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Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, leider stelle ich zunehmend fest, dass selbst sehr bekannte IP-user neuerdings selbst sehr schöne Fotos hier nur reinknallen, ohne Titel, Positionierung und Stichworte. Ich empfinde das als unter der Würde vieler Fotos in ihrer Schönheit und unter dem nötigen Respekt dem geneigten Betrachter gegenüber. Ich finde, wenn man hier ein Foto einstellt, dann sollte man dem Betrachter alle Möglichkeiten anbieten das Bild zu beurteilen und dazu gehören nun mal alle die a…

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 notice…

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 re…

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 world…

English ARTICLE VII – THE BOARD OF THE ASSOCIATION Section 1 – Composition and responsibilities of the Board: The Board of the Association consists of up to five members. To the extent permitted by law, they may deputise for each other. and reassign The responsibilities and duties described below may be reassigned by resolution of the Board at any time during the its term of office. Section 10 – Executive Assistants: Each member of the Board may nominate at his…

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…

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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…

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Dear club members, dear friends, In 2017, when I was asked by William Sutherland and Lutz Petersen to help save ipernity from shipwreck, I had just turned 65. I felt too young and energetic for a tranquil retirement. So I went for it, knowing well that it would be a challenging venture full of uncertainties because no one on the founding team was a qualified IT professional. But volunteering for a worthwhile non-profit project appealed to me, and as a passionate mountaineer I was used to hand…

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, 1) More than 70 ipernity members participated in our club's first annual Wo…

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, 1) We thank Google for stopping giving away storage space for free since June 1, 2021. This finally removes a major competition distortion. Never…

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, 1) Last Sunday, March 29, 2021, the Ipernity General Assembly 2021 took place. The previous Board of our Association was discharged for its activities in 2020. The p…

Version française : Veuillez faire défiler vers le bas ⬇️ Deutsche Version: Bitte nach unten scrollen ⬇️ [EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. Since we introduced the opportunity to pay membership fees for several years in advance at a discount, more than 300 members have made use of it. We thank them for their trust. The advance payments made it possible to conclude cost-saving 3-year rental contracts for the AWS servers. Because server pre-financing beyond this is neithe…

⏩ bisheriges Dokument (zum Versionsvergleich) Bedingungen der Mitgliedschaft 1. Name und Sitz des Vereins Vertragspartner ist die Ipernity Members Association (IMA), ein nicht-kommerzieller Verein französischen Rechts mit Sitz in der 16 Rue Marie Gausson, 94350 Villiers-sur-Marne, Frankreich, eingetragen bei der Sous-préfecture de Nogent-sur-Marne, 4 Avenue de Lattre de Tassigny Cedex, 94735 Nogent-sur-Marne, Frankreich, unter der Nr. W942006250. 2. M…

⏩ Version française ⏩ English version Liebe Mitglieder und Freunde von ipernity, ein turbulentes Jahr geht zu Ende. Im Alltag wurden wir mit Ereignissen konfrontiert, die am Jahresbeginn nicht ansatzweise vorstellbar waren. Und im Hinblick auf unsere Webseite begegneten uns ebenfalls einige kritische Herausforderungen. Im Frühjahr wurden wir von einer Unterbrechung der Verbindung zu PayPal überrascht. Die Ursache war, dass unsere Webseite veraltete Software verwendete,…