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# Creators Council 
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### The Creators Council is a group of active Lbry creators that helps the foundation make decisions and offers support to creators. The council has been granted 100k LBC granted by the Foundation to support a new creator every week through its Creator of the Week program. The council is also in charge of validating verified creators on the Foundation Discord server.

#### The Creators Council is formed by 8 people so far and they are:
- @Letsfly | @Racecationtv| @racecation
- @vlad
- @TheGamingDragon
- @Marusame
- @Sarah | lbry://@SarahCorriher 
- @TechDunk
- @Kamots
- @lbry://@AlexandreMarcotte777

#### How to get in the council ? 
1. Must be a verified creator on the LBRY Foundation Discord server
2. Must be nominated by a member of the creators council
3. Must be approved by the majority of the creators council
3. Must be active on the Lbry Foundation Discord ( participating in important discussions )

#### How to get expelled from the council ?
1. Inactivity in Lbry discord for 2 weeks without notification
2. Failure to participate in 2 consecutive Creator of the Week nomination cycles without notice
3. Voted out by the majority of the council

#### Creator of the week
 
-Requisites : 

  1) 2 weeks Active in Lbry
  2) Minimum of 7 original uploads and at least 1 LbryExclusive
  3) Less than 1k followers

-Rules:
 
  1) Members can't nominate themselves
  2) Once nominating a winner, a council member cannot nominate another creator until all other council members have nominated someone

-Nomination Period: Friday-Wednesday 
-Voting Period: Through Thursday

  2) Nomination process:
 
- The creators council nominates two creators and votes on them.

#### Support Budget (100k LBC) 

1) How is it used : 

- 1 week support for the creator of the week