Dear members, It gives me great pleasure to say that eFI has completed 7 years on 17/6/14. >From its humble beginning we are reaching one milestone after another in this uncharted territory. Efi site <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> has really become 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. & it appeared in top 10 searches for thousands of species in India search.
This year was particularly the most important with addition of most of the species found in India on genera pages, which we expect to complete by 31.12.14. In this 7th year we have been able to expand our website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> with more than 9500 species, as we shared our valuable time & energy for our passion & thus bringing Indian Flora closer to the masses & demystifying it. Today we have more than 2350 members (compared to 2100 till the end of 6th year) with great many experts & more than 191000 (compared to 157000 till the end of 6th year) messages. Thanks for The Pillars <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>, Moderators <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>, Major contributors <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors> & all others for this great work. I hope we continue our good work in coming years to remain as the foremost forum & website for discussion & documentation of Indian Flora. -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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 <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. 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/d/optout.
