Tenth Edition:

Welcome to the MSC newsletter.  I am just sending a couple of reminders prior to the Christmas shutdown.  Also, Mail Services will be closed from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM on the 22^nd for our office Christmas party.  You will still be able to drop off any mail during this time at our window and we will process all first class mail received prior to 2:30 PM the same day.

Shannon Covey, Director of Mail Services

Christmas shutdown

A bulk mailing has to be received at Mail Services by December 19^th at noon to guarantee processing prior to the Christmas shutdown.  Any other daily mail that is received prior to 2:30 p.m. on December 23^rd will be processed prior to the shutdown.  If you have any questions, please let me know.

U.S.P.S. Postage Increase – January 18th

The U.S.P.S. has started to increase the postage for their shipping products (Priority Mail, Express Mail) in January to be in line with U.P.S. and FedEx, who issue their price increases in January.  A one-pound priority mail package is increasing from $4.80 to $4.95.  A 0.5-pound express mail will increase from $12.60 to $13.05.

Return of New Tubs

Once Christmas break is over, Mail Services will have 10 days of mail to sort.  As a result, we will need all possible tubs returned to Mail Services prior to the break.  If you have any extra tubs in your office, please return them to Mail Services.

U.S.P.S. Tubs

With the switch to Illinois State University Mail Service tubs, any U.S.P.S. tubs that you have in your departments should be returned to Mail Services.  Mail Services will make sure that the tubs are returned to the U.S.P.S.

Web Site

Every issue of the Mail Service newsletter, I mention the website and some of the features that may be found there.  We have made a couple of slight changes to the website to hopefully make it easier to find the items that you need.  If you have any problems, please let me know.

As always, we appreciate any feedback that you give us that will help us improve the services that we offer.  Please complete a Customer Satisfaction Survey on our website or contact me directly.  This concludes the Mail Service newsletter; please let us know if you have any questions or comments.  We are always trying to improve our services and welcome any input from our customers.

Shannon