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# Rich Manderino (EarnCoinPool)

### Interim CC candidate - Rich Manderino

**Country of Residence** \
United States \
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**Are you an individual or representing an organisation or a consortium of individuals or organisations?**\
Individual \
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**Are you an Intersect member?** \
Yes \
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**f you are an Intersect member, are you currently contributing to any working groups or committees? If so which?** \
Yes the Marketing Working Group

**Please summarise your contributions to the Cardano blockchain, ecosystem, and community to date.**\
Earn Coin Pool Stake Pool Operator since September 2021. xSPO Alliance administrator, PCP author, and community guide creator.

**With regards to the 5 measures of competency, and with regards to your contributions summarised in the previous question, please describe why people should vote for you.**\
I have been involved in the community and within the discussions around CIP-1694.

**Why is decentralized governance important to you?**\
Pushing power to the edges and keeping governance decentralized goes hand in hand.

**What perspective would you bring to the committee if successful?**\
As a small pool operator, PCP author and member of the xSPO Alliance I will bring a different perspective to the committee.

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