Hi, The City of Casey has released their draft budget. In it, they propose to spend more than $1 million on software. Some examples: $45000 is allocated to upgrade Windows, Office and Exchange, $420000 is allocated to venue booking software and $40000 is allocated to "business process software purchases". Many of these software solutions could be replaced by free software, which would save Council money. They're accepting submissions for their draft budget until 21 June at 5pm. If we make submissions, we might be able to convince Council to switch some of their devices to free software. You can see the full draft budget here[1] the IT costs are on page 39 of the PDF Making a submission doesn't take a long time, and there's no set format. Send it to caseycc@casey.vic.gov.au. You also have the option of speaking in person at a council meeting on the 28th; if you want to do this, you need to mention it in your email. Thanks, Riley Baird ---- [1] http://caseyconversations.com.au/budget/documents/36443/download