Re: Shrink wrap for IRISES

[GORDON CARVER <gcarver@flash.net>]

I like the the Ludi's, Jones, Boyce's; and KillingsworthB insights.
If we were
to publicize the availability of a full issue replacement thru one 
source,
IB suspect within a few issues we may be able to determineB any USPS 
trends
and address them accordingly.B And we can see a truer impact, and cost of
total production

We personally have not had any damage to our issues (knock
on wood), but I can 
empathize...


Gordon, Iris Program Resources (Speakers)
B 
Hi all, John's suggestion sounds like a win-win solution to an ongoing
problem. Here at the AIS Storefront, we receive the over-run issues for each
IRISES publication. Usually 25-50 copies of which 7 copies are provided to the
AIS Library. In the past Tom G. has had us mail out a copy when his supply was
exhausted (maybe only 2-3 times in the past year). For us all it takes is an
email (name and address for mailing) and we will gladly put a replacement in
the mail. John & Kay LudiAIS Storefront

---------- Original Message
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From: John Jones <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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aiselectronicsvcs@irises.org
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Fremont, CA 94536





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.
> o?= Normal replacement per issue is about 3 or 4
out of 3,200+ mailed.
> o?= 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%.
> o?= 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.B  Many people have reported that delivery of their
bulletin has been mutilated or delivered with missing covers and pages.B  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.B  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.B  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.B  With the latest repeated
complaints
from east coast and west coast areas, I feel we must re-address the
continuing
problem.B  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.B  In excess of ten
people have told me that
they are considering dropping membership because they
cannot receive a whole
bulletin.B  When we approved the third staple (for $50
an issue) it solved the
previous problem of covers coming apart.B  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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