Dear Garg ji: we all suffer from the same problem... life gets filled with time consuming efforts and demands of family work study..etc..
I am not sure there needs to be a time frame when the database and hence the site will be ready etc... as far as I am concerned it took billions of years for this earth to develop, million or so for the homo sapiens to be fully functional and Goethe and NON_BOTANIST botanist who started organizing the hierarchy of plant forms and lived only about 200 years ... and started this phenomenon of botany study by lay people..( that's at least I think of as our heritage genetically and spiritually) so I am not sure if a year or two more to document the Indian flora makes that big a difference.. I did not say that ( ie do not rush, there is no hurry ) when Turmeric was patented in USA , we went tooth and nail... ours was one cog in the wheel that got it overturned... but in this instance.. patience and delay may be to our advantage... no need to co-own... I feel ownership only by being able to contribute whatever ((and most members I am sure feel the same.)) .. ... to this group forum... good design ideas and how to execute will come up... we need best keywords and best labels for the figures and write ups.. so that google or other search engine can find us... AND look into copyright law and intellectual property law since so many contributors are concerned... Even though I post my best pictures.. and best series...and I give my personal observations technical information etc and stories freely... I feel sometimes that copyright etc may be a concern for some photographer people and members here when they only post hazy pictures or just one picture... or when they dont want to answer my questions here about uses etc... and ethnobotany... I can cite you several examples where my questions have not been answered... sometimes even when I say "Please respond" .... se la vi... so my opinion is: let time trickle and shift things out.. IN THE MEANTIME I WISH YOU WILL GO OUT AND DO WHAT YOU LOVE BEST... ROAMING IN COUNTRYSIDE AND PHOTOGRAPHING ... that's how I came to know your name... from photos at wikipedia.... I honor all your efforts in starting and sustaining this organization, to document Indian flora... Spiritually, it seems to me that you are a Fifth ray type soul and hence your soul feels this need to establish this group and the website concretely .. as an organization that would outlast us and our next generation.... as a service to humanity... to establish it as a thing of beauty FAST... fast... And yet there is time... I guess I have said more than you perhaps want to hear... it so, sorry... But, be well and do what brings bliss, in words of Joseph Campbell.... Usha di ========= On Nov 27, 6:58 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Garg ji > We want to remain you as single owner of this group. We are ready to do our > bit as far a possible to lessen your burden. It is also important that you > enjoy your life, take photographs and fulfill your other obligations. > Please take it easy, things will settle down gradually. > > -- > 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/ > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Garg Ji, volunteers will come forward. Yes paucity of sufficient time > > is also there with some of us due to all biennial formalities of > > Semester System in Colleges and Universities. But after starting of > > exams we will be getting time to update atleast some of the families. > > I am preparing Convolvulaceae and Solanaceae and will be completing > > soon after completion of my work I will put the things on the site. We > > all are with you. I think there is no need of ownership sharing at > > all. > > Thanks > > with Best Regards > > Balkar Singh > > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Garg ji, > > > I insist you to enjoy your photography, photo- processing, postings & > > > identification, trekking. > > > Existing work is herculean; in due course of time, enthusiastic members > > are > > > sure to adopt pages of family / genus / species. > > > > Personally may choose some species to start with. > > > > Regards. > > > Dinesh > > > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 8:56 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Dear all, > > >> Due to lack of volunteers & paucity of sufficient time on my part > > for efi > > >> website work (I am not getting any time for my photography, photo- > > >> processing, postings & identification, trekking, management work of efi > > to > > >> develop it further etc.), I want to share the ownership of this site > > with > > >> those who can continue with the existing work being done & improve it > > >> further if they feel so. > > >> If there is anyone willing to take this work further, pl. let me know. > > >> -- > > >> 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 1740 members > > & > > >> 90,000 messages on 31/10/11) or Efloraofindia website: > > >>https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a species database > > >> of more than 6000 species). > > >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > > >> India'. > > > -- > > Regards > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964
