# John Nickell - 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>

John Nickell

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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>

I would like to work with the committee to see how we can incorporate PHP frameworks and tools to improve the website dApp building experience.

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

Cardano user since 2021&#x20;

Just learning about Intersect and governance.

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

I will work towards including server-side compatibility between important Cardano features to be incoporated as a component library that can be adapted as a Symfony Bundle and/or Laravel Package.

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

I enjoy improving the developer experience through innovative open-source libraries, and I think that PHP needs better representation in the Cardano community.

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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>

Not that I am aware of.

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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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