Thanks Mithilesh ji Please decide the Month at your convenience and let me know so that I can lock it.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Mithilesh K. Pathak <mithiles...@gmail.com>wrote: > Excellent move sir. > Hope it will take up Araliaceae very soon. > regards > Mithilesh > > On Oct 18, 1:10 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear members > > Balkar ji started a focus on members of members of family Convolvulaceae. > > This was followed up by a weekend focus on Cucurbits, which gave us a > good > > insight into the diversity within the group. After discussion within the > > moderator group it has been decided to observe a monthly week, in the > first > > week of every month starting with Monday (on whatever date it comes) and > > ending with Sunday, when we will discuss a particular group, even the > > species already in the database and and members will upload their > > photographs of identified as well as unidentified plants of that group. > > Considering the diversity and size of various taxa, the focus group can > be a > > Family, a group of families, a genus, or a subgroup within the family > having > > at least 100 species reported from India, but not more than 500, so that > the > > group can be covered adequately. > > It has been decided to have the November week (starting with First > > November, which incidentally falls on Monday) focus on Apocynaceae > > (including Asclepiadaceae). Dr. Balkar Singh ji will be the coordinator > for > > this episode. December week will focus Grasses (the group inspite of > being > > very large, is given episode in light of the fact that very few members > are > > generally well versed with grasses) to be coordinated by Dr. Ritesh Kumar > > Chouodhary ji, January, 2011 week will focus Vegetables and Fruits, to be > > coordinated by Dinesh Valke ji. > > Members are requested give their suggestions regarding future > episodes, > > and volunteer to coordinate the group of their choice. > > > > I request maximum participation by members in these episodes, and can > > collect and save photographs of relevant groups for discussion during the > > week. > > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
