DEAR ALL:
Thank you, an active group is a good thing... but too big will become unwieldy... and may have to be segmented as in different sub-kingdoms of plants.. I personally would rather we stay as one... so slow growth ...will make us solid.. establish our own tree rings... and build on them... as in the slow growing tree is the strongest... too fast a growth and its only water... runs off with the slightest cut... WHAT I JUST SAID DOES NOT TAKE AWAY THE ACHIEVEMENTS GURCHARANJI JUST DESCRIBED>>>> and yes, the recent Malveceae week and your Chakrata trip and Kalatope and Chamba region series, and Valmiki and Symbiosis series have kept me hopping and learning... Congratulations to all.... Usha di ========== On Sep 27, 8:07 pm, Alok <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > 5000 mark is nothing.. (not that I was counting)..!! > > If this quality of identification, help and expertise becomes the > trademark of the forum.. I see no reason for the number of mails to be > continually increasing, especially as the guiding minds are as sharp > as they are here.. for me this forum is like a well for a parched > throat and indeed it is as satisfying and useful as one... > My congrats to all the members of this family ... > regards > Alok > > On Sep 27, 6:43 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear Members > > Truly a great effort, 5000 posts target in a month already achieved, and > > three days still to go > > > Some of you must be wondering why I chose Pankaj ji as first name. Well he > > was the motivation and force for achieving this target. Few months back it > > was he who gave us a target to achieve for this group top become a force to > > recon with. Thankfully we have achieved it largely through the efforts of > > Balkar ji who saw to it that gets achieved. > > Our Malvaceae week set the tone for making this a reality, with Dinesh > > ji, Prashant ji, Satish ji, and others coming up with uploads of high class > > photography and other members giving them a big support. > > The impetus for achieving this target was provided by our Chakrata trip. > > While I am still on with the processing of second day photographs, Balkar ji > > bombarded the forum with huge number of photographs, and virtually took all > > members on a tour to Chakrata. > > Perhaps this would not have been possible without aggressive > > participation this month by Giby ji, Bhagyshri ji and Ushadi who been making > > the threads interesting through her intelligent writings. > > But all this would not have been a reality without Garg ji who started > > this forum, has been tirelessly resurfacing the mails for identification, > > updating the website along with Dinesh ji and seeing that we don't lose > > harmony in the group. > > We should also thank Alok ji for uploading large number of photographs > > from Chamba region and Aarti ji for places all around. > > Congratulations also to our experts Manudev ji, Mayur ji, Mahadeswara > > ji, Vijayasankar ji, Ritesh ji, Amit ji, who see to it that threads get > > concluded as early as possible. Others whose names I have missed may excuse > > me. Other members may make up for that lapse. > > > Long live eFl > > > -- > > 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/
