Is osgeo advocate still a thing?

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I noticed when nominating folks that one of the requirements was to create an osgeo advocate page:

Charter member candidates are asked to

  • Add an OSGeo Advocate profile to our wiki page [4]
  • Create a profile page in the OSGeo Wiki [5] with the ‘Advocate link’ pointing to your profile before confirming the nomination acceptance.

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[4] OSGeo Advocate - OSGeo
[5] https://www.osgeo.org

I think this information is duplicated by member page…

My understanding is the advocate role was coined by Cameron when OSGeo to ease the burden of president travel (especially when operating with no funds). Since that time we have set up vice-presidents in order to reduce the burden.

Q: Is the advocate page still useful? I only ask because it implies that any nominated person would be available to handle some public speaking responsibility (which is a much bigger ask then voting for board elections).

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Its optional

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Optional for candidates - yes.

How about the role in general? As a list of people available to publicly represent osgeo?

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I agree that it is in some way dead wood. And good to ask the community if this is still seen as relevant. Could we open a poll to get feedback if it is or is not a thing anymore?