[News] Apnea Board News 2023 email copy

[SuperSleeper]

I forgot about it, but I had promised to post a copy of our Apnea Board News yearly email here on the forum as well.  I'll post it here for those who missed it, but I'll keep this thread closed to new replies.  One thing of note-- the newsletter mentions OSCAR 1.5.0, but since this was sent, the OSCAR team has released OSCAR 1.5.1.

Anyway, except for a couple of edits, here's basically what was sent out:

APNEA BOARD NEWS - 2023

https://www.ApneaBoard.com

Hello !

Apnea Board is the world's largest and most helpful CPAP and Sleep Apnea forum.  We support "patient-empowerment" (the belief that you are best served when you take an active role in your own CPAP therapy).  We've been online for over 19 years!

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP:  In July of this year, we reached a forum milestone-- over 100,000 registered members who have made over 475,000 posts on our forums!  Last month, we had visitors from 125 countries.

2023 FUND-RAISING EVENT:  We're having our yearly fund-raising event over the next several days.  If you can help, please consider donating to the cause.  To participate, go here:
https://www.apneaboard.com/donate.htm

GREAT NEWS! - OSCAR Version 1.5.0 has been released:  OSCAR is PC-software used for reviewing and exploring data produced by CPAP machines.  It's available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook and RasPiOS systems.  This release includes improvements, additional support for some machines, and several fixes.  You can download the new version of OSCAR here:
https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/

SSL ENCRYPTION NOW SITE-WIDE:  After a long and frustrating period of working out some complex forum software issues, we're pleased that Apnea Board is (finally) running under ultra-secure SSL (HTTPS) encryption with an "A" rating from SSL Labs!  The new encryption is seamless, site-wide and includes our file-hosting site at SleepFiles.com - Read more here:
https://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Thread...encryption

AGE REQUIREMENT:  For safety and legal reasons, our Advisory Members thought it best this past month to add a "minimum age requirement" for forum membership.  You can read more about that here:
https://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Thread...of-members

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:  Whether good or bad, technology does move forward, sometimes at an amazingly rapid (and scary) rate!   To deal with the changing world of Artificial Intelligence (AI), we've revised our forum policy regarding the use of AI on the forums, which you can read about here:
https://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Thread...ligence-AI

PHILIPS RECALL:  In case you missed it, there's an ongoing recall on several Philips-Respironics DreamStation and System One machines.  Read more on that here:
https://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Thread...-ONE-USERS

THE APNEA BOARD WIKI:  Please be sure to check out the Apnea Board Wiki, as we have several updates and many new articles on a variety of sleep-related subjects:
https://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/

CLINICIAN MANUALS: To get the free Setup Manual for your CPAP machine, go here:
https://www.apneaboard.com/adjust-cpap-p...tup-manual

The OSCAR Help Files are indexed here:
https://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php/OSCAR_Help

QUESTIONS ABOUT USING OSCAR OR OTHER CPAP SOFTWARE?  Our Software Support Forum is a great place to ask questions:
https://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Forum-...port-Forum

FORUM ACCOUNT HELP:  We have a dedicated private forum for registered members of Apnea Board.  It's called "Forum Account Help" and it's for you to seek help regarding how to use your forum user account.   Once you've logged into your forum account, you can see this helpful area here:
https://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Forum-...count-Help

FORUM MEMBERSHIP LEVELS:  On Apnea Board, we have different "levels" of membership.  You'll progress higher in those levels based upon how long you've been a member and how often you participate in various forum threads.  For more information about how that works, log into your forum account, then go here:
https://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Thread...-explained

PRIVATE FILES & LINKS FORUM:   This is our "secret" members-only forum containing links and instructions on how to obtain several free CPAP software packages and other important files.  You'll see the link to this forum (in the "Private Area") once you log into your forum account.

USING THE "REPLY WITH QUOTE" OPTION:  In order to make forum threads easier to read, we encourage members to utilize the regular "REPLY" button, rather than the "REPLY WITH QUOTE" button, unless there's an absolutely necessary reason for doing so.  Read more here:
https://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Thread...-T-HAVE-TO

With that, allow me to thank you for joining Apnea Board and if you're a long-term member, THANK YOU so much for sticking with us!  If you have any comments, suggestions, questions, or can send us a CPAP setup manual we don't currently have, we'd encourage you to email us at:  apneaboard@gmail.com

We don't send out emails much - usually once or twice per year.  If you'd like to unsubscribe to these infrequent emails, simply follow the directions at the bottom of this email.

Best Regards and may you sleep well!

SuperSleeper
Apnea Board Administrator
http://www.ApneaBoard.com





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APNEA BOARD INFORMATION:

Apnea Board was created in 2004 as an open, educational discussion forum devoted exclusively to Sleep Apnea patients.  We started Apnea Board because there seemed to be a lack of sleep apnea forums that were not influenced adversely in some way by commercial interests.  At that time, the main sleep apnea forums were run by companies that sold sleep apnea related products, and their forum operations were affected by disruptive commercialism or over-moderation.  We wanted a place for Sleep Apnea patients to meet that would not be affected by someone trying to "sell us something", so we made a promise to our members that Apnea Board operations will never be influenced by commercial interests.  Apnea Board exists so Sleep Apnea patients can help one another.


APNEA BOARD LINKS:

Donate to Apnea Board:
https://www.apneaboard.com/donate.htm

The Apnea Board Wiki:
https://www.ApneaBoard.com/wiki/

Apnea Board on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/apneaboard

Take the Daytime Sleepiness Test:
https://www.ApneaBoard.com/quiz.htm

Glossary of Sleep Disorder Terms:
https://www.ApneaBoard.com/definitions.htm

Sleep Apnea Videos:
https://www.apneaboard.com/sleep-apnea-i...nea-videos

Apnea Board Forum:
https://www.apneaboard.com/forums

CPAP Identification Pictures:
https://www.ApneaBoard.com/cpap_pics.htm

How to Find Your Optimum CPAP pressure:
https://www.apneaboard.com/adjust-cpap-p...re-on-cpap

Benefit of Automatic CPAP Machines:
https://www.ApneaBoard.com/APAP.htm

Get the Clinician / Setup Manual for your CPAP here:
https://www.apneaboard.com/adjust-cpap-p...tup-manual

Recommended CPAP machines:
https://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.ph...ne_choices

OSCAR Help Files:
https://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php/OSCAR_Help