Re: [AISdiscuss] AIS Bulletins

[bfilardi@comcast.net]

Hi all:  Apparently there has been some confusion; I have no idea where Ron got the name of "Send-It Direct"....  I've never heard of it, and I don't see its name in the info that Ron got from the mailing service.  Here's the info they sent:  

I definitely NEVER directed anyone to Sendit Direct.  We have been doing the Bulletin for as long as Ive been here.  Here is the email I sent to Ron  I thought I was pretty clear, but let me know if I need to clear anything up.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dustin L. Aman [mailto:dustin.aman@akadirect.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:50 AM
To: 'Ron2Don'
Subject: RE: AIS Bulletins
The Post Office that handles the acceptance of the mail is the Business Mail Entry Unit (BMEU) at Portland, OR 97208 (503.294.2427).  The BMEU is only in charge of making sure that the mail meets their specifications and that were paying the correct amount of postage.  >From there, it moves directly to the [post office] plant at Portland, OR 97208 which might as well be a completely separate entity.  MOST of the American Iris Bulletins are then shipped up to BMC Seattle, WA 98000  there are about 25 BMCs throughout the country and from Seattle, the mail will be sent to the local BMC and then travel further down to the line until it finally reaches its destination.
I am attaching the list of domestic records that come to me so that you can see the breakout of zip codes.  Please let me know if I can do anything else.
Thanks,
Dustin


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From: CEMahan@aol.com 

> In a message dated 3/22/2006 7:53:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> pattoolan1@bigpond.com writes: 
> 
> From someone who lives in Australia - is the postal system privatised in the 
> 
> US? 
> If not it looks like your postal system is pretty bad from this distance. It 
> makes me want to contact our postal system and see what their systems are as 
> we never have this sort of problem - but then our population base is a whole 
> lot smaller overall. Now I understand why articles from the US take so much 
> longer than anywhere else. 
> Pat Toolan 
> South Australia 
> 
> 
> 
> The USPS is remarkably efficient and effective. The AIS has been mailing the 
> Bulletin to its members since 1920. I have served on the Board since 1991 
> and throughout the 90s I heard of no systematic problem of Bulletin delivery in 
> the US. Oh, there would be the isolated failure to receive, late receipt or 
> damaged Bulletin from time to time---but these were isolated incidents. It 
> does not make sense to me that suddenly the postal service would deteriorate. I 
> continue to believe that the problem is our mailer. Clarence Mahan 
> 
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