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March 2010,
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Chamber Message |
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"Dear Members and Friends of our
Chamber
With the increase of memberships and the number of events keeping us very busy (see
our calendar below or check (www.facci.com.au), we are trying to stick to our promise
of a quarterly newsletter!
Fortunately, our full time office representatives to date have been fantastic and
many of our current initiatives, including this newsletter, would not happen without
the exceptional support from Marine who after only 6 weeks with us already masters
the job!
But I would also like to sincerely thank Noemie Sparfel, an IT specialist and friend
of the Chamber, who gave us the motivation to re-start our newsletter 6 months ago,
by spontaneously offering her support to shape and format our electronic newsletter.
In this issue, it is also important to note that our membership structure and fees
are changing to a new National Membership scheme, and we would like to ask you to
carefully read the relevant paragraph further down.
Looking forward to seeing many of you at our AGM on Wednesday April 28th.
Philippe Reboul"
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Events |
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Upcoming events
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Small Business Workshop
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As many Small Business Members have appreciated our previous workshops, a new one
is to be held around the theme "E-Business and Marketing".
Jacques Maudy, Tchillbag (www.tchillbag.com.au), and Betty Moinet,
OLG Multimedia ( www.olg.com.au)
will share their experience and expertise with you..
Please note that the original date has been postponed, you will be informed in due
time of the new one.
Contact qld@facci.com.au for more information
or to suggest a theme for the next Small Business Workshop.
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Brisbane French Festival
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The Brisbane French Festival 2010 will be held Saturday 17th of July
at the Cultural
Forecourt of South Bank. This event
will be a fantastic occasion to gather all the Brisbane French community
to celebrate and promote French language and culture.
This festival will feature an exposition with a range of stalls, interactive children's
activities, a French conversation corner, roving performers, cooking
demonstrations and more. In the evening, it will transform into the Bal Populaire
featuring bands and a authentic French menu.
Above the social dimension of this event, it represents an important business opportunity
for FACCI Qld members in so far large companies are expected to sponsor and attend
the event.
Moreover, being a sponsor of this event is an opportunity to enhance your company's
public image and access a wide range of audiences such as industries from Francophone
and Francophile business backgrounds, government entities and of course customers.
Please visit www.brisbanefrenchfestival.com
for more details or find them on Facebook.
Contact: info@brisbanefrenchfestival.com.au
Phone:(07) 3844 4460
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Past events
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Art Cocktail
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"With three amazing artists, sculptor, painter and photographer, we had for sure
a great recipe for an exceptional cocktail of art! Many of you have told us how
much you were impressed by the pieces on display and we must sincerely thank our
artists for the effort they put in preparing for this event; two of them drove from
the Sunshine Coast and our photographer had to get all his pictures ready in only
a few weeks.
And because art sometimes "has to mean" business too for our artists to survive
and expand, our two guests speakers came from Trade Queensland and Art Queensland,
hence giving an opportunity to respectively hear about some of the initiatives and
programs in place to foster Australian-French business and to promote Queensland
artists in Australia and overseas.
If you could not attend, we strongly recommend you check the artist websites (www.christinemaudy.com,
www.aldemene.com, www.stephan-maxime-garcia.com)
and why not, the venue too (www.confit.com.au)
whose chef Jason
Peppler provided us with excellent French-inspired canapés!
With over 65 people, we were nearly fully booked and would like to thank all of you
again for helping us to make this evening such a memorable event!"
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In-house
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In-house is one of FACCI new business event for the year 2010. It will usually take
the form of a breakfast or possibly a cocktail. Hosting an event is opened to all
Patron and Corporate members who would like to present their company or their expertise
to a range of guests of their choice.
Travelex Global Business Payments has been the first to conduct this event.
According to Axel Van Drongelen, "Travelex is proud to have been the first FACCI
member to hold an in-house breakfast event at the FACCI offices. The event, held
on the 26 February, gave FACCI members an opportunity to hear about managing
currency
risk and reducing costs in making international payments. Thanks to everyone who
attended we look forward to holding more events this year!"
Should you be interested in this event, please
contact us asap as there are only
3 in-house events left!
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Christmas party |
"As many of our guests and members have noticed, this year we broke away from our
traditionnal venue in Douglas St, Milton as most of you know, this is because usual
Christmas party host and long term member Unique France had just moved out of Douglas
St to their new and amazing premise in Brunswick St. This was an opportunity for
our Chamber to find a different but equally venue at the Hilton Brisbane, one of
our new corporate members.
With our special Guest Speaker, Greg Nielsen, Director-General of the Office of
Clean Energy, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, over
120 attendees and the support from Duons, our major sponsor, as well as Intramar
and many in-kind sponsors, this was another successful event!
Thank you to all our members and guests for their support!"
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New Members
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Corporate |
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Broughton Evan - State Sales Manager
35 Evans Road
Rocklea QLD 4106
07 3274 7633
07 3274 7588
evan.broughton@areva-td.com
www.areva.com
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Small Business |
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"Branding specialists for Events and Retail. Indoor and Outdoor."
Peter Giesemann
15 Leyland St, Mt Gravatt
Brisbane East Qld 4122
1300 556 586
wow@pierredisplays.com.au
www.pierredisplays.com.au |
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French Desire (www.frenchdesire.com.au) is run by Brisbane couple Sharon and David
Stratford who share their experiences of France, including buying and renting French
property, with others through their website and Francophile community. They also
are responsible for French Australia, the online directory of all things French
in Australia with over 1,000 listings: www.frenchaustralia.com.au
Sharon & David Stratford
71 Bulimba St, Bulimba
Brisbane Qld 4171
0401 676 000
info@frenchdesire.com.au
www.frenchdesire.com.au |
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We are a French Familyy business specialised in video making. We have had the opportunity
to create promotional videos for great restaurants, but also at special events or
even schools reunion! Visit us at www.miramage.com.au
us for a quote today!
