From Xavier Heymans of ZeaPartners comes word of an interesting opportunity for the Plone community to advocate for Open Source in European e-government, and to promote the PloneGov initiative. 

The PloneGov initiative is in the running for an EU "2007 eGovernment Award" for "most innovative good practice."  You can vote for Plone.  Xavier writes:

Winning this award will highlight the maturity achieved by the Open Source collaborative model as a pragmatic way to tackle IT challenges in society. You may register to vote until Friday, September 7th, and can vote until September 20th.

PloneGov's project description: http://www.epractice.eu/cases/plonegov