Welcome to the OptiBoard Community Newsletter for June 2003!

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Today's Date is: 06-09-2003. This newsletter covers activity activity since 05-01-2003.
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OPTIBOARD FEATURED MEMBER OF THE MONTH
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This month's featured member is:

paw

According to our Moderators, paw "has taken some heat in many discussions but she still hangs in there and tries to contribute. She isn't afraid to give us a walk in the other person's shoes even if it isn't the most popular or majority viewpoint at the moment." Also "she's not afraid to stand up for what she thinks is right, and when she doesn't know the answer to something she's not afraid to say so, rather than bluff her way through."

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


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HOT TOPICS
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Threads posted most recently:

Title: "toric fitting question" (posted 06-09-2003 by Zeli)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7406

Title: "Small Skills Test" (posted 06-08-2003 by chip anderson)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7405

Title: "Rumors ??" (posted 06-07-2003 by Jim Stone)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7404

Title: "Produck Review Request" (posted 06-07-2003 by Jim Stone)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7403

Title: "For sale: Antique ophthalmic equipment" (posted 06-07-2003 by dangshin)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7402

Title: "Check Yearly, See Clearly?" (posted 06-06-2003 by TammyD)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7398

Title: "FS Lens Groover/Tint Unit/Lensometer" (posted 06-06-2003 by BGoldstein)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7397

Title: "To cork or not to cork" (posted 06-05-2003 by jediron)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7396

Title: "Help! Relocating to San Francisco!" (posted 06-05-2003 by SallySimpson)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7395

Title: "Gerber Coburn Promotes Clement Patry To Executive Director of Sales" (posted 06-05-2003 by Newsroom)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7394


Threads with the most replies:

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: "Wisdom To Start The Day,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,," (posted 11-07-2002 by Chris Ryser)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=5855

Title: "MD and OD" (posted 04-29-2003 by jediron)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7145

Title: "Should Opticians Refract - The Poll" (posted 06-08-2001 by Pete Hanlin)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=2204

Title: "Wm" (posted 05-23-2003 by jediron)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7314

Title: "Optometric Physicians" (posted 03-05-2003 by Homer)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=6720

Title: "What do we hope to accomplish?" (posted 05-12-2003 by chip anderson)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7238

Title: "Exam / Refraction" (posted 03-12-2003 by Homer)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=6792

Title: "Are you a Hooker?" (posted 05-31-2003 by Steve Machol)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7356


Threads with the most views:

Title: "Essilor & Trivex" (posted 03-31-2003 by Mikol)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=6970

Title: "I hate corporate optical" (posted 04-18-2003 by Hansel)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7075

Title: "FDA'a latest bulletin" (posted 02-11-2003 by Chris Ryser)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=6496

Title: "Test Forum" (posted 05-06-2001 by Steve Machol)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=1897

Title: "Ohio Opticans License Under Attack !!" (posted 04-16-2003 by Johns)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7058

Title: "Wages" (posted 03-31-2003 by vinmcmahon)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=6965

Title: "Review: Kappa Edger from Gerber Coburn" (posted 02-24-2003 by Sean)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=6636

Title: "Are Progressives Truly Different or Just Great Marketing?" (posted 05-29-2003 by Lee Prewitt)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7352

Title: "Rewetting drops maybe a waste of your money!" (posted 03-05-2003 by dyip)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=6723

Title: "Shamir PAL?" (posted 05-12-2003 by aaron)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=7232


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OPTIBOARD STATISTICS
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We had the following activity in May:

o New members: 78 (2,330 current total*)
o New message threads: 202 (7,124 current total)
o New posts: 1,424 (54,726 current total)
o Total hits: 815,800
o Total unique visits: 12,023
o Total Kb downloaded in May: 2,275,842 KiloBytes 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