Julie Hoang & Guillaume Merouze
PO Box 1745
brisbane Qld 4000
3211 1460
0402 829 088 / 0405 115 399
contact@miramage.com.au
www.miramage.com.au |
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Frederic Pierson - Director
20 Harvey Street North
Eagle Farm Qld 4009
T:07 3268 6633
F:07 3268 3577
E:frederic@pacificaircargo.com.au
W:www.pacificaircargo.com.au
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Individual
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Julien Fremeau
Management Consulting and Project Management - job seeking.
Graduated from Ecole Central
de Lyon (France),
Last experience: supply
chain consultant for Capgemini Consulting
0435 584 017
julien.fremeau@wanadoo.fr |
Solacroup Francois
Solacroup François - Consultant
135/18 Spano St
Zillmere Brisbane Qld 4034
0405 910 261
francois.sola@yahoo.fr |
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Marc Lepasteur - Jeweller Designer Stylist
07 3202 8925
mlepasteur@yahoo.com.au |
Janet Kent - Primeland Associates Property Limited
M: 0413 019 949
E: Kent_janet@hotmail.com |
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Valerie Weill-Ainscough
0427 859 931
vwsa@hotmail.com
Distribution and Retail |
Lea Cheng
Job seeking
Regional Services Manager - Quality Assessor
lea_cheng@hotmail.com |
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New National Membership! |
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FACCI recognizes that many of its members have satellite offices around the
country and that there is a need for further alignment of our state chapters to
a common federal structure. With this in mind, we have expanded our membership offer
and developed a new National Membership that will allow members to maximize their
presence across all States, regardless of whether they are travelling interstate
for business or pleasure. For our small business and individual members, the new
National Membership will enable them to develop further their business, their career
of their interest by leveraging new networking opportunties interstate.
While our members will continue to benefit from the activities and services of their
local Chapter, they will also enjoy new advantages and access to the wider French-Australian
business community around Australia.
National Membership include:
- Secure access to the new online National Members' Database
- A quarterly National E-newsletter, highlighting French-Australian business
trends and activities as well as updates from each Chapter
- Access to the resources and services of each Chapter to expand and strengthen
the profile of your company
- Access to new business networking opportunities throughout the French-Australian
business community in Australia
- Access to FACCI events across all Chapters, at the discounted members' price
A detailed letter will be mailed to all our members and recent past members. |
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NEW Young Profesionnal Membership
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A Young Professional Membership is now available for students, young employees or
entrepreneurs who wish to connect and develop their contacts through the French-Australian
community by having access to a range of affordable business and social events.
Opened to individual members under the age of 35. Annual fees: A$50. |
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2010 Calendar
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NOVOTEL BRISBANE - FREE BREAKFAST IN APRIL!
Stay at Novotel Brisbane during April & receive free buffet breakfast in Cilantro
Restaurant for 2 adults.
Prices start from $159 per night in a Superior Room
Valid 1-30 April 2010
Click here to enquire or call 07 3309 3309
www.accorhotels.com |
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Ramada Plaza Noumea is the ideal hotel for both business and leisure travel offering 188 spacious and modern rooms and suites, most with self-catering facilities. The hotel features the unique ‘360’ panoramic revolving restaurant located on the 19th floor as well as the ‘Oasis’ restaurant located poolside. Other facilities include a spa & energy centre, conference & business facilities, fitness centre and activities desk.
www.ramadaplaza-noumea.nc |
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SITA Environmental Solutions, Frost & Sullivan's Asia-Pacific 2009 Waste Management
Company of the year, is a SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT (60%) and Sembcorp Environment (40%)
joint venture and provides weekly services to over 43,000 commercial and industrial
clients and more than 3 million residents across Australia.
As an Australian leader in advanced resource recovery, recycling and waste management
SITA's established services are multiple.
Visit www.sita.com.au for more information |
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Duons is an international player in the forward and reverse logistics industry.
Duons help test, warehouse, transport and repair complex technology for both manucfacturers
and large user groups. In Australia we are primarily focused on reverse logistics
services in radio technology and complex electronics. Serving two main groups: complex
technology manufacturers and large end-user groups. With the net benefit to both
in savings on capital and human resource expenditure, be it in development testing
or support to prolong the product lifecycle
E:
info@duons-mco.com.au
W:www.duons.com.au |
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Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory
services. Worldwide, our 144,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering
commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and
our wider communities achieve their potential.
Visit www.ey.com/au or
www.ey.com/fr |
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Hogg Lawson offers a range of audit, business, financial and taxation services to
a broad cross section of the business and professional community with our main focus
on providing solutions for SME's. We understand privately owned business
T:07 3220 2244 F:07 3220 2155
E:info@hogglawson.com.au
W:www.hogglawson.com.au
Level 19; 141 Queen Street Brisbane Qld 400
PO Box 12165, Elizabeth Street Brisbane Qld 4002 |
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Champagne Gallery, Australia's Best Online Store provides the perfect no-fuss Champagne
gift, with a stylish and sophiscated gift wrapping service.
Your special present of Champagne will not be the only surprise for the lucky recipient
- but rest assured teh beautiful wrapping will also take their breath away.
Say it with style - give a Champagne Gift!
CHAMPAGNE GALLERY Liquor Stores
David Jeffries
Group Retail Manager
PO Box 2189
Fortitude Valley BC QLD 4006
TEL: 1300 366 906
Email: djeffries@drinx.com.au
www.drinx.com.au
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