Welcome to the OptiBoard Community Newsletter for October 2002!

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Today's Date is: 10-08-2002. This newsletter covers activity activity since 09-01-2002.
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Last month we inaugurated a new forum on OptiBoard: United Optical Kingdom

This forum is dedicated to optics and eyecare professionals in the U.K. and Ireland. Because of the unique eyecare environment and the fastly growing number of members from that part of the world, we felt they deserved own corner on OptiBoard. You can reach the UOK forum here:

http://www.optiboard.com/forums/foru...?s=&forumid=41

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OPTIBOARD SPONSORED FORUMS!
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Do you realize that only two companies have the foresight and generosity to support OptiBoard and it's members by becoming sponsors? These fine companies are:

- Transitions, the developer of the most popular and advanced photochromic lenses in the world today, and
- Live Eyewear, the rapidly growing supplier of innovative and quality sunwear products.

Please show your support for OptiBoard and these sponsors by visiting these forums and learning more about the products and services offered by these fine companies.

o Smart Lens Technology by Transitions Optical
http://www.optiboard.com/forums/foru...?s=&forumid=28

o Sunwear Selling Solution by Live Eyewear
http://www.optiboard.com/forums/foru...?s=&forumid=29

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MODERATOR'S CORNER by John R
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Welcome to all new members. Now I have a question for you. Why did you register? The one main bonus you gain for this act is the ability to post to this board. Yet we see so many of you never do this.

Please do not feel frightned to press the "New Thread" or "Post reply" buttons they will not cause your computer to go up in smoke. This board thrives due to people like you asking questions and giving answers. Please never be afraid to jump into a thread with any comments, you may just have the answer someone was looking for.

It would also be nice if people could take a few minuites to fill in some of their details into the "user cp" this can help others to give the correct information. Your details are safe and you will recive no unwanted mails through filling in a few details.

Many thanks from the Mod team.

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OPTIBOARD FEATURED MEMBER OF THE MONTH
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This month's featured member is:

sarahr

Sarah joined OptiBoard in February 2002 and has become one of the more active membbers in recent months. According to the Moderators, Sarah always has something pleasant to say and has posted quite a few good optical topics in forums that deal with the business end of our world.

Congratulations sarahr, and thanks for being a valuable member of the OptiBoard Community!

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HOT TOPICS
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Title: "TIPS ON DISPENSING" (posted 05-31-2001 by harry a saake)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=1034

Title: "Strange Facts!" (posted 07-31-2002 by Sean)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5183

Title: "Let's Improve OptiBoard!" (posted 07-09-2002 by Steve Machol)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5026

Title: "knife edge" (posted 09-22-2002 by pete)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5535

Title: "Requirements for becoming eyecare providers in the UK" (posted 03-13-2002 by Jo)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=4206

Title: "OD Scope of Practice" (posted 08-28-2002 by Homer)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5376

Title: "panamic vs comfort" (posted 08-22-2002 by harry888)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5353

Title: "Eyewear Abuse" (posted 09-04-2001 by optigoddess)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=2578

Title: "Rx form question" (posted 05-05-2002 by sarahr)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=4597

Title: "Any Good Joke lately" (posted 02-27-2002 by MVEYES)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=4054

Title: "Which forums do you want to see added?" (posted 09-18-2002 by Steve Machol)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5509

Title: "The Transitions Challenge" (posted 03-10-2002 by Jo)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=4165

Title: "Welcome Fellow Brits" (posted 09-26-2002 by John R)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5560

Title: "fcuk daily" (posted 08-08-2002 by Adam Simmonds)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5231

Title: "Polycarb lenses" (posted 09-04-2002 by IIII4U)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5414

Title: "Ways to get in trouble without trying." (posted 08-29-2002 by chip anderson)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5385

Title: "Highest quality wholesale lab, regardless of cost???" (posted 09-22-2002 by icare)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5537

Title: "FTC Declaratory Ruling" (posted 08-24-2002 by Jo)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5357

Title: "Why try something new???" (posted 08-31-2002 by Jim G)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5392

Title: "Patients or Customers?" (posted 09-07-2002 by Adam Simmonds)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5434

Title: "salary comparison" (posted 09-04-2002 by eyegirl)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5409

Title: "Sola Teflon AR" (posted 03-14-2002 by Jo)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=4207

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OPTIBOARD STATISTICS
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We had the following activity in September:

o New members: 87 (1,808 current total*)
o New message threads: 190 (5,404 current total)
o New posts: 1,340 (41,121 current total)
o Total hits: 758,394
o Total unique visits: 10,319
o Total Kb downloaded in September: 2,047,359 Kb (or 2.0 gigabytes of information!)

* Some obsolete memberships were removed last month.

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Once again, thanks to all of you for your support and for helping make OptiBoard truly the 'Premier Online Community of Eyecare Professionals Worldwide!'

Steve Machol
OptiBoard Administrator
smachol@optiboard.com