Shrink wrap for IRISES

For the past two or three years AIS has had a problem with delivery of the AIS Bulletin Irises. Many people have reported that delivery of their bulletin has been mutilated or delivered with missing covers and pages. The editor proposed for at least two board meetings that the board take action to approve his request to either shrink wrap or insert Irises in mailing envelopes. In addition, at the Fall board meeting 2012 I presented a flashdrive digital presentation from members in Wisconsin illustrating the mutilation of several of their bulletins. At that time, and previously at the editor's presentations, the board chose not to take any action to approve a change to the current mailing via USPS. With the latest repeated complaints from east coast and west coast areas, I feel we must re-address the continuing problem. I would ask the editor to once more provide a cost estimate to the board from Sundance Press as to the expense of either shrink wrapping or inserting all issues in mailing envelopes. In excess of ten people have told me that they are considering dropping membership because they cannot receive a whole bulletin. When we approved the third staple (for $50 an issue) it solved the previous problem of covers coming apart. Now I feel we must do something about this bigger issue as well.