In reply to toddlahman.

Interesting ideas. In addition to a "commercial" advocate, I would suggest a "designer" advocate as well. I tend to think in terms of what makes sense as a developer and forget what might make the most sense for a designer.

While what is helpful for those selling themes should not be the main basis of any decision, I suspect they have good insight in issues and as you mention are part of the wider WP community.