WOW! This sounds like such an amazing initiative, @stellabelle! I'm friends with several of the people you listed above through my involvement in the @MinnowSupport Project, so I am so happy to see that they have been selected as the initial wave to test drive this awesome idea. I know that they will utilize the delegated SP well, because even without much SP they are already doing amazing curation and really trying to help the community grow in a positive manner.
I hope to one day live up to the examples that they set. I started out curating a lot when I first came to Steemit but for whatever reason I started slacking on it and now I don't curate much anymore. But seeing this post, and seeing so many of the people I call my friends on Steemit/Discord being placed in the spotlight for their great efforts to build up the community, inspires me to get back on that curation train and start looking for and uplifting great posts on here as well.
Great my friend :)
Steem on!