Welcome to the OptiBoard Community Newsletter for January 2002!

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Today's Date is: 01-08-2002. This newsletter shows activity since 12-01-2001.
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OPTIBOARD FEATURED MEMBER OF THE MONTH
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This month's featured member is:

Don Lee

This member has recently become very active in a number of message threads throughout the forums. He has offered good input on a wide variety of subjects and has become one of the leading posters over the last month. Congratulations Don, and thanks being an important part of OptiBoard!

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LATEST THREADS
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Ten threads posted most recently:

Title: "Independent Reps" (posted 01-08-2002 by robertpaullipto)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3640

Title: "Twins" (posted 01-08-2002 by Night Train)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3639

Title: "What is Applied Cosmetic Dispensing?" (posted 01-07-2002 by Alan W)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3638

Title: "Optician Needed: Ft/pt S. Florida" (posted 01-07-2002 by eyedude)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3637

Title: "Optical Manager" (posted 01-07-2002 by halperneye)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3636

Title: "Opt. Assoc. of Ohio Annual Convention: March 2 and 3 2002" (posted 01-07-2002 by MVEYES)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3635

Title: "Continuing Education Speakers" (posted 01-07-2002 by MVEYES)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3634

Title: "Frame Reps & Buyers - What can we learn from each other?" (posted 01-07-2002 by rep)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3633

Title: "There's NO Crying in Football" (posted 01-06-2002 by Night Train)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3632

Title: "irlens" (posted 01-06-2002 by lee)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3631

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MOST REPLIES
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Top 10 threads with the most replies in December:

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

Title: "The OAA and Our Future" (posted 07-15-2001 by Jo)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=2468

Title: "So Steve, what type of music do you listen to?" (posted 07-14-2000 by Darris Chambless)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=1517

Title: "What are the best Sunglasses?" (posted 12-22-2001 by scottbrownCA)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3545

Title: "test" (posted 10-12-2001 by Sukij)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3109

Title: "Dropping CEC's for OD's" (posted 12-06-2001 by Homer)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3446

Title: "Age old .." (posted 11-26-2001 by sandeepgoodbole)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3373

Title: "What's your favourite British Christmas programme?" (posted 12-02-2001 by Maria)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3419

Title: "Defending Harry" (posted 12-10-2001 by Night Train)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3463

Title: "Measuring refractive index of a lens" (posted 10-07-2001 by haya)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3074

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MOST VIEWS
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Top 10 threads with the most views in December:

Title: "What is your favorite lens material?" (posted 08-31-2001 by Jo)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=2822

Title: "Oakley Consumer Alert" (posted 08-16-2001 by Jo)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=2704

Title: "ABO Credits online" (posted 09-01-2001 by Jo)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=2181

Title: "Is OptiBoard A Valuable Resource to You?" (posted 12-17-2001 by Jo)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3515

Title: "Politically Incorrect Poll" (posted 11-22-2001 by Maria)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3358

Title: "looking for a job" (posted 09-07-2001 by Jayant)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=2879

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

Title: "Practical Jokes" (posted 12-09-2001 by morinput)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3457

Title: "Alphabet Soup" (posted 12-26-2001 by Judy Canty)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3565

Title: "How do YOU sell eyewear?" (posted 12-23-2001 by Alan W)
o http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...&threadid=3548

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OPTIBOARD STATISTICS:
We have had the following activity in December
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o New members: 77 (1,385 current total)
o New threads: 178 (3,476 current total)
o New posts: 1,405 (25,248 current total)
o Total hits: 709,547
o Total visits: 9,561
o Total Kb downloaded in December: 1,305,431 Kb (or 1.305 gigabytes!)

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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