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

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks for the clarification :) and your service …

I am also curious if the advocate role is still in use in different regions?

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Jody Garnett


On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 11:04 Luí­s Moreira de Sousa <
luis.de.sousa at protonmail.ch> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> Luís Moreira de Sousa
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>
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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?
>
> 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.
>>
> ...
>
> [4] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
>
> [5] https://www.osgeo.org
>
>
> I think this information is duplicated by member page
> <http://osgeo.org/member/jody-garnett/>...
>
> 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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> Jody Garnett
>
>
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