Yes Garg ji And the encouraging fact is that several members have started contributing and that too in a big way, and the success rate of identifications has gone very high.
Expect much more with uploads from Prashant ji, and our uploads from Chakrata and Kashmir. -- 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 Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:56 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Singh ji & all members of efi. > On thinking back, I realise that the messages in this month are equal to > posts of the first 17 months of our inception. > This is but simply unbelievable. > First over four years' journey of efi is simply incredible. > As Pankaj ji says we are an institution now. > All our activities has to be more & more constructively utilised. > > > On 28 September 2011 17:32, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Ushadi Ji >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Ushadi micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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: 9810359089 >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1700 members & > 79,000 messages on 31/8/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of around 5500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >
