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[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) In the meantime, the beta version of the new homepage has also been optimized for mobile devices. Desktop version malfunctions have been fixed, language presets linked to the main software. The homepage now runs stable in all browsers. By clicking on the copyright symbol in the image you can directly access the account of the respective photographer. 2) The Easter collection of the homepage pictures was replaced by spring pictures from the c…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! Today we may present the new ipernity homepage for testing. We thank all those who have contributed to its realisation. Above all, we would like to thank the photographers who contributed the pictorial material. The entire collection can be seen here: www.ipernity.com/doc/team/album/1049798 During activation, there may be brief interruptions or slowdowns in operation tonight. We ask for your understanding and wish you a happy Easter! Your…

[EN] Today there are neither good nor bad news - and that is pretty good. It means that operations are running smoothly and all projects are well on schedule. Your ima team [FR] Aujourd'hui, il n'y a ni bonnes ni mauvaises nouvelles - et c'est plutôt bon. Cela signifie que les opérations se déroulent bien et que tous les projets se déroulent selon le calendrier prévu. Votre équipe ima [DE] Heute gibt es weder gute noch schlechte Nachrichten - und das ist ziemlich gut…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) Four months ago we initiated a discussion about how we would like to describe ipernity to outsiders. The corresponding newsflash ( www.ipernity.com/blog/team/4683682 ) is one of the most read ima news. In the meantime an updated version of "About ipernity" has been created from the draft of November 2017, taking into account your suggestions. 2) With the help of our new IT service provider, we have put this version online today. You can fin…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) Exactly one year ago, on 23rd of February, 2017, the prefecture of Val-de-Marne issued the founding deed (as of 20.02.2017) to the ASSOCIATION DES MEMBRES D'IPERNITY. Since then, twelve busy months have passed, in which ipernity successfully has been rescued and the essential restructuring has been started. Without your support, that would not have been possible. We thank you for that. 2) Shortly after the takeover in September 2017, we had…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! Since the last newsflash on 26 January 2018 the topics of copyright and intellectual property policies have arisen. As a friendly reminder to all, based on Section 6 of the Terms of Service (TOS) , ima/ipernity honors copyright, trademark, and intellectual property protection requirements as stipulated under French law and other intellectual property laws. To avoid innocent mistakes or potential misunderstandings we ask that going for…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) We are glad to inform you that we have found an external IT service provider for the maintenance and further development of our website. A priority kick-off meeting has already taken place. First and foremost are the security aspects, further cost-cutting measures and the replacement of Skrill by a more reliable payment service. 2) The design draft for the future homepage was also presented to the service provider for implementation. You c…

[FR] Chers membres d’ipernity ! L’Association des Membres d’Ipernity (ima), votre association, a besoin de consolider sa comptabilité et de fournir son premier rapport comptable aux normes associatives françaises pour l'année 2017. Pour ce faire l’ima recherche parmi ses membres des bénévoles souhaitant collaborer et prêts à mettre en forme cette comptabilité (relativement simple) et ayant le profil suivant : > Connaissance de la comptabilité associative ou générale > Connaissance d’Ex…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! Some of you may have noticed that membership renewals via Skrill are not possible any more. We tried everything to keep this payment option. However on 3 January 2018 Skrill made the decision to terminate services with IMA without notice or reason. We believe the decision was made because of volume requirements. It is common that other customers of Skrill suffered the same inconveniences. We are now exploring possible alternatives and their fea…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) We apologize that ipernity was temporarily unavailable last Saturday. A recently requested renewal of the website security certificate had not been executed technically. Resolving this problem in the early hours of a Saturday was a big challenge for the team but we succeeded and downtime was minimized. With regard to another dysfunction (concerning the payment service Skrill) you'll get a separate information soon. 2) In January, ima will se…

[EN] Against all odds A year–end message from the ima–Team It was in December 2016 when the founder and CEO of Ipernity S.A., Christophe Ruelle, announced the closing of the platform ipernity.com by January 2017. (1) It’s now the end of 2017 and ipernity is still online. What happened? Of course, members were scared, disappointed and started looking for alternatives to Ipernity. But true alternatives were (and are) hard to find. Quite a bunch of users moved over to flickr – bu…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) We are glad to announce that we managed to implement the new Terms of Use before end of 2017. For details see here: www.ipernity.com/about/tos 2) Further we assigned responsibilities within the ima team to fulfill the tasks more efficiently. These are: Acting Executive Board: CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and President: Eric Desjours, France COO (Chief Operating Officer) William Sutherland, USA CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Eric De…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) With respect to all comments concerning the scheduled frontpage redesign we present you a revised edition today. We tried to follow the majorities as well as we tried to respect the minorities. You'll find the release below. Furthermore we've created a group for the pictures, which you are invited to submit for the new frontpage. The new release: www.ipernity.com/doc/team/45978350 The group: www.ipernity.com/group/2341904 2) Even if…

[EN] Dear Members and friends of ipernity! On 8th of September - one week after the transfer of this website from ipernity S.A to ima - we've informed you that we would recheck the deadline for the acceptance of subscriptions, which have been made before Dec. 31st, 2016, if the site’s financial condition would allow it. Meanwhile we've evaluated the whole database of ipernity (with more than 210,000 accounts) completely. The result is pleasing: The number of club-members is sufficient (…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) As you know, our community received ipernity "as it is". With regard to the database it unfortunately consists a lot of spam and abandoned accounts. Nevertheless we have made good progress in removing a lot of them. This removals have no impact on the excellent content of ipernity that you have contributed. 2) While we're at it we are analysing the whole database. This work is not yet finished, but the first evaluation is strengthening our c…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) Based on a member initiative the articles in the English and German Wikipedia have been updated to reflect the new status of ipernity. A Dutch version is currently being prepared. In order to update the articles in other languages such as French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish but also Esperanto and others we kindly ask for your help and to raise your hand. We would also be grateful, if we could find a volunteer, who will coordinate all Wiki…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) Meanwhile IMA has gained access to the ticket log for “Help & Contact” and going forward will address issues. Please understand that we cannot go backwards to past requests, but will do our best to help going forward now. Where there will not be instant answers please be patient. We will be doing our best to answer in a timely manner. 2) Weeks ago people have asked an option to allow free guest accounts for family and friends. We recently di…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) After having fixed the card and skrill payment issues just very recently, we are happy to confirm that the financial side of Ipernity has significantly stabilized. We already lowered the operation costs considerably and aspire to lower them further until the end of the year. 2) The latest bug, concerning the Google translator, has also been fixed. 3) Already, many existing club members have renewed their membership. However, some people h…