Thanks, Ashutosh ji -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Wed, 6 Jan, 2021, 5:07 pm Ashutosh Sharma, <[email protected]> wrote: > Respected Garg sir, > > Despite Covid crisis 2020 and a challenging year 2020 involving issues > with googlesite still i am happy to see that 2020 ended on good notes > especially best part is having our own independent website. All thanks to > your tireless efforts along with support from other moderators especially > Dinesh sir, Saroj Kasaju ji and Paradesi ji ... > About Instagram account we are almost to reach 500 followers which is near > good number (in less than half year) however we could have reached more if > i would be able to post on regular basis. > I was less active for past few months mainly in getting my masters program > admission and was busy with couple of papers. Finally after long time > situation is much better now and i will start reposting to group by this > weekend... > > With best regards. Ashutosh > > On Tue 5 Jan, 2021, 16:34 J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. 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