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New: sourced Advocate / Advocate Council roster by era (Decipher 2002, council.htm 2002-2005, starwarsccg.org About 2014); gaps labeled

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'''Note:''' This page lists '''sourced''' Players Committee (PC) Advocate / Player Advocate names and roles from dated primary or archived pages. It does '''not''' invent biographies, exact term dates, or legal names behind forum handles. Uncertain spans are labeled. Parent narrative: [[History of the Players Committee]].

The '''Players Committee advocates''' (also called Player Advocates / the Advocate Council on early PC sites) were volunteer leaders named by Decipher and later by the PC to support organized play, rules, design, tournaments, and community liaison after Decipher's print end-of-life.

== First team (Decipher announcement, archived 11 June 2002) ==

Decipher's "The Star Wars Players' Committee" page introduced the first team of Star Wars Player Advocates and their support roles:<ref name="pc1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020611042314/http://decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee1.html The Star Wars Players' Committee], decipher.com (Wayback, 11 June 2002)</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Role (as listed)
|-
| Michael Girard
| Player support
|-
| John Arendt
| Tournament support
|-
| Joe Helfrich
| Rules support (listed with Greg Anderson)
|-
| Greg Anderson
| Rules support (listed with Joe Helfrich)
|-
| Eric Olson
| Gameplay support (listed with Doug Taylor)
|-
| Doug Taylor
| Gameplay support (listed with Eric Olson)
|}

The same page states those six would meet Decipher in Norfolk to discuss turning the game over to players, and that Advocates would contact volunteers for tasks such as tournaments and rulings.<ref name="pc1" />

== Advocate Council on swccgpc.com (2002) ==

The early official PC site at swccgpc.com published an Advocate Council roster.<ref name="council2002">[https://web.archive.org/web/20021209221742/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm Advocate Council], swccgpc.com (Wayback, 9 December 2002)</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Role (as listed)
|-
| Greg Anderson
| Rules Advocate
|-
| Jim Colson
| Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader
|-
| Andrew Howard
| Tournament Support Advocate
|-
| Eric Olson
| Card Design Advocate
|-
| Josh Radke
| Player Relations Advocate
|-
| Jason Robinette
| Marketing Advocate
|-
| Doug Taylor
| Card Design Advocate
|}

Contemporary homepage news (Wayback capture 6 November 2002) notes '''Josh "Red 84" Radke''' as PC Player Relations Advocate welcoming '''Andrew Howard''' as Tournament Support Advocate, replacing former Tournament Advocate '''John Arendt'''.<ref name="swccgpc2002home">[https://web.archive.org/web/20021106101746/http://www.swccgpc.com/ The SWCCG Player's Committee], swccgpc.com (Wayback, 6 November 2002)</ref>

== Advocate Council updates (2004-2005) ==

Later council.htm captures show roster changes while keeping several continuing Advocates.<ref name="council2004">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040603222905/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm Advocate Council], swccgpc.com (Wayback, 3 June 2004)</ref><ref name="council2005">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050829220138/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm Advocate Council], swccgpc.com (Wayback, 29 August 2005)</ref>

=== Snapshot ~June 2004 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Role (as listed)
|-
| Greg Anderson
| Rules Advocate
|-
| Jim Colson
| Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader
|-
| Mitch Velasco
| Tournament Support Advocate
|-
| ''(Vacant)''
| Card Design Advocate
|-
| ''(Vacant)''
| Player Relations and Marketing Advocate
|-
| Jason Robinette
| Marketing Advocate
|-
| Doug Taylor
| Card Design Advocate
|}

=== Snapshot ~August 2005 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Role (as listed)
|-
| Greg Anderson
| Rules Advocate
|-
| Jim Colson
| Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader
|-
| Michael Carr
| Tournament Support Advocate
|-
| Scott Lingrell
| Card Design Advocate
|-
| Kevin Brownell
| Player Relations and Marketing Advocate
|-
| Jason Robinette
| Marketing Advocate
|-
| Doug Taylor
| Card Design Advocate
|-
| Nick Kolnik
| Marketing and Tournaments Advocate
|}

