MTAC Workgroup 129

Eliminating Obstacles

to Mail Growth

February 17-18, 2010

Issue Statement

Facilitate mail volume growth by identifying regulations or requirements that add no postal and/or customer value, hence hindering mail growth, and proposing modifications or elimination of those barriers as practical.

Progress

Workgroup formed March 24, 2009 72 workgroup members 21 Bi-weekly conference calls, two face to face

meetings Generated 91 issues list from mailers, focused

first on HIGH Impact items, then others Four task groups formed 16 Recommendations Posted to MITS and entered into RITS

Currently Being Considered by USPS Functional Area

Also submitted in other MTAC Growth workgroups Secured destruction/recycling process for FCM –

Underway by VP, Sustainability Price incentive for Courtesy Reply Mail, over ounce

weight allotment - referred to Manager, Transaction mail

Under Consideration by USPS Business Reply Mail Design markings

Manager, Transaction Mail

“Saturation CMM” Manager, Direct Mail

Mailpieces with non-paper surfaces Manager, Direct Mail

Electronic requests for requester Periodicals publications Manager, Mailing Standards

Manual affixing of RPNs for destination-entered local mail Manager, Mailing Standards

Task Groups Relaxing the requirements for a return address on

certain types of mail Relaxing requirements for decorative designs with

Permit Imprints Attachments to mailpieces (Dry-release cards)

Additional DMM revisions under development

Customer friendly tool for ancillary endorsements Draft of EXCEL tool, with recommendations for DMM/QSG

revisions

Other Recommendations DMM section for Courtesy Reply Mail DMM edit suggestions

Linking CSRs to DMM, graphs, charts, illustrations to enhance and add clarity

Return address placement in relation to delivery address Would require Federal Register Notice and process

Offer a Tyvek envelope as Flat Rate Priority Mail option Relax requirements for Simplified addresses on city

routes Not a unanimous recommendation from the workgroup – strong

opposition voiced

Next Steps

Enter recommendations into RITS Completed workgroup efforts

Thanks to our workgroup members!

Name Company

David Asano Pitney Bowes

Frank Auer USPS Sales/Strategic Service

Maynard BenjaminEnvelope Manufacturers Association

Bob Bokor USPS PCSC

Lisa Bowes intilisent

Steve Burkat USPS PCSC

Norine Butte NASML

Chuck Cairatti McQuiddy Classic

John Callan Ursa Major Associates

William Chatfield USPS

Linda Clayton USPS

Steve Colella Calmark, Inc.

Adam Collinson Pitney Bowes

Judy Costello Quadriga Art Inc

Debbie Cumbo USPS BMA

Name Company

Greg Dawson USPS Pricing Strategy

Vincent DeAngelisDistribution Solutions & Intelligent Mail Pitney Bowes

Gene A. Del PolitoAssociation for Postal Commerce

Rod Devar USPS Manager Direct Mail

Becky Dobbins USPS

Rich Domagalia Mystic Logistics

Krista Finazzo USPS Operations

Paul Finn USPS

Rose Flanagan Data Mail

Tom FotiUSPS Manager Marketing Mail

Joy Franckowiak Valpak

Paul Giampolo Valassis

Yvonne Gifford USPS

Name Company

Jay Gillotte Presort Services

Gregory A. HallUSPS Manager PCSC & Workgroup Postal Co-Chair

Don HarleDiamond Marketing Solutions

Sharon Harrison AT&T

Max HeathPublishing Group of America, Landmark Community Newspapers

George Heinrich The Postal Professor

Lisa Henrich Oles Envelope Corporation

Leanne Herman Times Printing Company Inc.

Michelle HilstonConsolidated Graphics Group

Charley Howard Harte-Hanks

Keith JudkinsNational Association of Advertising Distributors

Karen Kaczmarek MSP

Dennis Kaylor Our Sunday Visitor

Terry Knupp USPS Sales/Strategic Service

Don Landis Arandell

Jerry Lease USPS Mailing Standards

Name Company

Elizabeth Lombard Pitney Bowes

Ken Male USPS

David Mastervich USPS

Eddie MayhewEddie Mayhew’s Classification Station LLC

Dave Meyers PCH

Tim McGinley USPS

Dale Miller RR Donnelley

Steve MonteithUSPS Mailing & Shipping Services

Jennifer Nachuk Access Worldwide

EC Nix DST Mailing Services

Dan O’Brien First Data

Mike O’Hora USPS BMA

Sharon OwensUSPS Mailing & Shipping Services

Gregory Parsons PSA

Jeff Peoples WindowBook

Debbie PfeifferPitney Bowes Presort Services

Name Company

Anita Pursley Worldcolor

Laine Ropson Ropson & Associates

Kurt Ruppel IWCO Direct

Cher Rupp-Ruggeri USPS BMA

Tonda Rush American Press Works

Wanda SenneWorld Marketing, Workgroup Industry Co-Chair

John SextonPitney Bowes Presort Services

Kathleen SiviterPostal Consulting Services, Inc.

Jeff Stangle Pitney Bowes

Elizabeth Stewart-Murray

USPS PCSC

Name Company

Paula StoskopfBCC Software, A BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Company

Randy Stumbo Meredith

Ty Taylor JC Penney

Raj Thayalan Epsilon

Sue Thomas USPS

Chuck Tricamo USPS PCSC

Karen Tucker USPS

Craig Vance USPS Operations

Mike Winn Greylock Associates LLC

Carrie Witt USPS

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