Category: Alliance Report
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Cato Witness Made a Good Point
May 8, 2019 The witness from the Cato Institute, Chris Edwards, was an outlier at the House hearing on April 30. He was the only witness not steeped in postal policy issues. And he made a very unpopular assertion: “To Save the USPS, We Must Privatize It,” later published as an article in The National…
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PMG: New Combinations of Physical and Digital are a “growth opportunity for our industry.”
May 8, 2019 The opening National Postal Forum keynote by Postmaster General Megan Brennan emphasized combining digital with physical to increase the value of mail and improve results. It has become clear that digital applications will not completely replace hard copy and that the two can be successfully integrated. Brennan described “the many new ways…
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Alliance Notes
May 8, 2019 April 25, 2019 – National Association of Letter Carriers – NALC files two national level grievances April 25, 2019 – Content Marketing Institute – Get Rid of These 25 Phrases and Words From Your Content April 25, 2019 – Folio: – Has Magazine Media Finally Figured Out Its Path Forward? April 26,…
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Beware of Using GAAP/SEC Reporting to Evaluate USPS
April 24, 2019 Recently, the Postal Regulatory Commission released its “Financial Analysis” report on the U.S. Postal Service’s results for fiscal year 2018. The press release is here, and the full report here. Inappropriate Reporting The PRC report is based on USPS financial results and 10-K reports. The Postal Service is required to report its…
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Alliance Board Elects Southern Poverty Law Center
April 24, 2016 We are happy to announce that the Board of Directors of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers at our meeting last week elected a new Board member—the Southern Poverty Law Center. It’s a coincidence that our Board meeting was in Memphis at ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Memphis also is home of the…
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Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Origin and Board
April 24, 2019 The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers is the only mailer association totally focused on nonprofits, and the only nonprofit association completely dedicated to mail. We are run by a Board comprised totally of nonprofits, for the benefit of nonprofits. We had our genesis in 1978, when the Postal Service proposed presort discounts for…
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Four USPS Myths
March 21, 2019 (c) 2019 Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers–May be republished with permission and attribution. Recently, we listened to a podcast of one of our favorite NPR shows, “Hidden Brain.” It is called, “How Science Spreads: Smallpox, Stomach Ulcers, And ‘The Vegetable Lamb Of Tartary’.” What has this to do with nonprofit mailers and the…
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Alliance Notes
March 21, 2019 Alliance Notes March 4, 2019—Inside Philanthropy–You Think Fundraising is Hard Now? Well, it’s Going to Get Harder, Say Experts March 4, 2019—eCommerceBytes–Stamps.com Reassures Customers about USPS Relationship March 4, 2019—Publishing Executive–New Privacy Regulations Coming Your Way: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) March 7, 2019—Printing Impressions–Authors Groups Try to Block Quad-LSC Communications Merger…
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USPS Loses Sight of Who is the Customer
USPS Loses Sight of Who is the Customer March 5, 2019 Being able to pay conveniently the way you want is a universal right of any customer in today’s economy. Any business that does not match or exceed the payment options offered by competitors ceases to be in business. Most commerce is moving away from…
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USPS Management Optimistic About Marketing Mail Merchandise Solution
USPS Management Optimistic About Marketing Mail Merchandise Solution March 5, 2019 We received briefings from the Postmaster General and her leadership team at two meetings last week—mailer associations and MTAC. Six months after the infamous August 23, 2018 Federal Register Notice that contemplated rule changes to ban all merchandise from Marketing Mail, postal management seems…