Simply great Garg ji On Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 2:04:26 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> 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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