Happy New Year Garg ji and all members Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Smita <[email protected]> wrote: > Happy New Year :) > > > On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 1:33:46 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg 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 efifamily 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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