Morning Friends,
FN Writes ....
I think we need to be clear about what kind of collaboration we are talking about here. Personally, I see scope for great link-building between Free Software advocates, NGOs and ITforDevelopment campaigners -- provided all are open to the use of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (and are willing to go the extra mile it takes to implement such plans).
For the FLOSS side, we need to work out concrete cases were we can offer tech support maybe even if only to one or two NGOs to show how useful this process could be to them. Migration calls for a lot of support.
If things work well, then the NGOs would be able to support a workable alternative -- in the field of software. FLOSS campaigners could also get useful allies, and demo situations that work in real life. ITforDevelopment needs to build bridges with the wonderful world of Free Software. We're trying to do our bit at BytesForAll.org too (see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bytesforall_readers )
FN