Very happy new year Garg ji and to all friends. Fantastic highlights - best wishes for the new efloraofindia to reach newer heights. Regards. Dinesh
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:33 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear members, > Year 2013 was a great year for efloraofindia. > A few more milestones achieved, as we see it, are given below: > 1. Efi site <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> really > became a force to reckon with, in its new > format<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/combretaceae/terminalia/terminalia-bellirica> > , colour > scheme<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/colour-scheme-formatting> > , new genera > pages<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/Ubjh1TqbsoM> > , availability of > keys<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/19vRcGjOPKY>, > additional inf. from cc-by > sources<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/an6aZN4T_BY>, > use of efi in scientific > publications<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/819inw30Ng4>etc. > & appeared > in top 10 searches for thousands of species in India search. > 2. Added net 180 members taking membership to more than 2200 > members<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/8w_I-i-gEBo> > & number of messages went up from 1,01,000 on 1.1.12 to 1,42,000 1.1.13 > to 1,78,400 on 31.12.13 showing stability in the number of postings but > with better inputs from experts & members. Messages reached around 6,000 in > the > month of Oct'13. > 3. Quality of discussions, photographs & postings improved a lot. > 4. Interactions were better managed & cordial with the help of Itpmodse-group. > 5. Family weeks/ > fortnights<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/monthly-family-weeks/2013> > organised > by Singh ji were a great draw contributing substantially to the database > & > Orchidaceae<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/x1UvBoj3J_I>& > Euphorbiaceae<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/hbPdkoGXdVc> > episodes > were the best. Kudos to Pankaj ji, Tapas ji & Balakrishnan ji. Our > special thanks to Manoj Chandran ji, Santosh ji, Balkar ji, Wojciech jiamong > others. > Satish ji did a great job by compiling species posted in the family > fortnights. We are already booked for quite some time with experts for > family fortnights in > 2014<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/monthly-family-weeks/2014>. > Hope it's a new beginning for a good year. > 6. Vijayasankar ji & Singh ji continued to guide us with maximum number > of identifications among others like Rawat ji, Nidhan ji, Santhosh ji, > Shrikant ji, Radha ji, Neil ji, Prabhu ji etc. Dinesh ji mesmerised us > with his presentation skills & beautiful photography among others. I think > Singh ji remained the leading poster during family weeks/ > fortnights<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/monthly-family-weeks/2013>along > with > Aarti ji, Prashant ji, Dinesh ji, Nidhan ji among others. > 7. Additional 1,500 new species added, taking the total to more than > 9,000 > species<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/about-efi-website/updation/34>to > the > efi database on Efi site<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> > . > 8. eFI man of the Month & Star of the family > fortnight<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/monthly-famliy-weeks>continued > to give credit & encouragement to the members. > 9. Rawat ji & Alka ji were the star new comers of 2013 with around 1000 > messages each, while Surajit ji continued to mesmerise us with his numerous > intensive posts. > > All credit goes to the > Moderators<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>, > The > Pillars<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>& > other > major > contributors<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors> > . > > Wish to hear more from our members. I also wish all members of efi family > a very-very happy new year 2014. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki > /Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative > Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the > world): http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2200 > members & 1,76,000 messages on 30/11/13) or Efloraofindia website: https > ://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more > than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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