Category: Alerts
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Your Action Is Needed Now
This is an important call to action for anyone who cares about keeping nonprofit fundraising mail affordable. We all need to write brief letters to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) by September 18. We need to write in opposition to a stealth attempt by the Postal Service (USPS) to add another price increase on Nonprofit…
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USPS Files With PRC to Change Nonprofit Rates
On July 31, the Postal Service filed a request at the Postal Regulatory Commission to change the methodology by which nonprofit rates are set. It relates to the legal requirement that nonprofit marketing mail revenue per piece must equal, as closely as practicable, 60 percent of commercial mail’s. Since the postal law change of 2006…
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USPS Files Notice with PRC on MOVE UPDATE
On Friday, July 1, 2017, the USPS filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission proposing new fees for non-compliance with Move Update thresholds. Read the full notice here. Those mailers who uses a good mail service provider should have little problem with meeting the threshold and avoiding the extra 8 cent charge. But if you…
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USPS – Spendthrift Monopolist
June 1, 2017 USPS – Spendthrift Monopolist Opinion of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce In the ongoing “Ten Year Review” of postal pricing, the Postal Regulatory Commission is considering whether to retain, loosen, or eliminate the CPI cap on price increases for market-dominant products.…
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Alliance Featured in The Hill “Protect American Consumers”
March 23, 2017 In an op-ed article published March 22 by The Hill, the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, along with MPA – the Association of Magazine Media, and PostCom, reiterated the importance of affordable pricing, as well as a healthy, efficient Postal Service. The Hill is a hard copy and online newspaper that is read and respected…
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Nonprofits Urge PRC to Protect Affordable Postage
Contact: Stephen Kearney Telephone: 202-462-5123 Email: alliance@nonprofitmailers.org Website: www.nonprofitmailers.org To download a PDF copy of this press release, click here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2017 NONPROFIT MAILERS ACROSS NATION URGE STABLE, AFFORDABLE POSTAGE RATES Comments submitted to PRC during the Ten Year Rate Review vividly describe the importance of the CPI cap on postage…
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The PRC Rate Case Comment Period Ends MONDAY
The comment period ends MONDAY, March 20. The time is now to tell the PRC just how valuable every cent is to those your mission serves. Just recognizing that the CPI cap on postage rate increases is critical to your mission isn’t enough – now is the time to defend it, or risk losing it.…
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Defend Affordable Postage Now
These nonprofit mailers have taken the extra step to make a difference in their missions, and to protect affordable postage rates. Just recognizing that the CPI cap on postage rate increases is critical to your mission isn’t enough – now is the time to defend it, or risk losing it. You already know the most…
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A Nonprofit Mailer is Heard
You’ve heard our recent call to action submit your comments to the PRC regarding the Ten Year Rate Review. And while you understand the critical importance of reasonable postage rates, you may have thought “I don’t have time”, “I don’t know what to say.” or even “what difference does it make?”. This is the answer…