== Mid-era gap (after ~2005 into early starwarsccg.org) ==

Public '''named''' Advocate Council lists are thin after the 2005 council.htm captures in the sources used here. The swccgpc.com / starwarsccg.org "Who We Are" / about pages from 2008-2010 describe the PC historically but do '''not''' publish a named Advocate roster in the archived HTML checked for this page.<ref name="about2008">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080925005351/http://www.swccgpc.com/about/ Who We Are / about], swccgpc.com (Wayback, 25 September 2008)</ref><ref name="swcabout2009">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090706043114/http://www.starwarsccg.org/about/ about], starwarsccg.org (Wayback, 6 July 2009)</ref>

== Current Advocates block (~October 2014) ==

A starwarsccg.org About page capture lists a "Current Advocates" section. Several entries use '''forum handles''' rather than legal names; the Lead Advocate slot is labeled only "Advocate" in the archived markup (appears placeholder). Bios on that capture are mostly empty "About..." stubs.<ref name="swcabout2014">[https://web.archive.org/web/20141009180158/http://www.starwarsccg.org/about/ About], starwarsccg.org (Wayback, 9 October 2014)</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Name / handle (as listed)
! Role (as listed)
|-
| Advocate (as labeled)
| Lead Advocate
|-
| Shewski
| Design Advocate
|-
| imrahil327
| Tournament Advocate
|-
| raith
| Marketing Advocate
|-
| darkjediknight11
| Communications Advocate
|-
| LukesBionicHand
| Rules Advocate
|-
| ShadowLeader
| Collecting Advocate
|-
| DougRed4
| Historical Advocate
|}

'''Note:''' '''DougRed4''' matches the early email handle used for Doug Taylor on Decipher's first-Advocates page (dougred4@aol.com); this page does '''not''' treat that as proven identity continuity beyond the handle string without a primary statement equating them on the 2014 page.<ref name="pc1" /><ref name="swcabout2014" />

== Gaps ==

* Exact start/end dates for most Advocate terms beyond the dated captures above.
* Full mid-2005 to ~2014 named roster (council.htm trail goes cold in checked IA samples; about pages often omit names).
* Legal names behind 2014 forum handles (except where independently sourced).
* Post-2014 / present-day Advocate lists (not yet cited here; check current [https://www.starwarsccg.org/ starwarsccg.org] contact/about if publishing a modern roster).
* Whether every Decipher "support" label maps 1:1 onto later "Advocate" titles (roles evolved; cite each era's own wording).

== See also ==

* [[History of the Players Committee]]
* [[Players Committee]]
* [https://www.starwarsccg.org/ starwarsccg.org]

== Sources ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020611042314/http://decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee1.html Decipher Players' Committee announcement] (Wayback, 11 June 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021106101746/http://www.swccgpc.com/ swccgpc.com homepage] (Wayback, 6 November 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021209221742/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm council.htm] (Wayback, 9 December 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040603222905/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm council.htm] (Wayback, 3 June 2004)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050829220138/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm council.htm] (Wayback, 29 August 2005)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080925005351/http://www.swccgpc.com/about/ swccgpc.com about] (Wayback, 25 September 2008)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090706043114/http://www.starwarsccg.org/about/ starwarsccg.org about] (Wayback, 6 July 2009)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141009180158/http://www.starwarsccg.org/about/ starwarsccg.org about] (Wayback, 9 October 2014)

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Admin: Org chart 2021/2024 Advocate tables; resolve imrahil327/darkjediknight11/Lead; turnover Carulli/Kessling; cite PDF dates

Admin: Expand: Decipher volunteer CALL; link first Advocates to person pages; GPN Taylor + VS1 Radke cites; keep mid-era/2014

Admin: New: sourced Advocate / Advocate Council roster by era (Decipher 2002, council.htm 2002-2005, starwarsccg.org About 2014); gaps labeled