SOAF's First Annual Meeting, Paris, 6 October 2006
On Friday, 6 October 2006, the first annual meeting of the Society of Authors, France (SOAF) was held at the famous English-speaking bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, in Paris. The meeting was organised and convened by the British historian, Gregor Dallas.
The name, SOAF: During the course of the meeting it was suggested that ‘SOFA’, the ‘Society of French Authors’ would make a good acronym to describe members of the Society of Authors in France. Gregor later expressed concern that SOFA did not accurately describe what we were and, furthermore, ‘that such a change in name could cost us affiliation with the Society of Authors in London.’ There is also the matter of registering the organisation as a personne morale in France -- a clear affiliation indicated in the name eases this problem. So Gregor has recommended that we call ourselves ‘SOAF, the Society of Authors, France’
Similarly, our blogspot is to be called http://soafrance.blogspot.com
The meeting was attended by 21 writers from all over France and even one from Germany. According to Gregor Dallas the SOA has 141 members resident in France, though only 74 of them can be contacted by email.
It was suggested that Gregor write a written report of our meeting and send it to the SOA in London and ask them to send out the report to those not online (or willing to provide the SOA with their email address) and alert them to the existence of http://soafrance.blogspot.com
The meeting formally began with each member presenting himself with his name, his residence, and what they wrote. These introductions revealed a wide range of writers, including ghost writing, memoirs, biography, travel writing, children’s writers, novelists, and academic non-fiction as well as narrative non-fiction.
A Networking List, which gave name, residence, email and field of work was passed around for those who wanted to register in it. An amended version of this was forwarded to the SOA, London, on 17 October, to be circulated to all members resident in France. A further version, including additions, will be forwarded to members in November.
Question: Do you approve of the name ‘SOAF’? Do you have any other suggestions? Do you have any comments about the Networking List?
The name, SOAF: During the course of the meeting it was suggested that ‘SOFA’, the ‘Society of French Authors’ would make a good acronym to describe members of the Society of Authors in France. Gregor later expressed concern that SOFA did not accurately describe what we were and, furthermore, ‘that such a change in name could cost us affiliation with the Society of Authors in London.’ There is also the matter of registering the organisation as a personne morale in France -- a clear affiliation indicated in the name eases this problem. So Gregor has recommended that we call ourselves ‘SOAF, the Society of Authors, France’
Similarly, our blogspot is to be called http://soafrance.blogspot.com
The meeting was attended by 21 writers from all over France and even one from Germany. According to Gregor Dallas the SOA has 141 members resident in France, though only 74 of them can be contacted by email.
It was suggested that Gregor write a written report of our meeting and send it to the SOA in London and ask them to send out the report to those not online (or willing to provide the SOA with their email address) and alert them to the existence of http://soafrance.blogspot.com
The meeting formally began with each member presenting himself with his name, his residence, and what they wrote. These introductions revealed a wide range of writers, including ghost writing, memoirs, biography, travel writing, children’s writers, novelists, and academic non-fiction as well as narrative non-fiction.
A Networking List, which gave name, residence, email and field of work was passed around for those who wanted to register in it. An amended version of this was forwarded to the SOA, London, on 17 October, to be circulated to all members resident in France. A further version, including additions, will be forwarded to members in November.
Question: Do you approve of the name ‘SOAF’? Do you have any other suggestions? Do you have any comments about the Networking List?
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