[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: June 25 - How the mail works
- From: "Cyndi Flautt" <caretti@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <PAGAIRS@xxxxxxx>, <WLFHRTGSD@xxxxxxx>, <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:49:06 -0500
So how does a regular magazine (ie: Ladies Home Journal) get to the reader
on time...(the June issue arrives the first week of June)Are they sent 1st
class? Are they processed differently? Are they mailed out earlier?
I personally feel that the timeliness of the Review is an issue that the
board should take a hard look at......No blame game.....but maybe, just
maybe, something can be changed that could improve things. Years ago,
before computers, fax, e mail, etc, we got the Review sooner, AND it was
thicker (with ads)......Gail does a GREAT job. The magazine is beautiful,
and articles well written, plus she is very helpful with planning ads.....
However, the timeliness of arrival, AND the 2 month deadline are issues
that, IMO, need to be addressed. It could only help matters, certainly not
harm them.
Cyndi
www.carettigsd.com
check out our new pic of R-BIF Angelina at www.carettigsd.com/EZprogeny.html
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Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: June 25 - How the mail works
In a message dated 6/26/2005 10:53:19 AM Central Daylight Time,
WLFHRTGSD@xxxxxxx writes:
If you don't get the Review via First Class mail (I don't) here's how it
works: it is done entirely by zip code. The white label that is on the poly
bag
is bar-coded, and that is what is read by the postal scanners. My copy was
once stuck to the copy of another member who lives a couple blocks away, we
have
the same zip. Has nothing to do with the first letter of your last name or
anything like that.
Once it leaves the printers (who presumably are doing the bagging and
applying the labels) and gets into the Post Office, it's completely out of
the
control of the Review staff. You may note that there is NO "mailing date"
on
the
label - EVERYTHING is automated and adding a mailing date takes time and
money.
The mailing is done via permit -- the GSDCA pays for the mailing of the
Reviews by depositing an amount of money into an account PRIOR to the
mailing. It
takes a bit longer to process a piece the size of the Review than it does a
postcard, such as a business reply card.
Zip codes across the country are segmented and areas with more pieces of
mail
go first; the labels go to the printer with all zip codes grouped together.
If there are 15 GSDCA members in one zip code, that will be processed before
one member in one zip code.
Weather DOES affect the equipment to a certain extent, despite the fact that
almost all the printing plants are air conditioned. Adhesives don't dry so
well, and even the Review itself, with it's large color spreads, take a bit
longer to dry. Certain colors contain elements in their pigments which hold
up
the drying process. Generally it's not a huge problem, but factor all this
together (along with other things I haven't even bothered to write about)
and
you'll see there are plenty of reasons why things sometimes take longer.
Just a retired print buyer....
Kelly Busse
Wolfheart German Shepherds
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Kelly, there is more too it then just zip codes. Mail is bar coded and
reaching it's destination in a timely and acceptable manner depends on how
the files
have been sorted, mail delivered to a BMC or SCF and just when did it leave
the lettershop. Once mail is complete, a 3602 {Postal Regs} is stamped by a
postal representative to show a completion date and the date it entered the
mail
stream. We have still not received our May review which leads me to believe
it
may be a Data Processing or Qualification issue. Planet Codes can also be
applied to the mailing label and that would allow tracking caoability
through the
entire mailing process.
Gary Szymczak
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