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We look forward to the members confirming these appointments at the IGA. In reply to our various calls for candidatures for the mandates of President, Vice President, Webmaster and Moderator the following persons have come forward: William Sutherland - as President. Current incumbent, standing for re-election No one has come forward for Vice-President. Rob Stamp - as Webmaster. In the role previously, standing again Laura…

How the IGA will be run 2023 (Note: Some links will only be available after being signed up to attend) As an international community, the IGA takes place online and will be on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 6pm CET. The IGA takes place in the 'Ipernity General Assembly' group's discussions found here: IGA Group Discussions 1) How to Sign Up Register to attend by March 20th, 2023 (follow sign up procedures here ) 2) How To Vote Learn new voting method for 20…

1. It's spring now! Seasonally fitting, we now welcome all visitors to our website with the spring pictures you provided. Thank you for your support! You can watch all the current spring pictures as a slideshow on YouTube . 2. Positive news - We are keeping the membership contributions stable Last year, the expenses for the servers we rent from Amazon Web Service (AWS) increased. (We will provide you with exact figures at the IGA.) Nevertheless, the ima team has agreed not to in…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. Website update: Improved album listing when uploading Until now, if you wanted to put a photo into one of your albums, it was often difficult to find this. This was because your albums were previously displayed based on the order in which they were created, with the most recent albums on top (see the following illustration, left-hand). In addition, the list was limited to fifty albums. This limit was expandable, but it was cumbersome. The di…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, As the world turns, our global membership is experiencing changes in the weather from one season to another. For many it is the cold arriving for winter, but for others the warmth of summer or mild fluctuations at their equatorial locals. Whichever way your seasons flow, we wish you a Happy New Year! 1. User Interface Improvements 1a. Membership renewal by bank transfer In an effort to make the method for bank transfer membership renewals…

For other languages: ipernity members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Dear members and friends of ipernity, As the year is ending we are grateful for all the time, energy and kindness you give to our photographic community. Your loyalty and dedication warms our hearts. Thank you so much for being part of ipernity. This year we would like to inv…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. Winter is here Yesterday was the meteorological beginning of winter. We have updated the homepage pictures accordingly. We thank all those who contributed with pictures, as well as those who helped with the selection. You can browse the picture collection, which also contains many new photos, in this album , but also as a slide show on YouTube . 2. Take your camera to snap fresh winter pictures If you feel the desire to show winter pi…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. Help us select the best homepage pictures for the winter season! Due to the great interest in the trial voting for the homepage pictures in July, voting is now offered again for the upcoming winter pictures. If you would like to take part, follow this link: Vote on the ipernity homepage pictures for this winter . 2. Improve the visibility of your pictures. When browsing the gallery pictures using the Lightbox view, you may have noticed t…

For other languages: ipernity club members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. This weekend we are celebrating a 5 years anniversary , as on September 1, 2017, we members took over the operation of this website and thus saved it from disappearing. Since then, we have overcome all challenges. We are g…

For other languages: ipernity club members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. In June there was a temporary downtime of the satellite view in the map functionality. It was caused by an update on the side of Google, which we had to adjust to. In the meantime,…

All my friends and family here on IP. Over the past few weeks a lot has been found out about this illness in the way it is much older and further advanced than first thought. Night pain has become unbearably hard to endure with the cancer having spread to the liver. I have decided if palliative care is offered I will take it. I have one more choice to make which is to move forward with immunisatherapy. I am currently in hospital in a ward where patients have had or are receiving this t…

For other languages: ipernity club members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) The first article about the ipernity homepage told about its history and defined its purpose. The homepage shall present ipernity attractively and motivate visitors from the web to take a closer look at us. It is a promotional vehicle. It must be so inviting that visitors are ea…

For other languages: ipernity club members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. Summertime is here, and the pictures on our homepage have been updated to the Summer Collection 2022 . Many thanks to the club members who have contributed to this collection. 2. The pictures can also be viewed a…

For other languages: ipernity members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Dear members and friends of ipernity, Hamburg Meetup Last week, between Thursday and Sunday, about 30 ipernity members from Germany, Austria and Switzerland (and maybe other countr…

For other languages: ipernity members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Dear members and friends of ipernity, Happy Earth Day ! Please take a moment today to honor the earth and to wish for peace. Perhaps today is a good day to take a photo of the natural…

We have received the following motion from our member Berny : "For members of the "Club", in addition to the nickname, the full clear name (first and last name) and at least the country of origin must be visible to other members of the "Club". Only then are commenting, the function as administrator of groups or other special functions possible. Otherwise Ipernity would not be a "Club", although this is precisely what is always emphasised, that we are a "Club" and not a normal photo si…

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In reply to our various calls for candidatures for the mandates of Vice-President and Treasurer, the following three persons have come forward: Blue rubber octopus (Ben Mesander) - as Vice-President. Ben has been a member since 2013. He wrote a download tool for ipernity in 2016 and offered help to establish an internal programming team early last year. He stands for the freedom of art. In this respect, he fits our spirit. In his professional life he works as an executive leader of s…

[New as of April 2022, latest minor edit to instructions August 2023] Since the native replace feature of our website no longer works for all file types, we are offering you an alternative replace function for photos today. How does it work? Short, summary version: - find the old picture, set it to 'private' and copy the picture number, - upload the new image, set it to 'private', click 'Replace', - paste the number of the old picture and start the process. In detail: ❶…

For other languages: ipernity members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.)…