Dear members, Efloraofindia e-group completed nine years on 17.6.16 (it has become such a routine that we always forget this day). When we look back we are always surprised not only as to how long we have come but also by how long we still need to go. We always think at any point of time that now our pending works will be completed in a year or two. But we still always find ourselves at the same point. In a nutshell, it is a never ending journey, where we always make efforts to excel with our humble human resources. We have never followed a prescribed path. Rather we have created our own path, as per our own requirements & as per our own resources, which possibly no one has ever thought of. Thus we are on a unique journey, the value of which time will certainly assess. As you already know, we are in the initial phase of a very big exercise of inserting images. I think already more than 20,000 unique images has been inserted and each image is used at multiple places. Members have come up in a big way to contribute to this noble cause. Identification through genera & family pages with comparative images (where ever available) has become quite easy even for a layman. We thank all for joining us at different times in this never ending path-breaking journey. -- With regards, J.M.Garg
'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. 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 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). 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. 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
