# Sebastian Pabon - 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>

Sebastian Pabon

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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>

No particular role. My purpose is to contribute to the continuous improvement of the Cardano open-source environment.

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

Last 3 and a half years, full time in the Cardano ecosystem.

* Collaboration (still in place) and contributor to the following organizations: Catalyst, EMURGO Academy, SWARM, LATAM Cardano community.
* Team member of: Gimbalabs (<https://x.com/gimbalabs>), MeshJS (<https://x.com/meshsdk>). Co-founder of: Andamio platform (<https://x.com/AndamioPlatform>).
* Purpose of my work: lowering the access barrier to Cardano for devs, entrepeneurs, students, businesses, and communities globally, through education and building tooling.
* Intersect's founding member. In the Governance area:
* CIP 1694 workshops co-organizer
* CIP 1694 LATAM workshop participant
* Final workshop in Edinburgh (Scotland) participant
* DReps workshop in Toulouse (France) participant
* DReps workshop in Colombia (my country)
* Constitutional workshop in Colombia.

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

Contribute to make Cardano open-source environment more and more collaborative and engaging for current and new builders: a collaborative playground where new projects are attracted and current ones find opportunities to progress and continue their work. Making the right to create and innovate a priority.

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

After years of working closely with the Cardano development community, I believe I have a good understanding of what this wild animal needs to, without being in captivity, contribute to the balance of its surrounding environment. My main contribution will be to be a bridge of communication between the Cardano development community and the Cardano ecosystem in general.

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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>

No

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

I have received some funding from Catalyst.

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