Year 2010- What it meant for Efloraofindia

J.M. Garg

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Dec 27, 2010, 1:00:17 AM12/27/10

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I state a few points as below:
1. Lot of experts joined- Kudos to their selfless service- Tanay ji, Ritesh ji, Rajdeo ji, Mahadeswara ji, Balkar ji, Mayur ji, Muthu ji, Mani ji etc. being some of them.

2. Membership increased from around 1120 members to around 1480 members.
3. I think more than 90% species posted got identified.
4. Every month around 150 new species (around 1800 new species) added to the Efloraofindia Database- Now we hve more than 4500 species.
5. Average messages per month increased from 1500 nos. to 2700 nos. (max. being 3717 in a month)
6. Though credit goes to lot of people for this excellent performance (including all the moderators)- Star of the year were Tanay ji, Pankaj ji, Singh ji, Dinesh ji, Ritesh ji & Vijayasankar ji- who infused new life in it & completely changed its dynamics.

7. Moderators increased from around 14 to 22 now.
8. Spams were negligible.

9. Name changed from Indiantreepix to Efloraofindia to reflect its importance.

10. It became the largest e-group in this field not only in India but also in the world.

Others may add their points/ views for every one's knowledge & information.

Pl. let us know how Efloraofindia has affected you in a positive way.
I wish another smashing year on Efloraofindia in 2011.
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With regards,
J.M.Garg (jmg...@gmail.com)
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 liberal licensing conditions attached with each image.

For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1475 members & 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 species on 30/11/10)

Padmini Raghavan

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Dec 27, 2010, 1:18:41 PM12/27/10

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Gargji,

We need to thank your daughter mainly for setting you on the road to starting this invaluable forum and databank for Plant-lovers everywhere.

Kudos to her and to you,

In appreciation,

Padmini Raghavan.

Pankaj Kumar

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Dec 27, 2010, 1:22:06 PM12/27/10

to Padmini Raghavan, J.M. Garg, efloraofindia

This is a new story for me, would love to know more about this part!!
Pankaj

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"TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!"

Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Research Associate
Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
Post Box # 18
Dehradun - 248001, India

Dinesh Valke

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Dec 27, 2010, 2:28:08 PM12/27/10

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... K U D O S to Garg ji and everyone in the group.
In 2011, looking forward for members from yet diverse fields to join us ... at the least, farmers and horticulturists !!

Regards.

J.M. Garg

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Dec 27, 2010, 11:40:46 PM12/27/10

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Hi, Pankaj ji,

Here is the link to the thread:

https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/5712df05fa1acfb2/5b57d9e9d2e9e61b?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=%27The+Monk+who+sold+his+Ferrari%27#5b57d9e9d2e9e61b

Balkar Arya

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Dec 28, 2010, 9:50:21 AM12/28/10

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Dear All

Congrats to all for this great Success

Tonns of Thanks to Garg ji for starting such a nice Group. Now even BSI/ZSI recognise our Groups Contribution

"for example, an excellent Indian attempt along these lines is the Google e-group- Indiantreepix, devoted to creating awareness, and helping in identification along with discussion on and documentation of Indian Flora. Here information is shared on a real time basis for the benefit of all stakeholders, minimizing delays and hastening information exchange. The group follows a multidisciplinary approach with membership from diverse background. Anyone interested is welcome to join this e-group http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en and post photos of a plant (along with place and date) for identification, discussion, and sharing. Every species discussed gets included in the Indiantreepix Database that currently covers more than 2100 species."

For full article pls see attached pdf

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

BSI ZSI TF - Final.pdf

tanay bose

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Dec 28, 2010, 10:00:48 AM12/28/10

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This is a great new for our group Balkar ji !!

Thanks to you for bring this to our notice

Kudos to all members of Eflora of India.

Tanay

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Tanay Bose

Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
3529-6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)

604-822-2019 (Lab)

ta...@interchange.ubc.ca

Usha Desai

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Dec 31, 2010, 5:39:51 AM12/31/10

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Gargji,moderators and all members
Congratulations for this phenomenal success in a short span of 3 years
The credit goes to all of you.Hats off to all of you.
You are doing a wonderful service to all plant lovers.
Congratulation again
.May the tribe of India treepix grow more and more
& you achieve more success
Wishing everyone a Happy 2011
Usha.

Yazdy Palia

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Jan 2, 2011, 8:55:07 AM1/2/11

to Usha Desai, tanay bose, Balkar Arya, J.M. Garg, Pankaj Kumar, Padmini Raghavan, efloraofindia

Garg ji, and all fellow members,
Congratulations to all fellowmembers. Wish you all "A Very Happy New year"
Regards
Yazdy.

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