Category: Alliance Report
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Report from Alliance MTAC reps
May 3, 2017 Informed Delivery This was a hot topic at the April Mailers Technical Advisory Committee session. In case you haven’t heard, Informed Delivery is an opt-in feature to receive e-mail images of the mail pieces to be received in your mail box. The automation sorting equipment captures the image and each morning these…
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International Examples of Mail Profitability
International examples of mail profitability are driven by multi-faceted strategies, of which pricing is one part The USPS Office of Inspector General recently released a research report on the profitability of mail in other countries. It concluded that several smaller nations have found ways to make mail sustainable, albeit at much lower volume levels than…
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Price Does Matter
May 3, 2017 Even with the CPI price cap, USPS raised two key fundraising mail streams by CPI+3 Above inflation pricing will affect mail volume Imagine the impact with an altered or no CPI cap It’s not too early to consider “tipping point” or “death spiral” Of course, price matters in most situations. It especially…
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USPS price cap change not the answer
April 19, 2017 Mounting evidence that altering the price cap is not the answer We believe the last thing the U.S. Postal Service needs to fix its current predicament is price increases above inflation brought on by removal of the current CPI price cap system. The price cap is the closest thing USPS has to the…
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Nonprofits are an anchor in the mailbox
April 6, 2017 A note from a friend “I have been reading every letter submitted to the PRC by the many members of your Association commenting on the 10-year review. Each letter delivers a powerful message about the importance of our charitable organizations and the importance of stable and predictable postage rates for their mission…
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Nonprofits weigh in with PRC Commissioners
April 6, 2017 Notes from many friends in the nonprofit sector Leaders in over 30 nonprofit organizations took the unusual step (for them) to write a letter or declaration to the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission. They urged the Commissioners to retain the current system of regulating postal rates. The future of nonprofit mailers…
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Summary of Additional Rate Review Comments
Summary of Rate Review Comments (By parties other than Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce) Read the comments by clicking here. Lengthier comments American Catalog Mailers Association: Generally supportive of our position. American Bankers Association: Supports our position. American Forest & Paper Association: Supports our position.…
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Summary of Alliance Comments
Summary of Comments of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce (Comments were filed at the Postal Regulatory Commission on March 20, 2017) The Postal Service is a regulated monopoly. For this reason, the law requires the Commission to regulate the prices charged by the Postal…
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More Nonprofit Mailer Comments are Welcome
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 Please consider telling your story about the importance of mail with stable pricing. You can mail a letter to the PRC Commissioners at: Postal Regulatory Commission 901 New York Avenue NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20268-0001 RE: Ten-Year Rate System Review, Docket No. RM 2017-3 Dear Commissioners: Letters should be mailed…