Re: Please Mr. Postal Service re:handling LPA mail ;-)

[Guest guest]

Considering the vast amount of paper that crosses the hands of the

Postal Service, it's amazing we don't see more damage. I could be

wrong but I doubt a stamp would have stopped that piece of paper from

getting caught in either a mechanical device or in the corner of some

container. This is where most damage takes place.

There would be two ways of achieving what you'd like:

1. Print the note " Handle with care " in the printing process that

produces the newsletter and I don't know about yours, but District

Two's newsletter is printed in black. I doubt the warning would be of

much help. Just more print on a piece of paper which is ignored by

the postal processor who is just look for an identifying address tag.

2. Hand stamp itis another option and I wouldn't even dare ask

someone who already spent so much time producing a newsletter,

getting labels and getting it out in the postal system to add another

step to their labor of love for LPA. Unless I was willing to go to

that person's house and help out with the process. Especially when

the accidental losses must be minimal.

In the grand scheme of things it might be more reasonable to just ask

for a second copy.

Notice it's never the mortgage bill that gets shredded.

(who is always amazed her magazines arrive in pristine

condition considering how far they travel)

> I received my chapter newsletter and unfortunately it looked liked

(someone

> had taken more that they can chew. lol)

>

> I got a standard note from the Post Office apologizing for the way

some mail

> gets handled, but wondered could anything be done to prevent this

from

> happening again.

>

> I know about the covering I suggested awhile back people thought it

was a

> good idea but costly but wondered could perhaps when the

newsletters go out they

> put a " Handle with care " stamp on it or something?

>

> Just a suggestion.

>

> Helen

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>

>

[Guest guest]

" I was talking about hand stamping just like when a person send

photos in the mail there is a marking on there " photos, please do not

bend " which when I have done that or had people send me photos

they never got bent. "

The " do not bend " message is really for the mail carrier who is the

last person who handles that piece of mail and probably the only one

who pays much attention to these details. (this doesn't deter the

mail sorting equipment from chewing it up, they haven't learned to

read yet) I suggest to people mailing me anything that can suffer

damage due to bending that they also enclose a stiff piece of

cardboard in the envelope. I live in a private home and my mailbox is

really a slot in my screen door and my wooden front door, so my mail

carrier will bend anything oversize to place it in the door slot. If

it is larger and marked he opens my screen door and leaves it between

that and my front door.

And again, marking one envelope is easy, marking over 100 newsletters

is another.

No geez necessary, M..........

> In a message dated 6/5/03 7:39:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> petite_isla@y... writes:

>

>

> > . I could be

> > wrong but I doubt a stamp would have stopped that piece of paper

from

> > getting caught in either a mechanical device or in the corner of

some

> > container. This is where most damage takes place.

> >

> > Hand stamp itis another option and I wouldn't even dare ask

> > someone who already spent so much time producing a newsletter,

> > getting labels and getting it out in the postal system to add

another

> > step to their labor of love for LPA. Unless I was willing to go

to

> > that person's house and help out with the process.

> >

> > Gee, it was just a suggestion. I was talking about hand stamping

just like

> > when a person send photos in the mail there is a marking on

there " photos,

> > please do not bend " which when I have done that or had people

send me photos

> > they never got bent.

> >

> > Considering with a newsletter being stapled at the bottom I have

noticed

> > with other newsletters I get from other groups that sometimes

with the handling

> > the staple can get loose and get caught in the machine and hence

the

> > newsletter gets torn.

> >

> > I was an officer once and done the chapter newsletter and know

that it can

> > be challenging. I have a friend of mine who I was helping

getting some

> > mailing out for them and had to use the 'hand stamp' which was a

bit of a pain, but

> > was an added step to make sure the information got out.

> >

> > I received another LPA newsletter which was sent in an envelope

which came

> > to me fine. An envelope is an added expense but better than

sending it out

> > again. Someone had mentioned to me about their chapter sending

newsletter via

> > e-mail which is good for people to get it quicker and cheaper.

Although

> > people that don't have access to a computer wouldn't benefit

unless they get it

> > mailed.

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I comes from years of being on the receiving end of so many " good

suggestions " from non-volunteers I guess.

M..........

> In a message dated 6/5/03 6:49:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> petite_isla@y... writes:

>

>

> > And again, marking one envelope is easy, marking over 100

newsletters

> > is another.

> >

> > No geez necessary, M..........

> >

> >

> >

>

> A geez is necessary since all I was doing was making a suggestion.

Your

> comments about unless someone was willing to go over someone's

house and help out

> had nothing to do with someone just making a suggestion for sending

out a

> newsletter.

>

> Helen

>

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