Dear members

We would like to invite you to our annual members meeting. The meeting will held online on

Wednesday January 27, 2010 from 9pm UTC to 11pm UTC

You can find a full list of times across the world at http://bit.ly/5lf8uL to get the corresponding time for your time zone.

On the agenda for this meeting are the following topics:

• Introduction of the members of the board of directors and officers
• Update on progress and open tasks
• Presentation of financial report 2009 and budget 2010

We are pleased and excited to announce "Tucson 2010" - The International Panoramic Photography Conference.

It will be held in Tucson, Arizona, April 14-18, 2010, presented jointly by the IVRPA and the IAPP (International VR Photography Association and International Association of Panoramic Photographers).

We hope to make this the best and biggest conference ever, bringing together everyone interested in any form of panoramic photography.

A personal statement by Jan van der Woning, IVRPA President

So at the end of the year it is good to look back at the achievements accomplished and what still needs to be done in the next year. This Board of Directors (BoD) had given itself a mission to professionalize the IVRPA. Therefore a few tasks had to be done. One of them was to amend the Bylaws, as it was not able for the association to live according to them. This was finalized in November and they can be found on the website. (http://ivrpa.org/about/ivrpa-bylaws)

Today the IVRPA turns 11, still young, so much to do, so many dreams to make real!

The IVRPA was founded originally as the IQTVRA, the International QuickTimeVR Association. The association was incorporated in the state of California on December 7th, 1998. In December 2004, the association changed their name to IVRPA to reflect our broadening technological field of immersive interactive imaging.

Though still very young, we are more than ever committed to promote and support the uses of image based VR and related technologies worldwide through education.

Dear IVRPA members,

In this newsletter we want to inform you about 4 topics:

1. Conclusion of the IAPP-IVRPA joint meeting in Albuquerque, USA.
2. Looking back at 2009 progress.
3. 2010 IVRPA Events.
4. Elections for the 2010 Board of Directors.

In order to perform overdue maintenance and upgrade work to the main IVRPA site, it will be put in a "read-only" state for a couple of days, starting monday october 26 around 9:00 CET. During this period, users will not be able to log in and/or post to the website, edit their profile, etc.

The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is over, but you can see some of the activity already on display at our coverage website:

http://conference09.ivrpa.org/

This website is open to all IVRPA members present in Albuquerque, so be sure to post some content too.
To post content just use the "Post on This Site" link or click here: http://conference09.ivrpa.org/node/add

Post still images, stories or VR content that you shot while in ABQ.

Panoramic greetings from Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. The meeting of IAPP (International Association of Panoramic Photographers) and IVRPA (International VR Photography Association) is just about to start.

If you could not make it to Albuquerque, you can follow our live coverage with interactive VR panoramas at http://conference09.ivrpa.org

Only 5 days left before the IAPP/IVRPA Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque! After months of planning we will gather for the Panoramic Event of 2009.

A few spots have opened up due to unfortunate and unexpected cancellations. If you would like to attend, please go directly to the IAPP web store and sign up immediately.

There will be NO registrations at the event.

The 2009 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Photo Safari is SOLD OUT.

We are happy that many IVRPA members are joining us for 5 days of running around between shooting hot air balloons at 4:00am in the morning, watching the talks at Plaza Inn Hotel conference room during the day and socialize during the scheduled nightly events!

The speaker list will be announced soon, and many IVRPA members will be featured speakers showing that indeed the IVRPA is alive and kicking, we thank those who offered to be speakers in this event noting that this is a volunteer action that we appreciate.