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To foster solidarity among
its members in a non-profit spirit.
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To create a quality program of events for
2006.
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To bring executive club members’ expertise
to establish outstanding event/panel
discussions with high quality speakers,
depth and valuable topics.
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To open SiliconFrench leadership to
French-speaking executive members of the
community.
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To foster exchange of ideas and networking
among committee members and French
executives in general.
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To help French-speaking Entrepreneurs and
Leaders to launch their project.
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To work together with other international
leaders and organizations in the Silicon
Valley to exchange contacts and ideas.
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Committee Members Role and
Responsibilities
| The 2006
program committee will include a maximum of 12
members, 2 of whom are InterFrench leaders and
10 are French-speaking executives. The committee
meetings take place in French. SiliconFrench
events will be held the fourth Thursday of every
month at Menlo College, Russell Center on 1000
El Camino Real, Atherton, CA 94027. |
| The main role
of the SiliconFrench committee member is to
create an event with quality and value-driven
venues. |
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As a requirement, the committee
member will need to commit to the organization: |
- To act as
a leader for selecting a professional topic,
inviting speakers/panelists and moderating
at least one event in the next 12 months.
Committee members can work with another
committee for a given event.
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- To provide
support to other committee members by
helping choose the topic and share their
business network to invite quality speakers.
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- To
communicate clearly the goals and how he/she
will measure the success of the event to the
other committee members.
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- To
participate in a monthly conference call and
to attend a meeting in person every quarter
in 2006. A committee member who is unable to
attend 3 conference calls/meetings in a row
will relinquish his/her place to prospective
committee members on the waiting list. The
conference call/meeting will generally be
held at noon the first Thursday of every
month.
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- To suggest
sponsorship possibilities whenever possible
to improve logistics (food, drink and
venue).
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- To brief
the speakers to allow quality time of
questions/answers with SiliconFrench members
after the presentation.
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Program Selection and
Organization Process
| Topics are
proposed by each committee member responsible
for his/her event, but topics are dependent on
approval by the majority of committee members
present. The committee will approve topics
likely to interest the business community, to
attract top-speakers and experts where the
committee member is sufficiently knowledgeable
to moderate the panel successfully. The
committee member can choose whether s/he wants
to have the event in English or French, which we
should know ahead of time for logistical
reasons. |
| 4 weeks before
the event, the moderator will send InterFrench
staff a written paragraph by email about their
own bio, the topic, the speakers/panelists,
their bios and any other relevant information.
This information will be made available on the
website and sent by email in the InterFrench
newsletter to over 6000 professionals every
month. The email address of our staff member
Jean-Pierre is :
jpf@interfrench.com |
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Financials and Transparency
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Angelika Blendstrup, acting as
the 2006 SiliconFrench co-president, will also
maintain the financial records for SiliconFrench
events in a separate file with a statement of
income and expenses. This will be available for
committee members at any and all times. |
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Fees
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Fees will stay the same at
$30/event for non-members and $20/event for
members. Annual membership fee is $30. Every
committee member will be asked to become a
SiliconFrench member but will not be asked to
pay for admission when s/he moderates; the
speakers will also be admitted for free. |
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| Committee
members are encouraged to help SiliconFrench
find sponsors for their event. A sponsorship
costs $500 and brings the following benefits: |
- 2 emails
to our database reaching 6,000
French-speaking professionals with an add
about the sponsor.
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Announcement at the SiliconFrench event.
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- Direct
access to SiliconFrench networking
resources.
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