[Public Goods] Nominate tamarandom.eth

Your preferred name/ENS name: tamarandom.eth Forum username: tamarandom Twitter profile link (optional): tamarandom

Why do you want to be a Steward of this Working Group?

First, I hold an unshakeable faith that without a sustained commitment to public goods, we will never change the present trajectory toward further social and ecological harm.

Second, I hold an unwavering dedication to decentralization, recognizing this as another key to altering that dismal trajectory.

For much of my long career within traditional organizations (Sony Music, Google, Capgemini), I felt disillusioned by the social and ecological second order effects we were responsible for. At the time, there really weren’t many pragmatic ways to opt-out. When I first came across the word “disintermediation” to describe the philosophy underpinning blockchain, that was a wrap on everything else I was doing. And I haven’t looked back.

I joined Commons Stack, a organization that researches and develops protocols and frameworks at the intersection of culture and Token Engineering. Since it’s inception, we have sought to “realign incentives around public goods”. I was among the first Stewards of the Token Engineering Commons (TEC), an institution dedicated to advancing the nascent field of Token Engineering by providing grants for open research, education and OSS.

It would be an honor to serve the ENS community in bringing about measurable impact through public advocacy for public goods and recognizing and showcasing builders and projects contributing to the public goods domain.

Any other information you wish to share with Delegates (e.g. potential conflicts or existing engagements)

Commons Stack and the Token Engineering Commons have applied for grants from ENS in the past. Working inside two organizations dedicated to public goods should, I hope, reflect well as they demonstrate the years I have commitment to this, our collective cause.

That said, I would recuse myself from any funding vote for which either would be a beneficiary in order to mitigate any potential conflict of interest.