEKLY FOOD CONTEST! #1**](https://steemit.com/the1000daysofsteem/@alikoc07/40-steem-awards-weekly-food-contest-1) --- #### Biography Contest

After their successful first Netflix Review contest, @fendit and @belenguerra have followed up with a second contest in their new Writing and Reviews Community. This week the theme is Biographies.... * [**WRITING AND REVIEWS - BIOGRAPHY CONTEST WEEK # 02, 25 STEEM IN PRIZES / BIOGRAPHY CONTEST WEEK # 02, 25 STEEM IN AWARDS**](https://steemit.com/hive-111825/@fendit/writing-and-reviews-biography-contest-week-02-25-steem-in-prizes-concurso-de-biografias-semana-02-25-steem-en-premios) --- #### Role Model Contest

@focusnow and @steemalive are asking people about role models in their latest contest. There is 60 STEEM in the prize pot for this one... * [**SteemAlive Presents: Your role model - tell us who influenced your life the most. (60 Steem + additional prizes)**](https://steemit.com/hive-167622/@steemalive/steemalive-presents-your-role-model-tell-us-who-influenced-your-life-the-most-60-steem-additional-prizes) --- --- --- ### PLEASE DO NOT PUT ANY DIARY GAME LINKS IN THE COMMENTS ON THIS POST.

**THANK YOU** --- --- _The rewards from this post go to support the work of @fundacorazon and @littledisciples both in Venezuela._