Francophones.

I'm certain this will be dismissed. But there are over 200 million francophones in the world. Between France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg there are almost 100 million. Making it one of the largest ethic groups in europe.

And most importanly...
There really just isn't anything similar in the way of french webmaster forums.

It's a nice suggestion Michel. I don't know what the moderators/admins will say, but here's some information on where members are currently from:

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/new-me...-world-15.html

Only 80 from Europe, excluding the UK.

Yeah....
Michel, I would not count on it.