Welcome!

Full name:
Jared Matthew Lyman

Social media handles:
Discord: @J.M.L.


How long have you been actively involved with Dash and the Dash community and in what ways have you helped the network previously?

I first got involved with Dash in 2014. For the past several months I have been serving as a Dash Trust Protector.


What made you decide to apply for the Supervisor role?

I would like to use my business acumen and investing skills to help the Dash network by making sound investments on behalf of the Dash network through the DIF.


What skills, attributes, and or relevant background / experience make you a good fit for the DIF Supervisor role, and why should MNOs vote for you?

After I earned a bachelors' degree in economics, I started a successful business. I have also studied investing and trading extensively.


Any additional information or statements?

If elected, I will do my best to improve communication from the DIF to the Dash network and make sound investments that will add value to the Dash network.


More questions to Jared?

https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/dif-election-2023-candidate-q-a-thread.53524/
Apparently people who are neither MNOs nor proposal owners cannot comment on proposals here. Since we can't assume that every candidate is an MNO, please use the Dash Forum at the link above for more feedback.


General Election Info

As announced in our recent blog post, we are asking for community input on four candidates for DIF supervisor:

Jared	new candidate
Justin	new candidate
Rodrigo	current supervisor up for re-election
Sven	current supervisor up for re-election

The DIF normally has six supervisors, who are elected for one or two-year terms as explained in our post here. Of the supervisors originally elected to two-year terms, Darren and Glenn chose not to extend for another year and resigned in 2022. That leaves five seats available, for which we have only four candidates.

That means at least one seat, perhaps more, will remain unfilled. This is unfortunate, but also not a showstopper for the DIF. We are legally able to fully function with fewer than six supervisors.

So we're asking the community to carefully consider the four candidates based on their merit, not on the need to fill slots. Please vote YES or NO. Any candidate with more Yes than No votes will become supervisor, candidates with a negative balance or a tie will not.  The 10% threshold for funding proposals does not apply to confirming candidates. ABSTAIN votes have no effect on the tally, they're essentially wasted.

The payout address used for this proposal is the regular DIF budget address as can be confirmed in any block explorer. We are asking for 2 Dash in each election proposal in the hope that the reimbursement from candidates with enough Yes votes will cover the proposal fee for candidates with insufficient Yes votes. Should the election end up with a net funding surplus, the DIF will retain it in its general budget. Likewise, should the election not generate enough funding for fee reimbursements, the DIF will cover the expense, so no candidate has any personal financial benefit or loss from the election.