Dear ALl: I agree with Gurcharanji... no gender groups for this final apical honor... ANd I agree with the prevailing sentiment that it be joint ... Dr Gurcharan Singh and Mr Garg... one without the other would be unthinkable...
that's how I feel.. And CONGRATULATIONS both ... Usha di ====== On Dec 30, 10:46 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Pankaj ji > I think you missed a point. We don't have separate nominations for men and > women. If the winner happens to be a man we call him eFl man of the > month/year. If it happens to be a women, we call her eFl woman of the > month/year. > > Let us if all agree select one man/woman among members (exclusing > moderators) and let us see whether it is man or woman. > > -- > 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 Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Based on suggestions which have come till now, I propose that for the > > present year (2011) when this title is being introduced, I will > > feel uncomfortable if we don't acknowledge and honour Garg ji's > > contribution. I think the suggestion given by Pankaj ji can be working > > solution for this year. From next year onwards we nominate eFl Man/Woman of > > the Year in the same way as we do every month: Person with maximum mails > > during the year. We will easily have record of this to decide. Let us have > > the same rule, once nominated not for next five years. This will have two > > advantages: Myself and Garg ji and some other leaders won't have pressure > > to reduce their participation to allow others to get nominated, and it will > > motivate other members for larger participation. We can again if all like > > have one nomination among Moderators and one among other members like we do > > for months. > > > Before this mail came I was to write to few prominent members of the > > group how to proceed about other nominations: > > > 1. *For Hero of the Week*, I think the person who gets maximum > > nominations during the year is automatic choice: We have Mr. Dinesh Valke > > as uncontested winner in this category with already three nominations in > > four months. This category I think is very important as we are nominating a > > person on the basis of number of uploads of photographs, not not just the > > number of mails. > > > 2. I am not sure how to proceed about *best* *photographs of the year *and > > * best set of photographs of the year,* because it will be too much to > > ask members to choose from all photographs uploaded during the year, > > although some of us may know who deserve it. Please suggest convenient way > > to do 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 Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I give my vote for Gurcharan Singh ji because of: > >> 1. He looked after day to day running of the group & provided great > >> leadership, as I dissociated myself due to efi website work. > >> 2. Introduced & implemented successfully new concepts like Family of the > >> Week, Best photographs of the month etc. > >> 3. Took over & successfully implemented efi man/ woman of the month. > >> 4. Possibly helped in identification of maximum number of posts. > >> 5. He also organised a few trips (Morni hill & Chakrata) & successfully > >> helped in identification & posting of these collections. > >> 6. Started adding easy descriptions & common names to his posts, which > >> resulted in efi website having descriptions & common names for these > >> species. > >> 7. Added Keys of many difficult genera on efi website > > >> Off course, he has been ably supported by other moderators, experts & > >> members in these endeavours. > > >> I am certainly missing a lot many, which others can point out. > > >> On 29 December 2011 16:19, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Dear members, > >>> Let everybody nominate his/ her 'Efi man/ woman of the year 2011' here > >>> with suitable reasons. > > >>> NB: My name not to be included as I am starting this thread & for many > >>> other reasons. > >>> -- > >>> 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 1760 members > >>> & 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) 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'. > > >> -- > >> 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 1760 members & > >> 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) 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'.
