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Dear members and friends of ipernity, ============================ For those of you still having problems: If trying to add a new photo to a group, and there is no drop-down list, the first thing to try is the Ctrl+F5 to Refresh. See further below. If that does not solve the problem, you can try closing and restarting your browser . This comment by William may help mobile users who are having problems. ============================ The implementation of secure (SSL) conn…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Summary of the General Assembly of Members. We thank all of you who attended the online meeting. Please refer to the separate article: 2024 IGA Report . We have a plan to simplify the voting process, without the need for emails with links to each PollUnit, while still having a secure voting system. 2) Meeting in the real world. Last weekend, numerous ipernity members went to Hamburg to meet face to face. See Hamburg 2024 group . With…

Executive Board (elected by the Ipernity General Assembly on March 25, 2023 and April 7, 2024) William Sutherland , United States, President Corinne Pommerell , Luxemburg, Treasurer Rob Stamp , United Kingdom, Webmaster Laura Fletcher , United States, Moderator Executive Assistants ( appointed by the Executive Board in accordance with ARTICLE VII,10 of the IMA Statutes ) Helena-Paule Fitoussi , France (hotline, spam removal) Stefan Roßkopf , Germany (IT) S…

1) Ipernity General Assembly (IGA 2024) will take place Sunday, April 7th, 2024. For registered attendees only, (the deadline to participate was April 3rd), the following documents will be made available at least 24 hours in advance: ● Annual Financial Statement 2023 ● IGA 2024 - Treasurer's Report on 2023 ● IGA 2024 - Report of the President on 2023 ● IGA 2024 - Motions to Agenda item 11 (Miscellaneous) Please read these documents before the meeting to save time. Make a…

We look forward to the members confirming these appointments at the IGA. In reply to our call for candidatures for the mandates of Vice President and Treasurer, one person has come forward: No one has come forward for Vice-President. Corinne Pommerell - as Treasurer. Current incumbent, standing for re-election The ima team therefore proposes to the General Assembly as candidate: 1) Vice-President - none 2) Treasurer Cori…

Agenda of the Ipernity General Assembly 2024 (IGA2024) Ordre du jour de l'Assemblée Générale d'Ipernity 2024 (IGA2024) Tagesordnung der Ipernity-Mitglieder-Generalversammlung 2024 (IGA2024)

How the IGA will be run 2024 (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 Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 16:00 (UTC). 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 April 3rd, 2024. 2) How To Vote Learn voting method for 2024 (same as for 2023) before the meeting d…

Dear Full Club Members of ipernity, The IGA 2024 will take place on Sunday, April 7, 2024, 6pm Paris (16:00 UTC). Please check your clock for the correct time in your country. Your time zone ============================================================ We encourage all full club members to attend. ▶️ Follow this link to the sign up procedure . The verification of your identity is only necessary, if you are participating for the first time. Otherwise, we only require…

Collage: Totem Poles, Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, Purchase, NY (25 May 2009) and Architectural Relief, Mount Vernon, NY (27 April 2012) On this 11 October 2021 the debate continues to rage in the United States about today’s holiday. Some call it “Indigenous Peoples' Day,” others continue to call it “Columbus Day” – I call it both, with the term “Indigenous Peoples” at the forefront since there are oral records of North American peoples hunting mammoths, saber-toothed tigers an…

Composite created from images purchased from Shutterstock While I never crossed the threshold of the point of no return – permanent death – the near death experience (NDE) was nevertheless a shock. Being in top physical shape with perfect numbers on my last physical in December 2021, it was something I could have never imagined nor expected, which reinforces Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ (121-180 CE) words, “Live each day as if it were your last...” When I overexerted myself to hasten…

Image created by Dall-e 2 Today, with the USA on the cusp of an intractable split, the Supreme Court exhibited a rare example of unity handing down a 9-0 decision that prohibited states from removing former President Donald Trump from the ballot. Like him or loathe him, this is the correct decision since allowing states to determine who is on their ballots would've destroyed our electoral system since states sympathetic to Trump’s candidacy threatened to retaliate and likewi…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. One month until IGA. Sign up by April 3rd in order to attend. Our annual membership meeting will be held online on Sunday April 7th 2024, 5pm [Correction: 6pm] Paris (16:00 UTC) . Please see Sign-Up Procedure for IGA . For anyone who has not attended previously, a look at the IGA group will give you an idea of how the meeting is conducted online. There are two mandates open for election. 2. Meeting in the real world. We are ind…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. Two months until IGA. Sign up for the meeting now. Our annual membership meeting is due to be held on Sunday April 7th 2024, 5pm Paris (16:00 UTC) . "When are the others turning up?" Don't delay, please see Sign-Up Procedure for IGA . For anyone who has not attended previously, a look at the IGA group will give you an idea of how the meeting is conducted online. 2. Speaking of groups of animals... Our…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, "We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne." - Robert Burns With the ringing in of the new year, we wish our ipernity community a year of joy, laughter, and of course, lots of shared photos and images! The team is grateful for everything we've done together in the past year. May the excitement of what's yet to come fill our website and your lives. 1. Revision for user creating a new group. Relating to item 20 of the 'problems' di…

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, For IGA 2024 the mandate for Vice President is still vacant, and the mandate for Treasurer is up for election. We invite loyal and active club members who are 21 years of age or older to join the ima team to continue shaping the future of…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, Seasons Greetings! With the coming change of season we are reminded that we are a global community. We are happy that here on our website we are able to enjoy, both the cold low winter light and the brightness of hot summer. What a pleasure to share these moments with each other. We are thankful for this community which shows us how varied our world is. Peace be with you. 1. Statement from our Club President about AI images. We've noticed th…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. Bulletin from our club president. On 7 October 2023 we were presented with a claim for monetary damages from a well-established and reputable German-headquartered company that specializes in obtaining compensation from intellectual property theft (e.g. copyright infringements) because of the actions of an ipernity member. He is now a past member because his account was promptly deleted along with the image that had been uploaded without the photog…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. Revised Landing Page. The selection of images for the Landing Page has been made, and the software update implemented, see Explore . You will note that the image changes each time the page is refreshed. This is on a random basis, so you might get the same image twice, but most of the time it will be different. We hope that this refresh, suggested by our membership, helps new members engage with the text and our website, and that our current me…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. World Photography Day - August 19th, 2023. What a great success! For this year's event 70 people captured their photographic day and interests literally from all over the world. From favorite cameras, to the depths of the night sky, from well planned out images to spontanious discoveries, our members celebrated the gift of photography. View all the wonderful contributions in the group here and join in the conversations about why and how th…

World Photography Day is an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography. This year our club’s World Photography Day group will honor the day by accepting photographs taken on Saturday, August 19th, 2023. Each photographer may submit one photo (for 2023 a second photo will be allowed if placed in the description of your first photo). Submissions will be accepted through the end of August to allow time for editing, processing, and uploading. S…