## page was renamed from AustralianTeam/Projects/NotForProfitDocumentation ||<>|| = Aim = Create a collection of presentations, case studies and resources for using and promoting Ubuntu and FLOSS software in Not-For-Profit and community organisations. Status: Part of Ubuntu Australia Documentation Project / Ongoing Started: Mon, 8 May 2006 In particular, if you have any case studies or arguments of why using Ubuntu makes sense for Not-For-Profit organisations, please let me know. Create a Wiki page with the details, and add the link here (or let PaulSchulz know). == Reports == === Not for Profit e-business Report, December 2006 === * Author: John Sheridan of Digital Business Insights * Email: johnsh12@bigpond.net.au * Web: http://www.communit.info/Joomla/images/Uploaded_Documents/Nonprofit%20e-business%20report.pdf This report is about the use of ICT in the Australian ICT sector. It is not a report about the use of Ubuntu of Free and Open Source Software. It does give a good insight though into what Australian Non-for-profit organisations are using, and what is being promoted as 'best practice' within the industry. My commentary can be found at [[AustralianTeam/Projects/NotForProfitReport]]. == Other Collections == http://fridge.ubuntu.com/taxonomy/term/32 ==== Some Examples ==== * [[http://gnomejournal.org/article/33/macedonia-deploys-5000-gnome-desktops-in-public-schools|The Road With Ubuntu Mass Ubuntu deployment in Macedonia]] * [[http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/11/10/taking_linux_on_the_road_with_ubuntu/index.html|Taking Linux On The Road With Ubuntu Mass Ubuntu deployment in Macedonia]] ==== Spanish region goes entirely open source ==== http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?newsID=6558 From the article (1 August 2006): {{{ Extremadura, Spain's poorest region, made headlines following a 2002 decision to migrate about 70,000 desktops and 400 servers in its schools to a locally tailored version of Debian called gnuLinEx. The government has estimated that the total cost of this project was about 190,000 euros (£130,000), 18 million euros lower than if the schools had purchased Microsoft software. }}} = Australian Case Studies = == Do more == === Connecting a Remote Community in South Australia === (Added by PaulSchulz) Noven divi Flamen (Project Officer) build a computer network to assist the local community in Copley. Novan has been intervied on the Linux Australia Update (podcast - episode 24) which can be found here.. [[http://mirror.linux.org.au/podcasts/la-update/laupdate_episode_24_20060611.ogg|ogg]] [[http://mirror.linux.org.au/podcasts/la-update/laupdate_episode_24_20060611.mp3|mp3]] (at 10min21sec into the episode) = Outline = Why Free and Open Source Software for your organisation? * Do more * No software usage restictions * Use as much or as little as you need * You spend your money on what you decide you need * The local economy grows * Do less * Worrying about your ICT systems * Migration * Unscheduled downtime * Software Training * Help others * Free to distribute * Introducing Linux to others is easy * Distribution resources are available (Free CDROM's) * Free your Organisation * Software become yours to use as you see fit * There are no restrictions on how you can use the software * No lockins, no false promises * Free to distribute the software to others * Recommend Linux to your clients? * Your business tools can be their business tools as well == Template == * What was the name of the project? * Who was the group/organisation? * What was the goal of the excersise? * Did it meet the goals? * What was the cost? (Resources required - Money, Time and People) * Can it be done again? What could be done better? * Who can be contacted for more information?