this might be useful for members on this forum too. Begin forwarded message:

To: skunkworks <skunkworks@my.co.ke>

Nicholas Bossut will be speaking about http://www.plonegov.org

Wananchi Online, 1st Floor Loita Hse

6pm, 28 Aug 2007

We will probably do dinner after for those wanting more discussions

----- from Ashok:

Hello All:

One of the main creators of PloneGOV project (http:// www.plonegov.org) [1] is visiting nairobi during this week, and is interested in meeting organizations, interested parties, open source folks.... :

<quote> Moreover, I'm truly interested to explore opportunities for PloneGov project. PloneGov could be a way for african municipalities to fight the digital divide in saving money. Open source websites as City of Seneffe website (www.seneffe.be) could be easily copy-paste and help national administrations in charge of local governments to develop a presence of public authorities on Internet. Different applications are independant and interconnectable. In facts, we deployed tools that aren't useful in Africa but municipalities can choose 'à la carte' what they need. </quote>

Interested parties may drop me an email offline ....

thanks

Ashok

[1] PloneGOV : ""55 European, African, North and South American Public organizations participate in the PloneGov project. In doing so, they aim to gain independence from large IT services providers by developing, essentially by themselves and in a cooperative manner, applications and websites for their own use as well as for their citizens'.

PloneGov is open and aims to reach more organizations. Initiated by small towns in close collaboration with the Plone / Zope Communities, the project reaches now cities, regions and 10 parliaments. This collaboration effort already spans over 3 continents and 15 countries.""

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