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Posted on April 27, 2012
7th Annual CRPCC Golf Outing, Friday June 1st 2012
Sign up today to be part of a great day of golf, great food, networking and fun!
Click on the link to sign up and pay online.
https://www.123signup.com/register?id=smmxn
Or, sign up to be one of our valued sponsors:
Posted on April 26, 2012
Mark your calendar for July 27th, when CRPCC presents a day of networking at beautiful Saratoga Race Track. Your $20.00 admission fee includes seating in the Festival Tent, lunch, giveaways and more! (Please note, this does not include $3 admission fee to the race track.)
Gates open at noon, post time 2:30 p.m.
https://www.123signup.com/register?id=svqsf
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Posted on April 4, 2012
Do you need to better estimate mailing delivery times? Click here to find out how long it will take to get your mail anywhere in the country – all by class of mail:
https://ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm?page=modernservice
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Posted on April 3, 2012
Join us for this special seminar, presenting the Intelligent Mail Tool (IMsb) for small businesses. No special software or installation required. Access the application via web browser. This tool will allow small business customers to qualify mailings for automation and full service discounts!
Thursday, May 24th, 8:30 a.m., Albany GMF Post Office, 30 Karner Road. To register, call Brenda 518-452-2286, before May 18th please.
Posted on March 29, 2012
On March 26, 2012 the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) issued an order approving the Postal Service’s Notice of Price Adjustment for a 2012 Mobile Commerce and Personalization Promotion scheduled to run July-August 2012, with registration beginning May 1, 2012.
The 2012 Mobile Commerce and Personalization Promotion will provide business mailers with an upfront 2 percent postage discount on Standard Mail® and First-Class Mail® letters, flats, and cards (presort and automation only) that include a two-dimensional (2-D) barcode or print/mobile technology that can be read or scanned by a mobile device. The barcode or similar technology must lead the recipient to either: (1) a webpage that allows the recipient to purchase a product or service on a mobile device, or (2) a personalized URL, which leads to a web page that is unique to an individual recipient. Best practices such as directional copy and mobile optimization are also required.
More information can be found in the program requirements document that can be downloaded from RIBBS at:
https://ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm?page=mobilebarcode
Filed Under: Communications
Posted on January 25, 2012
Usherwood Office Technology, Industry Co-Chair
I would like to thank everyone for making our first membership session of 2012 a great success. Regardless of the inclement weather, we had over 58 members in attendance. Mark Dahlstrom, Senior Plant Manager, Albany District, presented a very compelling story for the state of the US Postal Service and its challenges and strategies to continue to provide valued services at competitive prices.
If you were unable to attend our Membership Session on January 12 reviewing operational changes and the new postage rates increases effective January 22, you may want to take advantage of the PowerPoint presentation link provided herein.
One of the most exciting new tools the US Postal Service released on January 23 is called the Intelligent Mail Small Business tool. This tool will offer small and medium sized customers to process a database of up to 9,000 addresses to produce Intelligent Mail Barcodes on their labels or envelopes. Often times a business mailing has less than the minimum quantity of 500 First-Class letters to qualify for postal discounts. However, now the opportunity to utilize the Intelligent Mail Small Business tool to apply a valid IMB, the processing speed and accuracy of delivery of that letter will be improved. For the addresses that can’t be assigned an IMB, a customer may want to inquire as to the quality and completeness of the address and improve their database for future mailings.
It is innovative new ideas and tools like this that demonstrate to postal customers that the US Postal Service is making aggressive strides to promote efficient and cost effective processing while supporting customers’ initiatives to improve delivery of their business critical communications.
Please don’t hesitate to let us hear from you on ways that your Capital Region Postal Customer Council can help make information and training for your business more available. Send inquires to:
CRPCC
US Postal Service
30 Karner Road
Albany, NY 12288
Respectfully,
Carolyn Slocum,
CRPCC Industry Co-Chair
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Posted on November 3, 2011
A second set of FAQs specifically for mailers, and a new document containing more information related to each of the facility study sites announced September 15, 2011, were recently posted on the Postal Service’s “Information for Mailers” web page at http://about.usps.com/news/facility-studies/welcome.htm. In addition, navigation to this page from the about.usps.com home page was simplified — now, just click on the “Mailer information” link under the heading “Our Organization” (next to the photo of a postal facility) and you’re there! This new and updated information is also available on the Business Mail Acceptance (BMA) page of RIBBS.
The new set of FAQs contains 49 *new* questions-and-answers based upon ongoing meetings and discussions with mailers; these FAQs supplement the initial set of FAQs posted in September. The new “Consolidated Information on Facility Study Sites” document contains additional information on all 252 sites selected for Area Mail Processing studies. Mailers can use this list to find each selected study site’s name, city, state, ZIP Code, and drop site key; the gaining site’s (or sites’) name(s), city, state, ZIP Code and drop site key; the road mileage figure reflecting the distance between study and gaining sites, and, in some cases, additional comments on individual sites.
We hope you will find these new materials helpful and informative. As always, please contact us if you have questions, comments or concerns, and let us know if there is specific information you would like to see posted on the “Information for Mailers” page.
Filed Under: Communications
Posted on November 2, 2011
If you missed our exciting “Innovations in Direct Mail” seminar on November 15th, or just want to view the presentations again, please select one of the attachments below.
Filed Under: Presentation/Program Materials, Uncategorized
Posted on November 1, 2011
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Posted on June 26, 2011
The Mailing Industry Product Guide can be found at:
www.mailingindustryproductguide.com
Filed Under: Communications
