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Getting together with fellow Francophiles who enjoy France in so many different ways is always a truly enjoyable occasion. It is a lovely way of meeting up with Francophiles you have met on previous occasions and it is an opportunity to meet new people with similar interests. You always leave a Francophile Network event with lots of new information about France.

• A Francophile Network Planning Session is taking place this Saturday 6th September at 1:30 at the home of Linda and Richard Alexander. It is open to all Francophile Network members. The session will be facilitated by Francophile Fiona Ahrens, whose area of expertise is guiding groups and businesses by looking at the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats, SWOT.
  
  The purpose of the planning meeting will be to look at workable directions for the Francophile Network as a volunteer group. A notice about this planning session was sent out earlier in the week to all members by FN committee chair Bryan Dixon. Log-in to the Members Only page for details. If you would like to be part of this but are not yet a member or have forgotten to renew your membership you can join or renew by emailing Membership to get re-connected.
  
  
• Attention Members! Are your French conversation skills a bit rusty? Heading back to France and wanting to be up to speed when you arrive? French teacher and Francophile Kerri Wallin will offer informal French conversation evenings at her Vancouver home, once a month. Polish up your nouns, verbs and adjectives! Bring something to drink, a small food item to share and we will while away a couple of hours with no English allowed. Every level of ability is welcomed - even listening to French is good for the ear! Kerri will take up to ten members only so that everyone gets a chance to speak. Register soon, these evenings will fill up quickly! Log-in to the Members Only page for details.
  
  
• The Sunday 24th August rain was not a deterrent to Francophiles meeting for wine and cheese and much conversation at the beautiful West Vancouver view home of Diana Budden and Neil Alexander. We were able to say au revoir to Luc Serot Alméras, Consul Général of France, and his charming wife, Chloé, and to Pierre Montaigne, who has been the executive director of Alliance Française for the past three years. All of them are moving to Paris. Un grand merci, Diana and Neil!
  
  
• La soirée le vendredi 7 Mars à la résidence du Consul Général Luc Serot Alméras and his wife Chloé Serot Alméras was a most delightful event and an evening to remember. We Francophiles enjoyed generous hospitality from our hosts as we sipped wine and enjoyed a buffet of delicious hors d’oeuvres. A guest list with member profiles had been sent a few days ahead of the event to the Consul Général, and it was evident in his words to the group that he had read it thoroughly and was very interested in the Francophile Network. Today, he wrote the following to us:
  
  "We enjoyed very much, Chloé and I, receiving you all and being able to get to know more about each one of the group's connections to France. It was a very special and friendly evening. We definitely hope to stay in touch with you. Bien cordialement, Luc Serot Alméras Consul General of France"