Dear members, Year 2014 was a great year for efloraofindia. Pl. see Efloraofindia wishes you a very happy new year 2015 <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/Z8ye8Lmapzk> for some very important details, which I am trying not to repeat here.
A few more milestones achieved, as we see it, are given below: 1. Efloraofindia 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 more than 250 members taking membership to more than 2450 members <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!aboutgroup/indiantreepix> & number of messages went up from 1,01,000 on 1.1.12, to 1,42,000 on 1.1.13, to 1,78,000 on 31.12.13, to 2,11,500 on 31.12.14 showing stability in the number of postings but with better inputs from experts & members. Messages reached to more than 3,800 in the month of Aug.'14 & Dec.'14. 3. Quality of discussions, photographs, postings & identifications improved a lot. 4. Interactions were better managed & cordial with the help of Itpmods e-group. 5. Family weeks/ fortnights <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/monthly-family-weeks/2014> organised by Singh ji were a great draw contributing substantially to the database & Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/crAjMT1v3io> & Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/U4Lcex_hPb8> episodes were the best. Kudos to Manudev ji, Pascal ji, Prabhu ji, Henderson ji, Sabu ji, Singh ji, Ushadi, Santhan ji & Tapas ji. Our special thanks to R. Archer ji, B. Roy ji, Sukla ji, Santosh ji, Navendu ji, Panda ji, Ritesh ji, Shahina ji, Gajurel ji, Robi ji, Vijayasankar ji among others for other family episodes. Satish ji did a great job by compiling species posted in the family fortnights & with his blog on The Picture of the Year <http://indiantreepix.blogspot.in/>. 6. Singh ji, Vijayasankar ji, Nidhan ji, Santhan ji, Rawat ji, Surajit ji, Santhosh ji, Ushadi, Kishan ji among others continued to guide us with maximum number of identifications among others, along with Subject Experts <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/subject-experts>. Dinesh ji continued to mesmerise us with his presentation skills & compilation of vernacular names with their etymology. Aarti ji & Alka ji remained the leading poster along with Anurag ji, Santhan ji, Singh ji, Prashant ji, Nidhan ji, Surajit ji, Sourav ji, Karuna ji, Rawat ji, Bimal ji among others. 7. Around Additional 1,300 new species added, taking the total to more than 10,300 species <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/about-efi-website/updation/upto-30th-sept-14> on Efi site <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home>. 8. Most interactive Person 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. Anurag ji <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!profile/indiantreepix/APn2wQe25PUY9_Cg-LQKDe_KspmCmd9QIrO2YkJWzjcD1H33zAHl-X5HSKnTpvfb8aNavZ2NWw7v> (Banglore) was The most promising face of 2014 <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/NjL2KFJvKLY> with more than 1000 messages, while Santhan <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!profile/indiantreepix/APn2wQdy9dmIuiRst_asAecAEGu5AoiuYQ7hlJ20bG8BWRGNSFQTNvxO1Qc30qFuPNUwtUwoiUaE> ji (Banglore), Ashwini Bhatia <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!profile/indiantreepix/APn2wQc9SO-3PkYc2ayqVY62o2Hper_3lxL8nLSC1iSHfwbbvaUUq42X6a4qQgJAtDUBtrt_TMi5> ji (H.P.), Anil Thakur <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!profile/indiantreepix/APn2wQd-PYnHiFVzUBZnbE9wSBrsrV5xFQfOTH5kGTfqHHXdLxaTDP69Z4HU4i34aq5UQMJyfQlf> ji (H.P.), Dr. N. S. Chauhan <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!profile/indiantreepix/APn2wQe6ex-0QCPII4GtP9kSsOiLzAr_jHsrMRihys3hyPyGa7VhlugECJRVMow_8id8mhAm58pL> (H.P.), Prof. Abid Munshi <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!profile/indiantreepix/APn2wQc_3tPQyoQFF8Itove4UkAzCfTmH1V_2TiZHKHdYAaUphroepVbfa4ajZtKFhGCv7LhLhhO> (H.P.), Sh. Sourav Mahmud <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!profile/indiantreepix/APn2wQeSidBRe0ZEIrnT6QyEIbL3_CFN42Xw0PShVK3RUIjLddpL2TkKlHLAn1mUrxy2ulBQP69B> (Bangladesh) & Sh. M. Sawmliana <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!profile/indiantreepix/APn2wQcVv6oHlDToF1Lw7hp4HkFJvpGyRotZXExw6eBo0sUHzgMfTLnsR2oNEKAATrLBCACQLpUN> (Mizoram) were other new faces who mesmerised us with their postings & help in the identifications. All credit goes to the The Pillars <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>, Subject Experts <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/subject-experts>, Moderators <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>, Major contributors <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors> & other members. Wish to hear more from our members. I also wish all members of efi family a very-very happy new year 2015. -- 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- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 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.
