GMC Nomination Thread

Additional Information

Elevator Pitch: I am an active Rocket Pool community member with a vested interest in its success. I am interested in the mechanics of social systems, and I strongly believe that the GMC will play a critical in successfully competing in this space by empowering the unparalleled Rocket Pool community. I am an active member of a committee similar to the GMC for another DAO.

Alignment statement

  • RPL represents over 10% of my net worth.
  • I operate Rocket Pool minipools.

I have a strong social interest in the Rocket Pool community as my “home base” in the crypto economy, from education and networking standpoints (as ~19k low-quality messages posted in Discord may suggest).

Conflict statement

  • I have no tokens associated with other LSD providers.
  • I have no professional conflicts.
  • I am a Finanical Steward for the EVMavericks DAO (ManeNet DAO).

Identity statement

I am pseudo-doxxed, so I will share some information about myself while avoiding specifics.

I am a professional software engineer in my thirties, living in Texas, US. I grew up in a military family and spent time living in Germany, where I now have family, and half a dozen US states. I have bachelors degrees in computer science, engineering, and mathematics. As a software engineer, I have experience leading teams, where my professional values center around giving individuals’ passions a platform and making decisions with data.

I am one of five Financial Stewards for the EVMavericks DAO, a committee that oversees DAO funds including allocations to grants and bounties (more info here). The GMC and the EVM Stewards are very similar, and I would hope to bring a useful idea or two with me for making the committee run effectively on day one.

Discord: Dondochaka#0244
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/u/dondochaka
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/thrace_eth
“Public” wallet: parrotfish.eth

Contribution statement

My past contributions to Rocket Pool include:

  • Educating the broader Ethereum community members about and promoting Rocket Pool regularly (example)
  • Initiating the Bankless advertising proposal
  • Promoting Rocket Pool within the RP-aligned EVMavericks community, including driving interest in SaaS (NOA) and helping raise $20k from EthStaker donations and matching toward building an Rocket Pool Node Operator onboarding content (under construction)
  • Creating (and collecting) Rocket Pool POAPs!
  • Operating multiple minipools with self-hosted hardware and minority clients to promote a decentralized future
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