One of the membership benefits for ODA Members is access to the online Troubleshooting Forum in the members hub.
The forum is designed to help members find solutions for tricky dispensing cases or to brainstorm their thought processes with a like-minded community of fellow optical dispensers. The forum is essentially a safe space to network, ask tricky questions, share problems, add case studies & open discussions about all things optical dispensing.
With this in mind though, we know it’s not always convenient to log into your ODA account to ask questions on our website… so we have taken it a step further and created a WhatsApp Community where ODA Members can join the ODA Troubleshooting Forum and engage on the run.
WhatsApp Communities is a new feature for WhatsApp that allows members to join the community group then choose which individual chat groups to join and engage in within the community.
Anyone can join the Optical Dispensers Australia (ODA) Members Community WhatsApp Group Here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GrK6B8RWdEeB2UnACLRkTo
Once you have joined the community, then simply request to join the chat group(s) of your choosing. These are found listed under the community info.
There are currently 3 groups to choose from:
ODA Troubleshooting Forum (Open to all ODA Members. Membership will be confirmed before the request is approved. If your name is not visible to the Admins, you may receive a private message asking to confirm your details.)
ODA 2025 Conference Delegates (Open to anyone attending the 2025 ODA International Conference in Sydney regardless of membership status. This is a place to connect with other delegates and get important updates about the event.)
ODA Student Members Chat (Open to all ODA Student Members to connect with others studying the Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing. Membership will be confirmed before the request is approved.)
Important community announcements and news from ODA will be shared across all groups, so no one will miss out.
We look forward to seeing you in the ODA Members Community WhatsApp Groups!
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