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{the FR & DE editions are further down the page, here : https://www.ipernity.com/blog/team/4707952 }

Dear members and friends of ipernity!

1) After a well-deserved summer break, the ima team is back and would like to thank all users who have enriched ipernity with pictures and other contributions during the summer and holiday weeks. In addition, we would also like to thank those who have internally maintained operations and were available to help with any disruptions or questions. We would also like to thank our IT service provider Qwellcode, who quickly repaired another unforeseen server failure outside of its working hours.

2) Tightened child protection rules were the reason that the ipernity android app was temporarily unavailable on Google Play. After we have carried out the measures required by Google with the help of Qwellcode, the app is now available for download again.

3) Tomorrow, September 1, 2018, is the first anniversary of the day on which the ima team took over the operational management of ipernity. Obviously not only we ourselves are satisfied with the result of the work done so far, but also many potential users. Since 2010 there have not been as many new club members as in the last 12 months - apart from the exceptional external special influences of FLICKR (2013/14) and PANORAMIO (2016).

4) In this context, we are very pleased with the response so far to the return offer. The additional contribution margin generated as a result already amounts to more than 800 EUR. The number of additional publicly accessible images and other contributions is over 90,000, and we are very confident that the milestones of 1,000 EUR and 100,000 images will be exceeded in the last four weeks of the offer which, we remind you, ends at the end of September: www.ipernity.com/doc/2396510/46911944. This action has already been a great success for the whole community. In October we will delete the worthless content in order to save your precious money for further necessary improvement projects.

5) Tomorrow the meteorological autumn begins. Other Frontpage pictures will appear to match. You can find the current autumn collection here: www.ipernity.com/doc/team/album/1064224. We thank all photographers who contributed to this. And we invite you all to prepare the winter collection with special eye-catching photos right now. For your suggestions there is the group: www.ipernity.com/group/2341904.

We wish you a golden autumn with lots of good photo light.

Your ima team