Rightly said Mr. Garg, Bhagbat Gita says : कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन । मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भुर्मा ते संगोऽस्त्वकर्मणि !
Still human nature expects some acknowledgements and interactions Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 9:08 am, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 08:52 > Subject: Re: [itpmods:13627] Could we think of restoring interactions on > efloraofindia? > To: itpmods <itpm...@googlegroups.com> > > > Thanks, Singh ji and others for your valuable inputs. > I think need of the hour is to change ourselves. I think following changes > in approach is required: > 1. *To be satisfied by posting (without expecting many thank you mails)* > with the promise that it will appear in our database and will be looked > into by hundreds of people all over the world over a period of time > (although again without thank you mails) and mistakes, if any, will be > noticed and rectified over a period of time (if not immediately). Today, > if any resource is more seen all over the world, it is efloraofindia (as > far as Indian resources are concerned). Thank you mails are a two way > sword. Although it may encourage the posting member, it may distract others > by making them see the same material again and again, every time thank you > mail is posted. > 2. *Post high resolution/ original images*,* for seeing minute details > like those (or better) seen in large resolution specimens*. This way > these valuable images will never be lost. Future publications all over the > world may like to rely more on efloraofindia, if such details are available > (may be without giving any credit directly to it, being a secondary > source). We have no issue as far as size is concerned except that it has to > be less than 8 Mb to be posted on the group. Saroj ji has already done a > great job in this regard. > 3. *To get more and more serious members (those who post complete > details) to post on the group*.* One way is to help with quick ids and > another is to make all out efforts so that difficult ids are finally nailed > even in a larger time frame. For this, any of the experts on the group may > help as and when he can spare time*. I have the feeling that actual > constructive output has never gone down, but in fact increased over a > period of time. This may be attributed to the fact that we now have a large > database with textual and photographic keys along with other details. > Thanks to the earlier contributions by hundreds of our valuable members. If > all the ids get settled in say seven days time, I may get more time to sort > out more and more genera every month in our site and make comparative > images with keys along with rectifying the wrong identifications (*This > job can also be taken up by any of the experts/ members*, but so far no > one has come forward except some efforts made by Chadwell ji in the past. > What any of the experts can do is look at all the species in a genus in our > site and point out mistakes, if any wrong identifications. This job has now > become easier as most of the images on our site are already displayed above > every thread). > > In this group, all the selfless contributions are duly recognised and kept > on record for posterity, for members to be more satisfied and they can > boast of such work in any forum. > > > On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 20:49, Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur < > anilthakur2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sir, I was busy with my other assignments. >> I'll surely start interacting again after 2-3 months. >> >> We always enjoy your posts whenever get time. >> >> Regards >> >> On Fri, 28 Feb, 2020, 7:58 PM Nidhan Singh, <nidhansingh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Gurcharan Sir, >>> >>> I agree with your views, that the interactions on this forum have >>> drastically declined, and it is Garg Ji who keep on interacting, despite >>> all the limitations.. >>> He is making best efforts to manage the huge data gathered in due course >>> of time, and certainly it is boosted by small number of new posts... but >>> this is nothing to feel pleased of..!! >>> Saroj Ji keep postings on, you have also restarted after a long gap, >>> Dinesh Ji too keep on posting every now and then.. many members, including >>> myself, have gone silent due to one or the other reasons...!! >>> I always wished for restoration of interactions, as you have desired, >>> but I remember that even in the most interactive phase, only few members >>> kept on interacting on regular basis..compared to the total number of >>> members..!! >>> As said by Tapas Ji, if any of the post remains unresponsive/unattended, >>> the poster certainly feels bad..and it must be avoided, if possible..!! >>> Having discussed the problem, I now wish that we come out with some >>> suggestions or decision about sharing of responsibilities...and for the >>> time being, we should accept this platform as it is, because it is not >>> openly interactive like facebook groups..who knows the technical >>> advancement offers some newer versions/options to make the deliberations >>> instantly publicised/appreciated.. >>> Being open has its disadvantages too.. >>> I personally see my inbox as frequently as I see facebook posts..though >>> I may not be able to respond as frequently as clicking the like button of >>> FB.. >>> All I know is, interacting on eFI is far better than any of the facebook >>> activities..Let us hope to resume the action....!! >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "ITPmods" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAE%3DTH0Du%3DWpMiHpzbZjeqkN8QP4Kb9m02k7gYkA7%2Brn0esS6rw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAE%3DTH0Du%3DWpMiHpzbZjeqkN8QP4Kb9m02k7gYkA7%2Brn0esS6rw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ITPmods" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAEWs%3DZkEoC%3D1hdKz5kUwsJrr%2BxtQ2BrUDFptAgi_MhYHb9vxCQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAEWs%3DZkEoC%3D1hdKz5kUwsJrr%2BxtQ2BrUDFptAgi_MhYHb9vxCQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than > 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than > 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFCMAVPuh0%2BT_HO9y-0TEfBdpvU3j_CrKWryPpnE9cC58A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFCMAVPuh0%2BT_HO9y-0TEfBdpvU3j_CrKWryPpnE9cC58A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Thank you. Saroj Kasaju -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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