In addition, treks organised by our moderators & members like Rajesh Ji, Balkar ji etc. (Valley of Flowers), Gauri valley (Balkar ji, Shrikant ji & Nidhan ji), Chakrata (Balkar ji, Singh ji, Shrikant ji , Nidhan ji) & undertaken by individual members (Dinesh ji, Prashant ji, Satish ji etc.) particularly VOF & Kas need special mention as they heavily enriched efloraofindia & helped our members to interact with each other.
On 1 January 2013 12:05, jmgarg1 <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear members, > Year 2012 was a great year for efloraofindia. > > A few more milestones achieved, as we see it, are given below: > 1. Efi site <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> really > became a force to reckon with, in its new > format<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/combretaceae/terminalia/terminalia-bellirica>& > colour > scheme<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/colour-scheme-formatting>& > appeared in top 10 searches for hundreds of species. > 2. Added net 250 members taking total beyond 2000 > members<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/PA9ywpEg8bw>i.e. > to 2030 members & number of messages went up from 1,01,000 to 1,42,000 > (new addition of around 40% as of 1.1.12). Also crossed 5,000 > messages<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/o4rNXTQUixM>in > a month. > 3. Quality of discussions, photographs & postings improved a lot. > 4. Interactions were better managed & cordial with the help of Itpmods > e-group- thanks to the > moderators<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators> > , The > Pillars<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>& > other > major > contributors<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors> > . > 5. Family > weeks<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/monthly-family-weeks/2012>organised > by Singh ji were a great draw contributing substantially to the > database & Valley of Flowers episode was the best. > 6. Our e-group in its new 'Forum' > avatar<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/TsAVqz-530E>was > a great change after the initial struggle. > 7. Additional 1,500 new species added, taking the total to more than > 7,500 > species<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/pa_Qa2x5o7Q>, > to the efi database of Efi > site<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> > . > 8. efi person of the > Month<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/best-of-the-month/best-of-the-month/efl-man-women-of-the-month/nominations-201---efl-man-woman>& > Hero > of the family > week<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/monthly-famliy-weeks>continued > to give credit & encouragement to the members. > > Wish to hear more from our members. I also wish all members of efi family > a very-very happy new year. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 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 2030 members & > 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 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 2030 members & 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
