In addition, Instagram page <https://efloraofindia.com/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/about-efi-website/instagram> was set by Ashutosh ji which was a big achievement in 2020.
On Tue, 5 Jan 2021 at 16:10, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear members, > Along with normal discussions, the year started with bang with efloraofindia > being appreciated in an open forum by a top world renowned > Taxonomist Taxonomist in an International Conference in Kolkata > <https://efloraofindia.com/2020/02/05/mention/>. And with efloraofindia > presentation in International Symposium on Plant taxonomy & Ethnobotany > 2020-BSI, Kolkata > <https://efloraofindia.com/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/about-efi-website/efi-presentation> > by > Nidhan Singh ji. > > Saroj Kasaju set a blazing trail with innumerable high resolution postings > along with taking up systematic look at our unidentified posts in > efloraofindia site. He achieved a landmark of 20,000 messages > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/LYyBJgcl6Bk> (with > a total of 8338 messages in 2020), only just a way behind Gurcharan Singh > ji. Paradesi ji was the one who gave company to Saroj ji in identifying > posted plants quickly in the group. Pl. see Sh. Pardesi > Anjineyulu- Genius on efloraofindia > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/Okjwpfc1bx4>. Gurcharan > Singh ji, Pitamah of efloraofindia > <https://efloraofindia.com/2014/11/14/pitamah-of-efloraofin-dia/>, joined > our activities after a long hiatus, giving it a big boost. He along with D > S Rawat ji > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/edhGys6a0A8> > compiled a list of species for many families, which were included in the > site. Aarti ji, Mahadeswara ji, Bala ji, Dinesh ji, Bijaya ji, Pankaj ji, > Alka ji, Nidhan ji, Suhaib ji, Anil ji and others > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/xdkJFFLW_Pw/m/AlMYUXsNBwAJ> > continued their activity of posting plants and trying to identify them, in > a major way. Our activities and output was not diminished even by the onset > of Covid-19 in 2020. > > efloraofiindia turned 13 > <https://efloraofindia.com/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/about-efi-website/efloraofindia-turns-13> > and while efloraofindia site completed 10 years > <https://efloraofindia.com/2020/12/09/efloraofindia-website-completes-10-years/>, > which were the occasions of showcasing our achievements. > > More than 2,80,000 images were displayed on almost all discussion threads > in efloraofindia site. 238 families were completed with comparative images > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/M_mm4SFJzTs>, even > as a shock came in August from Google of disbanding Classic google sites by > 31.10.21. > > Google groups were also changed from Classic to New. This led to numerous > problems not only for some members, but for all of us. Numerous messages > were shown as deleted and not many messages came to the group itself. After > four- five months of struggle, things finally settled. > > After a lot of discussions with moderators, we came out with a > specification for our new site and with God's grace we finally managed to > migrate our contents and get our new efloraofindia.com site > <https://efloraofindia.com/> on 3rd of Dec'2020, with minimum possible > damages <https://efloraofindia.com/2020/12/04/eflora-of-india-new-site/>. > Restoration, > in particular to formatting > <https://efloraofindia.com/2020/12/19/our-new-https-efloraofindia-com-site-is-ready-now/>, > has been started and it may take a few years. > > Dinesh Valke ji, one of our main contributors, also faced similar hurdles > with his Google classic site- Names of Plants in India > <https://efloraofindia.com/2012/05/08/names-of-plants-in-india/> and > finally decided to move on with migration to his Blogger site > <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2020/08/names-of-plants-in-india_11.html> > . > > Thanks to all the Experts, Moderators and members, for their valuable > contributions and continued support. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBZZ%2BZP_HwxY3wuRo33%2BUXQVKorfoFDGtt64YJ8OaqxJA%40mail.gmail.com.
