[Osta-board] growing pains with the postal service

[Heidi Kellar]

I want to make it clear to everyone that I sent the new updated information pages twice this time alone.  Once on the disk that I have to send in and then each cover page individually when the proofs came to me as wrong. I also had to resubmit one of the pages in the document three times because the printer could not open it.  The frustration of having everything work and look as it should on my end and then not get published that way has just gotten to be too much. The best thing I can say is that the May/June TOST is the last one for me! Yes, I am celebrating! The due date for to get things in for my final issue of TOST is April 1st. Thank you and best of luck!
 
> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 23:04:37 -0800
> From: bcarlsen at reed.edu
> To: osta-board at maillist.peak.org
> Subject: [Osta-board] growing pains with the postal service
> 
> Aaargh,
> 
> There are a few "growing pains" with the new USPS mailing 
> requirements for the TOST.
> The labels now contain such a big barcode that they no longer 
> can contain the membership expiration date.
> The membership list has to go through an NCOA update system that 
> automatically gives correct addresses for people who have moved. But 
> this new automated system won't let me make individual corrections, 
> additions, or removals.
> 
> So,Bruce will get two TOSTs this week. Lori Lancaster now lives 
> on "Cesar Chevez Blvd" instead of 39th Ave. And we have to pay extra 
> because someone misspelled Palatine St as Palantine St. It's stuff 
> like that, and like the computer doesn't realize that it is a person's 
> work address and not their home address. Ah, the exasperating world 
> of computer data basis ! Poop !
> 
> There are also some problems with the TOST as well. The 
> masthead and back pages still contain last year's names. So Allan, 
> you are still "President" ! Sorry new board members . . . maybe we 
> can talk you into running for another term so that you can get your 
> addresses in the journal !
> 
> Anyway, let me know when it arrives at your house. They went 
> into the bulk mail unit in Portland on Thursday, March 4th at 3:30PM. 
> Only "MERLIN" knows when you will get yours !
> 
> Thank you for all that you do!
> Best wishes, Bernie
> 
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