Rich Manderino (EarnCoinPool)

Interim CC candidate - Rich Manderino

Country of Residence United States Are you an individual or representing an organisation or a consortium of individuals or organisations? Individual Are you an Intersect member? Yes 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.