Thanks, Santhan ji. Wonderful write up on 2014. Certainly a landmark year for efloraofindia. I will request members to share their views as to what were our achievements in 2014 in their own words.
On 24 December 2014 at 15:18, Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan < ponsant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Efloraofindia is one of top google groups and has made several land mark > achievements in 2014. It reached a mile stone of more than 2,00,000 > messages and 10,000 species > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/GGQFOKRlWbE> > and completed its seven year journey > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/UBRDRbqnnpA>. It > is now having more than 2500 members. > > > > Efloraofindia was awarded with prestigious Wipro-NFS Sparrow > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia> > Award. Dr. Gurucharan Singh was named as the Pitamah of efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/pitamah-of-efloraofin-dia>, > who also became the first member to post more than 20,000 messages. Dr > Pankaj Kumar & Sh. Dinesh Valke were selected as Best Flora photograph​ers > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/best-flora-photograph-ers> on > efloraofindia. > > > > It conducted family fortnights > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/monthly-family-weeks/2014> > every month on specific families to encourage members to post their > collections along with helping them in correct identifications. Araceae, > Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight conducted during August 2014 received > highest number of uploads from the members. > > > > Attempts have also been started during this year to update genera pages > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/HIBrovuLHe0> so as > to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with > details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It is expected > to be completed it by Dec.'2015 for most of the genera having more than > four species in India. Efforts are also being made to add information at > efi pages > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/an6aZN4T_BY> from > cc-by sources. > > > > Phytodiversity Journal > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/phytodiversity> has been > launched largely due to the concerted efforts of Dr. Balkar Singh and Dr. > Nidhan Singh, ably guided by a dedicated editorial team and advisory board > largely consisting of members of efloraofindia. > > > > Recently it has started incorporating scientific publications of scholars > & experts at its site so that they can find & share their publications with > each other for better research. > > > > The contributions of The Pillars > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>, > Subject Experts > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/subject-experts>, > Moderators > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>, Major > contributors > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors> and > other members who are giving selfless services are acknowledged with at > most gratitude. > > > > Efloraofindia group wishes a prosperous new year to the fellow members and > expert > > With best regards > > Dr. Santhan P > > Senior Botanist > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> 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). 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