Category: Alliance Report
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Check out PostalPro!
PostalPro is the new version of a USPS website for professional mailers and service providers. It is in beta version 1.3, and will replace the old RIBBS website when it is ready for prime time. Already, we can see huge improvements. The latest version is described as follows: About PostalPro Beta 1.3 A valuable informational…
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Members supporting America’s Mailing Industry
In coming editions of the Alliance Report, we’ll be spotlighting our members who have joined with the National Postal Museum in their endeavor to help tell the story of America’s Mailing Industry. This week, our focus is on Maryknoll. (excerpted from The National Postal Museum website) The idea of Maryknoll itself was in part born…
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Outlook for 2017 postage increase
Will the upcoming postage increase be like the last one in May 2015? Absolutely not. The 2015 postal rate change is widely viewed as a disaster. It included two do-overs because of mistakes and many unintended consequences. Causes included rushing, understaffing, and untested, complicated structural pricing changes. The USPS learned from the experience and…
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Exhibit opening pictures
Pictures from the Smithsonian National Postal Museum’s “America’s Mailing Industry” opening Postmaster General Megan Brennan addresses a large crowd celebrating the exhibit opening on September 13, 2016. Postal Museum Director Allen Kane speaks about the exhibit that he conceived and spearheaded. Alliance Executive Director Stephen Kearney, Postmaster General Megan Brennan, and Alliance Board Member Jerry…
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End-of-summer shorts
September 14, 2016 We hope you have enjoyed a restful summer. Like major league baseball, the postal world keeps grinding it out throughout the dog days. So we decided to present brief updates on a number of issues important to nonprofit mailers. Mailing industry exhibit launched: includes nonprofits If you ever have had to explain…
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Magazines: the anchor of the mailbox
August 12, 2016 Erroneous opinion piece Many nonprofits publish magazines, so we read with interest and concern a recent opinion piece. It was written by Kevin Kosar and published by the R Street Institute and the Brookings Institution. By its title, we know it is wrong right away: “The federal government’s $500 million subsidy to…
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Alliance notes
August 12, 2016 The Business Journals: Think print is dead? 3 reasons to think again The Wall Street Journal: Raising prices hasn’t been enough to help the U.S. Postal Service offset skyrocketing costs FT Advisor: Royal Mail defined benefit scheme faces deep cuts Pandroid: US Postal Service considering their own drone delivery service USPS: MTAC…
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Updates and news from the MTAC meeting
July 26, 2016 We appreciate Deborah Damore and Steve Smith representing the Alliance at the July Mailers Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Please feel free to email either if you have questions. Pritha Mehra, VP, Mail Entry and Payment Technology shared with the group that full service postage assessments invoicing will begin in November using October…
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National Catholic Development Conference
July 26, 2016 The NCDC has been a long-time supporter and board member of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers. Please consider attending their excellent 48th National Catholic Development Conference and Exposition at the Gaylord National Harbor Hotel on October 9-12, 2016.
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USPS: is lack of oversight affecting strategy?
July 26, 2016 USPS is a unique agency Lack of oversight could be hurting the quality of USPS strategy. The USPS is a government agency that has been granted a legal monopoly over the carriage of mail. It also is a rare government agency that collects its own user fees for the services it provides.…