pitching to an IT committee (Score 1)

I'm actually in this situation myself. The short version is this: After years of frustration with IT decision-making at my university (Blackboard, a recent move to Exchange, a possible forthcoming move to a proprietary CMS), I finally started to go up the chain of command with a basic question: "what role does open source and open standards play in our strategy?" I finally reached the Provost (effectively the COO of the institution), and was invited to an IT strategy discussion on this question next month. What I'd really like is to have set of itemized bullet points that describe the value proposition for both open source and open standards in ways that might resonate with administrators in such a way as to change the way decision-making happens (e.g. to include as specific priorities x, y, and z). I need something clear, specific, succinct, and non-ideological. Any suggestions?