# Brian Hughes - OSC

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OSC Criteria: 

* Quantitative and qualitative participation in building Open Source tools, Projects, or Organizations. General seats on the OSC may also be filled by senior maintainers or equivalent on a current Cardano Project.
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<summary>Candidates Full Name</summary>

Brian Hughes

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<summary>Are you currently part of the committee they are applying for?</summary>

No

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<summary>Is there a particular role within the committee that you are interested in, if so which and why? (if applicable)</summary>

Anywhere I can help.

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<summary>What is your experiences within Intersect and Cardano?</summary>

Fresh member of Intersect this year. I have been running a Cardano stakepool (CCDO) for a little over a year.

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<summary>What are your pledges and plans should you be elected?</summary>

I pledge to be a voice for the community experience.

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<summary>Why should the community vote for you?</summary>

Being a software engineer for 15+ years, and a self-taught self-hosting infrastructure enthusiast&#x20;

I am a regular consumer of numerous OSS projects. As a result I am passionate about transparent open source projects of high integrity with quality documentation for their community. I also have experience working for a commercial company that publishes its own OSS products and contributes to Apache Software Foundation projects.

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<summary>Do you have any other Cardano affiliations or possible conflicts of interests, including you as an individual or an enterprise you are associated with?</summary>

None

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<summary>Are you currently in receipt of or previously received any Intersect or Cardano funding or grant?</summary>

No

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