Tag: nonprofit rates
-
Another USPS Lump of Coal–Association TRENDS
Association Trends, December 21, 2017 Another USPS lump of coal: Final rule on customized postage ‘No’ on nonprofits eligibility under new standards As the holiday season gets in full-on mode, we at the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers unfortunately need to continue delivering bad news from our U.S. Postal Service. The Service issued its final rule on the allowable content…
-
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…
-
URGENT Call To Action – Defend Affordable Postage
We need your help now. It is critical that as many nonprofit mailers as possible participate in the pricing review being performed by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). The PRC NEEDS to hear your story to understand the importance of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) inflation cap on postage increases. The comment period is…
-
USPS Assures Mailers That “Marketing Mail” Re-branding Will Not Devalue Mail
After receiving concerned feedback from many mailers, the Postal Service moved quickly to reassure its customers that the re-branding of Standard Mail as Marketing Mail will not harm anyone or reduce the value of mail. At the Postmaster General’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee meeting on November 1, newly re-titled chief customer and marketing officer Jim…
-
USPS Rates: Trick or Treat?
As we alluded to last time, even though the overall average postage increase on January 22, 2017 will be below one percent, some types of mail will receive much larger than average increases while others will enjoy rate reductions. Treats Metered Single Piece First Class Mail will decrease from 46.5 cents to 46 cents. This…