Re: Shrink wrap for IRISES

["Janet Smith" <ypauls@sti.net>]

Great Idea!

Janet

---- Original Message ----
From: jijones@usjoneses.com
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Shrink wrap for IRISES
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 19:19:01 -0700

>Perhaps an alternative to shrink wrap/enveloping every bulletin sent
>out, might be that we solicit those members who routinely have
>problems and maintain a list to send enveloped copies to that list.
>More administration, but perhaps less cost. If we already envelope
>the foreign members, just add the members with chronic problems to
>that list.
>
>Put an ad in the Bulletin asking for feedback from those who have
>delivery problems.
>
>Thanks
>
>John
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>On Jun 2, 2013, at 4:54 PM, AIS Membership Secretary wrote:
>
>> As the person who replaces the damaged issues I have a few points
>to make.
>> 	 Normal replacement per issue is about 3 or 4 out of 3,200+
>mailed.
>> 	 I get anecdotal information from members that damage is greater
>than reported to me. Which leads me to believe that another half
>dozen or so members are "suffering in silence". So let's say there
>are 10 mangled issues per mailing. Shown as a percentage that's
>0.3125%.
>> 	 It cost me $2.32 each to send a replacement issue x 10=$23.20.
>If it costs more than that to shrinkwrap then we might want to tread
>carefully before adding more cost to the bulletin.
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Michelle Snyder 
>> Sent: Jun 2, 2013 7:21 PM 
>> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org 
>> Subject: [AISdiscuss] Shrink wrap for IRISES 
>> 
>> Hello all,  
>> 
>> President Morris has asked that the following statement be put out
>on discuss for your comments.  
>> 
>> All,
>>  
>> 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.
>>  
>> Jim Morris
>> President
>> American Iris Society
>>  
>> 
>> Tom Gormley
>> AIS Membership Secretary
>> PO Box 177
>> DeLeon Springs, FL 32130
>> 386-277-2057
>> 
>>
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