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Username: Sequoia (Quoia75)
Governance Beliefs:
“The old fictions that moved the world are no longer relevant.” If Cardano is to be a ecosystem truly governed by its community, I want to do what’s possible to encourage equitable participation and diffuse imbalances of power so that a greater diversity of voices can be represented.
Motivation:
As a DRep I aim to represent the interest of community stakeholders who are concerned with:
Strengthening Cardano’s brand
Attracting new users to the chain
Supporting inclusion and participation by all members of the Cardano community
Diverting part of Cardano’s treasury toward supporting smart marketing initiatives
After spending several months advocating for marketing initiatives in the Cardano ecosystem as a volunteer, business owner, and participant in Project Catalyst, it has become clear that there is a need for governance-level representation on this issue. Missed opportunities like having USDC integrated into the ecosystem or having Cardano adopted by a major payments processor like Stripe (which is actively incorporating Polygon and Solana), aren’t incidental, but a symptom of an imbalance of stakeholder representation. The community has been calling for better marketing for years, as a DRep I hope to provide a clear option for where support can be placed to improve Cardano’s chances of being better marketed.
Qualifications:
I’m a marketing specialist and agency owner with over 15 years of experience helping mission-driven businesses connect with target audiences, grow their customer bases, and create a world where high-impact solutions have an opportunity to contribute to the greater good. As a contributor to the Cardano ecosystem, I have been an active participant in PoS staking since testnet, I’ve volunteered as a Community Reviewer in several rounds of Project Catalyst and I’m an active member of Intersect MBO.
2025-02-14, 12:11 PM Decrease Treasury Tax from 20% to 10% Vote: NO Rationale: I’m voting NO on this. Here is my rationale: On its surface, this proposal sounds appealing as it will lead to an increase in staking rewards. Unfortunately, I also view this as a shortsighted reach for immediate enrichment that shortchanges the long-term goal of building out an attractive ecosystem that “earns” increased staking rewards via increased liquidity and use.
The timing of this governance action is also inauspicious: the budget has not been ratified yet and therefore there is no compelling data to determine if taking this action is actually warranted and that it won’t have a detrimental effect on Cardano’s ability to continue to grow and develop. Lastly, proposing to halve the tax is more than ambitious. It would have been more appealing to propose a smaller reduction, for example, 3% or even 5% vs 10%.
Thanks for sharing your reasoning mate. As a DRep, yet to vote, I am very careful with this GA as it could make or break the ecosystem. Immediately my discoveries and learnings are convincingly satisfactory, my vote will be registered and rationale shared.
Sharing my most recent governance action below
2025-03-15, 06:29 PM Defining the Cardano Vision and Roadmap for 2025 and beyond Vote: YES Rationale: As a marketing-focused DRep I had initial reservations about supporting this governance action and planned to abstain. Because it was released alone without complimentary roadmaps from other Intersect committees I first assumed that this roadmap was to function as the sole illustration of how Cardano will move forward with expansion and growth, therefore the clear lack of marketing support for the product was problematic.
After chatting briefly with one of the authors of this document, the purpose of the road map was made clearer. In the future it would be appreciated to see the committees work more closely together, to release materials like this in unison to avoid confusion and to foster greater inter-committee cooperation.
As it stands, this roadmap is well delineated, is clearly orientated toward supporting expansion of Cardano’s adoption and further enabling its existing use case through improved programmability, better focus on user experiences, enhanced scalability and speed, and further stable coin implementation. For this reason I’m voting “Yes” on this governance action and I suggest other committees study this roadmap and release similar documents to clearly inform the community about what goals they wish to achieve, and how they will achieve them.
