Group: Ipernity Members Association Project


Progress of the project / Avancement du projet


Eric Desjours
By A Eric Desjours club
27 Jan 2017 - 15 comments - 4 180 visits- Permalink   |   Translate title into English

This thread provides periodic information regarding the progress of the successive steps of the project.

Ce fil dispense des informations périodiques relatives à l'état d'avancement des étapes successives du projet.

We wish to observe a total transparency, which is the only guarantor of your confidence in us. We will not forget to mention the difficulties encountered during the implementation of the project, so that the most experienced members can share their suggestions through the thread "Suggestions for the project setting up".

Nous souhaitons respecter une transparence totale, seul gage de la confiance que vous nous témoignez. Nous ne manquerons pas de mentionner les difficultés rencontrées lors de la mise en place du projet, de façon à ce que les membres les plus expérimentés puissent nous faire part de leurs suggestions à travers le fil de discussion "Suggestions relatives à la mise en place du projet".

The topic of this discussion has been edited by Eric Desjours 12 months ago.

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 Eric Desjours
Eric Desjours club
06/03/2017: this weekend Ipernity SA announced a short delay in their communication to us, for internal logistics reasons. We're expecting it soon.
7 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
07/03/2017: IMA received its receipt for filing. This allows IMA to begin business -- open a bank account for CrowdFunding and ultimately running the Ipernity platform. It also means the official certificate will be issued in about 2-3 weeks.

7 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
09/03/2017: IMA and Ipernity S.A. are close to an agreement. I'm hopeful it will be attained sometime tomorrow. If so, the terms will be published here. Please know that the agreement if finalized is aimed at meeting the best interests of the Ipernity platform, IMA and the platform's members' interests.

In anticipation, IMA will be establishing a bank account in France and opening a Paypal account to facilitate revenue receipts and payment of operating expenses. IMA also anticipates the start of a CrowdFunding campaign early next week and once it is underway, daily updates will be given. Please know, it is critical people contribute as soon as possible without delay when CrowdFunding is underway since a decision will have to be made within about 2 weeks whether to continue to the platform into April. The combined March and April costs are approximately 10,000 € (Amazon in agreement with Ipernity S.A. allowed the platform to operate this month with expectation that the payments will be made in April).

In addition, please be aware that annual operating expenses for the Ipernity platform are approximately 66,000 €. This does not provide any funds for contingency reserves, future obligations, platform upgrades (for example, future conversion to https protocol as some have suggested), rate increases or other unanticipated expenses or shortfalls. Nevertheless, a stable club membership base near the reported membership figure is more than sufficient to maintain viability and offer a bright long-term future.

IMA thanks everyone for their patience, input, ideas and efforts to keep this site running and for your assistance to ensure a successful CrowdFunding campaign.
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
11/03/2017: Ipernity Members Association is now official. The official declaration of IMA was published this morning in Journal Officiel!

7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
13/03/2017: The CrowdFunding campaign as officially begun. Even though the goal is listed at $25,000, we need approximately $30,000. If people honor their survey commitments, we should realize this.

We have approximately 2 weeks to achieve this goal. Even though it is a short time frame, it is achievable if everyone acts with urgency. I just made my own contribution and doubled what I had said I would offer in the survey so that the crowdfunding campaign begins with a good start.

The hyperlink for making donations is:

www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/ipernity-members-association-a-non-profit-entity/x/16237256

Please note, Indiegogo decides the method of payment.

These next two weeks will be the most critical and decisive. Starting tomorrow, IMA will provide daily updates as to the progress of the crowdfunding campaign.

Thank you for your support for this worthy cause to keep this unique and great site alive.
7 years ago.

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