The text association has finally replaced Script
Twenty-one of the association’s current 80 members attended the Textverband’s general meeting. President Roger Hausmann, who was re-elected to a two-year term, reviewed the transition from Script to the Textverband.
On May 16, 21 copywriters met in Zurich for the first general meeting of their "new" professional association, which celebrates its 31st birthday this year. What sounds paradoxical at first is quickly explained: In the fall of 2012, Script members decided at an extraordinary general meeting to dissolve and reorganize their professional association. That was the birth of the Text Associationwhich 80 copywriters from Switzerland and Germany have joined to date.
President Roger Hausmann and Managing Director Christoph Fuchs, who had implemented the transition from Script to Textverband in just a few months, opened the general meeting punctually at eleven o'clock, according to the statement. Accompanied by the ringing of bells from a nearby church for several minutes. But that did not prevent the president from leading the meeting swiftly from agenda item to agenda item. The members approved the minutes of the 30th Annual General Meeting and the Extraordinary General Meeting without any dissenting votes, as well as the annual report of the President, the association's accounts and the auditors' report.
No changes in the Executive Board
The board members are elected for two years. This year Barbara Sollberger, Paul Girard as well as Roger Hausmann had to be confirmed in office as board members and Roger Hausmann as president. The members did this again without any dissenting votes. The board of the Text Association is made up of six people:
- Roger Hausmann, Winterthur, Chairman
- Christoph Fuchs, Zurich, Managing Director
- Rinaldo Dieziger, Zurich
- Paul Girard, Winterthur
- Barbara Sollberger, Solothurn
- Robert Sulser, Hombrechtikon
Subsequently, the general meeting also confirmed the two auditors Anton Neuenschwander and Kaspar Silberschmidt for another year in office. The work of Claudia Scherrer, who was committed to her professional association as an auditor for many years, was thanked by the members with great applause.
Discounts and events
After the official part of the general meeting, Hausmann and Fuchs provided information about various discounts, for example on office supplies (up to 40 percent) or supplementary insurance policies from several health insurance companies (15 percent). The Text Association now offers its members daily sickness benefits insurance, with which they can save up to 65 percent, depending on the solution chosen. Membership, which costs only 150 to 200 francs a year depending on the term, is worthwhile in the truest sense of the word.
Finally, Hausmann informed about some events planned for this year. On August 8, the copywriters will celebrate a barbecue in Zurich, two creative workshops will take place in mid-September and at the end of October, and a six-part workshop series on "self-marketing" will begin in the fall, which Daniel Frei will moderate. All events are open to members and non-members.
