## I am proud to say I made it into the Top 80 of active witnesses in less then 3 weeks.  I missed 0 Blocks . So I am ready for the future.

I want to inform you about my actions this week:

## Introducing SteemVember
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQma1MXwmr1bYKu7g8exfvo6kKxRmQTESqi8mUaV7ymuk3g/image.png)

https://steemit.com/steemvember/@rival/steemvember-the-month-we-all-contribute-to-steem-it-repost

## SteemVember is the month we all try to raise our SteemPower with some external Steem and power it up. 
It doesn't have to be much. Just what you can miss and show you're support to our beautiful network.

## Missed 0 Blocks
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRtKtm7cdCSAgxvXhc8eWge6DZLxFSD6WZ8fswCSeN5kF/image.png)

## And I introduced my daughter Isa to Steemit. 
She does not have an account yet, but made some fantastic contribution for Steemfest. See it here:  art-for-steemfest-2-my-daughter-made-a-wonderful-contribution-please-check-this-out

## Thx to @roelandp my daughters art work will be on it's way to Lisbon.
![steemfest.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmY3m29XTSgtQNfSv4caCrDbZGdMDh1ZPdo5oewM7A3ssk/steemfest.gif)

https://steemitimages.com/DQmWE72RG6maLgcCk2sHKe1CSzgttT9Xpxgtyxhayjf1ymq/image.png

## MORE
I am happy to be part of this community. And I hope that I receive more witness votes in the future so that I can make my dream come true.

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I started Steemit almost 4 months ago. I really loved it from day 1. You can read my story here.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@rival/today-exactly-100-days-on-steemit-thank-you-all
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# Why a witness

Being a witness is a logical next step. A witness can help the total network and as I love the platform I would also make my contribution to it.

# My server

Do you really want to know...? I had some frustrations the last week. Selected a wrong VPS couldn't install it and had to invest in another one. see my blogs about is
https://steemit.com/witness/@rival/first-steps-of-becoming-a-steem-witness
https://steemit.com/steemit/@rival/third-step-of-becoming-a-steemit-witness-yes-i-can
https://steemit.com/witness/@rival/step-4-of-becoming-a-steemit-witness-yes-i-can-and-thank-you-steemit-community
https://steemit.com/witness/@rival/step-5-of-becoming-a-steemit-witness-errors-errors-i-hope-i-can
https://steemit.com/witness/@rival/step-6-of-becoming-a-steemit-witness-yes-i-can
https://steemit.com/witness/@rival/step-7-of-becoming-a-steemit-witness-yes-i-think-i-am-how-to-check-if-it-is-correctly-running

But now I have a very good one. The company is responsive, quick and everything was arranged within 30 minutes after buying.

## About me
I am 42 years old.  Living together for 15 years with my wonderful girlfriend and have 2 kids a daughter (12 years) and a boy (10 years). We also have our own  house bird “Nemo” . I live in a small village in the Netherlands. 
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWE72RG6maLgcCk2sHKe1CSzgttT9Xpxgtyxhayjf1ymq/image.png)
Last 2 years I work as a Functional IT specialist were I “try” to implement improved business processes which help a company grow. These processes are the golden eggs of a company. Before I was more technical IT, but this will slowly die because in a few years all technical platforms will be just factories in big datacenters. You can make the difference in business processes!! 

## Hobbies 
-Tennis
-Golf
-Fishing
-Geocache 

## My dream
As you can read everywhere in my posts I want to go the the USA in year 2019 with my family for a once in a lifetime holiday.
https://steemit.com/travel/@rival/help-needed-west-coast-usa-what-to-see-on-once-in-a-lifetime-family-vacation-2017620t21552720z


## What did I do in 4 months I am on steemit?
First of all, blogging and commenting like everyone does. But I think I can say I am dedicated to it and love to give some proper comments..

### But

I also tried to make some initiatives but it's really hard to get noticed as minnow. I really did my best. So I hope that being a witness also makes my initiatives more known.
just an example:

### Idea of a Worldwide Steemit day:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@rival/introducing-world-wide-steemit-day-the-day-we-shaken-up-the-rest-of-the-world

## And ( don't tell it to anybody else) I am the STEEM POWER RANGER
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmf4tR1nLWWnu9wrfdUMrhFL4gYX67HhCfZRsBWuT4RDJL/image.png)

## Thanks

First of all I want to thank the whole Steemit community who makes this all possible.

Thank you for reading.

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## Vote for @rival
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXDiVeuxKQAXabWYXKSpCj4kmQr89kYdR1nRCUAWgHp7a/image.png)
Just open: "Vote for witnesses"
In the bottom type in:   rival and select vote.
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQKHAyejkyPKyBMm5k2MRA3SpPP9ekekB1W1GY12EjjEd/image.png)
All small letters and without the @ sign