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Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Summary of the General Assembly of Members. We thank all of you who attended the online meeting. To summarise, the meeting went well, and the board for the coming year was elected. Of particular note is the exciting news that we now have a Vice President whose position will support promoting ipernity along with other tasks. We welcome Andreas Schindler Arlequin Photographie to the position and look forward to their support. That said, it…

Maybe you have already registered that some guys have cool photos which are showing other photos inside by using a note? If not: here are some possible examples (the photo which was used for this article has ten "Picture in Picture" notes and was about Hamburgs Criminal Justice Building ). You could find more of such examples in the group PiP ★ Picture in Picture . Note that you need a club membership to do this, as adding notes to photos is a club-only function.

My membership of Ipernity is now in its sixth year. I came to Ipernity at a time when the increasing commercialization of existing photo sites and/or communities was increasingly limiting my creativity. Trendy photos were highlighted, while the real treasures remained hidden. This is not surprising, the operators of these sites are profit-oriented, but they live from our work and our enthusiasm. They create a presentation space – but nothing more than that. I came to Ipernity, a real communit…

Agenda of the Ipernity General Assembly 2025 (IGA2025) Ordre du jour de l'Assemblée Générale d'Ipernity 2025 (IGA2025) Tagesordnung der Ipernity-Mitglieder-Generalversammlung 2025 (IGA2025)

Selon Yuval Noah Harari, l’IA pourrait provoquer une crise financière aux conséquences catastrophiques L’écrivain et philosophe Yuval Noah Harari a, à plusieurs reprises, soulevé les problèmes existentiels que pose l’IA. Il est d’ailleurs l’un des premiers signataires de la lettre ouverte de mars dernier “Pause Giant AI Experiments”. C’est lors d’une interview au Guardian qu’il a alerté récemment sur les menaces que l’IA fait peser sur le système économique mondial et leurs conséquences. L’…

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 Andreas Schindler - as Vice-President. New to the role, here you can read about Andreas Rob Stamp - as Webmaster. Current incumbent, standi…

Dear Full Club Members of ipernity, The IGA 2025 will take place on Sunday, March 23rd, 2025, 5 pm 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 requi…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Ipernity General Assembly (IGA). This year's annual meeting will take place on 23 March 2025 at 5:00pm Paris (16:00 UTC). Instructions on how to attend will be posted in a couple of weeks. Four board positions are up for election this year. President, Vice President, Webmaster and Moderator. If any club member who is interested in standing for any of these positions hasn't already contacted the team, please do so through ipermail or a help ticket…

The world’s largest community run online photo and art club Independant and commercial free Member owned and run Come and see .... “we respect the freedom of art” Who are we? • Photographers • Artists • Creators • From all over the world – over 100 countries “ipernity has been my home for more than 10 years. Here are human relationships that move beyond the anonymity of the virtual world” “A lively community of photo amateurs and artists” Exchange and organiz…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, We all wish you a happy new year, health, peace and much love by the ones you love. 1) Removing items from a group. For an administrator of a group checking the suitability of content added to it, they can use the red [x] under an image as required. But if they open the large, single image view for a clearer assessment, they would have had to return to the group contributions page for access to the [x] to remove it. Now the 'Action' menu f…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Is a group active? In order to support the current efforts by our members to improve the perception of groups, especially to visitors, a new feature has been added to assist them. On a group's homepage, the blue (?) icon beside 'Latest contributions' shows how long ago the most recent image was added to the group. Additionally, this is available via the [ i ] under each image. This is the date that a user agrees to a suggestion, or when a g…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Additional viewing size option. When viewing group contributions, the 'Small' option displayed the 100px images. Everywhere else, the display used the cropped 75px squares. Beside the existing icon for this option, now labeled 'Square', there is a new icon for the 100px option, labeled 'Small'. The view of group contributions gains the 'Square' option, which provides a larger overview of the content. The Explore->Gallery and Explore->Noteworthy d…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Seasons change. We hope as the seasons shift that you find yourself inspired by the light. Share some of that in one of our Days of the Week Groups. Here's a selection: Macro Mondays Happy Bench Monday Happy Tuesday Table Happy Wednesday Wall Happy-Flexy-Wednesday Orange Thursdays Happy Fence Friday Happy Chairy Saturday Saturday Self-Challenge Are there more? Let us know! 2) Where we…

An den Mond Füllest wieder Busch und Tal still mit Nebelglanz lösest endlich auch einmal meine Seele ganz Breitest über mein Gefild lindernd deinen Blick wie des Freundes Auge - mild über mein Geschick Jeden Nachklang fühlt mein Herz froh - un…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) World Photography Day. What a wonderful celebration we had! 73 members participated this year, breaking our previous record by 3. What amazingly varied days we all had. Starting with a gentle photo of an orange tree and ending with bright flower with insect and a collaborative stark mural on a large building. Take your time strolling through the special day in the World Photography Day group and enjoy not only the images which go…

World Photography Day is an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography. This is the 4th year that our club's World Photography Day group will honor the day and we will be accepting photographs taken on Monday, August 19th, 2024. Each photographer may submit one photo. Submissions will be accepted through the end of August to allow time for editing, processing, and uploading. See also: 2024 group rules Posting suggestions…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Improvement to the 'Your group' page. This improvement allows you to check on groups that host your content but to which you do not belong. As well as listing the groups, this new feature allows you direct access to your photos in each group. Such a state can happen if you chose to leave your content behind when you left the group. Or because the action of agreeing to a member's suggestion that you add a photo to a group, means it will be there…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Notes for new members. It was a task for the Moderator to send an ipermail to new members with useful information. This would inevitably not be at the instant of registration. It also required a decision on who to exclude as likely spammers. The text is now available in our 7 supported languages, as item 1.6 in the FAQ section. We view this as an overall improvement, while accepting the loss of the personal touch. This is mitigated by community bein…

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 paragraph below for more about refreshing. If that does not solve the problem, you can try closing and restarting your browser . We do not expect to be able to allow the apps (iPhone or Android) to upload photos. But this is possible with either the…

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…