Salutes, Garg ji. Regards. Dinesh On Sunday, 1 May 2022 at 13:45:56 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:
> Dear members, > I am listing the points as suggested/ discussed among our Moderators. Pl. > come forward to take up a volunteer job as vacant below in some of the > serial nos.: > 1. *Print just one colour "efloraofindia" *on: 1) cap 2) waist pouch 3) > plain t-shirt. I feel a *T-shirt* would be a better option.* We require a > volunteer* who can organise this activity of liaising with some > vendors etc. for printing, dispatch and collection of money from willing > members and moderators. Prashant ji too liked the suggestion from Dinesh ji > to have a T-shirt designed for this occasion with the logo of our group. > During the virtual meet, we all can wear the same. It will look like a team > event. > > 2. Contribute a *writeup on "My journey with efloraofindia".* All such > writeups will be collected and published on efi site on a page and > circulated widely through social media by all our moderators and members. *I > have already started a new thread in this regard and response has been > excellent and ** "My journey with efloraofindia" & "S**tories of > efloraofindia" published so far are available at 'Story of efloraofindia > <https://efloraofindia.com/category/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/about-google-groups/celebrations-on-completion-of-15-years/story-of-efloraofindia/>'.* > > > 3. Can someone deliver some lecture somewhere on efloraofindia, in a place > or audience of their choice? Anil ji has suggested* 'An online lecture > about efloraofindia through FB efloraofindia page'. Anil ji will further > explore.* Myself, Nidhan ji and maybe some other members willing to give > a lecture over here. > > 4. We will confer some *title on anyone of the members, whom we feel has > contributed most* (but still not been conferred any title except for me). > Each of the moderators may confidentially send a mail to me and based on > max. no. of votes from the moderators, we can decide on the person.* I > will send a mail in this regard to all the moderators and collect their > opinions. *We will announce the name in the virtual meeting. > > 5. *Posters to be made as has been done in the past (It will be done by > Ritesh ji),* along with some short of write up for circulations in > different forums/ social media, for creating awareness. *One volunteer is > required for making the initial small draft* and subsequently it will be > circulated among moderators for further modifications. > > 6. Some members can take* exploratory treks etc. *to celebrate completion > of 15 year of efi and post their observations in the group, as has been > done in the past. *No inputs received so far. * > > 7. We can try to get hold of somebody who can publish a story on the 15th > year of completion. *I have got permission from one online website and > Pankaj ji has succeeded with another. *Anil ji has suggested 'News in > some leading newspapers about efloraofindia' and 'News about achievements > of efloraofindia in national news channels'. *Getting the story/ news in > Print media/ News channels is still required.* > > 8. We can do a small story on our own and share widely on social media. > Any of the moderators can do this on behalf of efloraofindia. We will > provide any assistance, if required by them. Anybody among us can do this > small story and we will all circulate it widely on social media. In fact, > anyone can write a story and we will publish ourselves on our site and then > subsequently it can be circulated in the social media. *I have > already started a new thread in this regard and response has been excellent > and stories published so far are available at 'Story of efloraofindia > <https://efloraofindia.com/category/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/about-google-groups/celebrations-on-completion-of-15-years/story-of-efloraofindia/>'* > (which may > be of a page or more). > > 9. a) We can have the 1st ever get together of all the moderators in *a > virtual meeting* (as once suggested by Pankaj ji)* on 12.6.22 (Sunday) > from 3 to 5 pm IST *for the moderators (Anil ji has suggested 'Virtual > meeting of all the moderators, pillars, experts and contributors'. I > personally feel that let us start with moderators first and see the > results). It may be structured with all joinees saying whatever they want > to say about them, about life, about efi etc. say for 5 minutes each and > others may ask any questions from him or her afterwards. > b) A virtual meet should be arranged, with 2-3 keynote talks, centred > around the journey and accomplishments of this forum. Members who wish to, > can share their experiences regarding eFI briefly. If it works well, we can > have it regularly as an annual summit of eFI. It may start this year as "*1st > Annual Summit of EfloraofIndia-Celebrating 15th Foundation Year*". The > awards or honours which have been decided, may be announced during the > same... If possible, we can invite any eminent Botanist to deliver a talk > of 10-15 minutes, mainly about eFI or similar flora around the globe... > *Nidhan > ji has volunteered to organise this, *preferably on Google Meet. Others > will help in whatever way possible. > > 10. We can also probably organize a photo contest for choosing the best > plant photos, maybe in different categories, award the winners based on > votes, and publish the winning photos on eFI webpage. This can be done > annually from now on. > To start with, we will shortly be having the *Best Flora Photograph > Contest, as suggested earlier, to celebrate 15 years* among our members. > A special page will be created and hosted on efloraofindia with the story > associated with the photograph. A jury will be appointed from among us to > select the 1st, 2nd and 3rd among these and will be hosted in efloraofindia > and circulated in social media. Balkar ji has agreed to select from these > entries for 'Wildlife and Nature Photography Exhibition' on 21-22 May 2022 > in Panipat and get them printed for the exhibition (to further give a boost > to the Best Flora Photograph Contest event).* I will start a new thread > in this regard and collect the entries from the members. **I have > already started a new thread in this regard and response has been excellent > and Photographs and stories behind these have been published so far, are > available at 'Best Flora Photograph > <https://efloraofindia.com/category/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/about-google-groups/celebrations-on-completion-of-15-years/best-flora-photograph/>'.* > > > 11. Recognize one most distinguished contributor with an *"efloraofindia > member of the year" *award or something like that, annually from now on. > We are always doing this as per details at Stars of the month > <https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/15/stars-of-the-month/>. However, *from > now onwards it will be published in the efi site on a separate page *and > widely circulated in Social media. > > 12. We can also recognize students and budding botanists by encouraging a > deserving member with an *"efloraofindia young explorer award"* or > something similar, each year. > *We will start this from the year 2022 itself. * > > 13. We can form a* eFI checklist *project team and work towards > publishing a checklist of Indian plants. Further feedback awaited. > > 14. Let us also give a title to one of our best outside experts (if they > agree). *I think the top most contributor is Manoj Chandran ji on > Poaceae. He can be given a title of 'Grassman of efloraofindia'. I am > seeking his consent*. > -- > 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]. 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