This year's General Assembly took place at the premises of swissQprint AG in Kriessern (Switzerland). And along the way we also breathed some Swiss mountain air.
[rl_gallery id="4765″]swissQprint Kriessern
swissQprint AG is a manufacturer of large format inkjet printing systems. The participants experienced an impressive tour and detailed demonstrations. swissQprint systems can print on any surface, in formats for which centimetre specifications are no longer sufficient. The systems are known worldwide for precision, quality and durability, and the company has made impressive upward progress since it was founded 12 years ago.
Thanks go to swissQprint AG, especially Guy Flüeli, who took many hours of his time for us and patiently answered our questions.
General Assembly
The spirit of Swiss workmanship was just the right setting for our general meeting, which was attended not only by board members but also by association members, e.g. one representative each from the companies Colorgate and Matchmycolor and the senior partner of Publisher magazine. Those present agreed that free colour is an important issue.
The Chair first reported on the current activities. These are currently mainly work around our HLC Colour Atlas (software versions, spectral data, integration into other software) as well as trips to trade fairs and lecture activities.
The treasurer reported on the financial situation. The annual budget is membership fees of about 3800 EUR. At the moment there is still about 40% of the 10000 EUR funding 2017/18 from DIN available for our work. The main items of expenditure are purchases within the framework of the DIN SPEC and HLC Colour Atlas as well as (above all) travel expenses to the various events. It becomes clear: in order to continue to cover the costs of our work, even if it is always done on a voluntary basis, we must also concentrate on recruiting more members.
The current board was unanimously re-elected for another year in office:
- Jan-Peter Homann (Treasurer)
- Peter Jäger (2nd Chairman and Secretary)
- Holger Everding (1st Chairman)
We then gave an outlook on plans and upcoming projects. These are further activities to integrate the HLC Colour Atlas into software products, a free colour app, a travelling exhibition on the topic of colour and the need for free colour, to name just the most important points (see photos).
Downloads
Report on ongoing and planned activities
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2019
Financial Report 2018
Accompanying programme in Stein St. Gallen
World-class high-tech and rural idyll in the mountains, Switzerland is both, and we were able to experience both. The village of Stein is half an hour's drive from Kriessern, in the mountains near the Säntis. Here the cowbells ring incessantly, even at night, and the view, no matter in which direction you look, is magnificent. We enjoyed the accommodation in a lovingly renovated farmhouse and went on a mini-hike on the Stockberg the next morning.
Everyone agreed: we would have liked to stay longer.
Further thanks go to Eward Hofstede (landlord) and to Peter Jäger and Eric Soder (organisation).
Contributing photo: Matteo Baschera, Jan-Peter Homann, Matthias Betz, Holger Everding, Eric A. Soder, Martin Spaar, Peter Jäger, Dr Michael Jacobi
Photos: Peter Jäger (Gallery), Guy Flüeli (Contributing photo)
