[OSGeo-Discuss] is osgeo advocate still a thing?

[Luí­s Moreira de Sousa]

Dear Jody,

at present the only strict requirement for nomination acceptance is the member profile page at OSGeo.org website. Both the section at the Advocate page as well as the Wiki are no longer mandatory (at least since 2023).

However, I am having trouble modifying the e-mails generated by the election tracking system. The CRO(s) are aware of this issue. Personally I am invested in solving it more broadly, possibly with a new system. But that will only be in place for 2025.

Regards.

P.S.: I plan to bring this matter to the board right after the election.

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On Friday, 11 October 2024 at 08:20, Jody Garnett via Discuss <discuss at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> I noticed when nominating folks that one of the requirements was to create an osgeo [advocate](https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate) page?
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>> Charter member candidates are asked to
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>> * Add an OSGeo Advocate profile to our wiki page [4]
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>> * Create a profile page in the OSGeo Wiki [5] with the 'Advocate link' pointing to your profile
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>> before confirming the nomination acceptance.
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>> ...
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>> [4] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
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>> [5] https://www.osgeo.org
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> I think this information is duplicated by [member page](http://osgeo.org/member/jody-garnett/)...
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> 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.
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> 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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> Jody Garnett
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