US Postal Service Eliminated International Surface Mail
At some time, we all received care packages that were sent on the slow boat to Africa. That is why it took 6 months for my christmas presents from my mother to reach Chitipa.
Now current PCVs, our friends in Malawi and all of those living overseas will not have to endure those dreadfully long waits. The Postal Service has eliminated international surface mail.
Shipping on a 1 pound bag of peanut M&M's... $10.10.
Maybe you want to write somebody and tell them how you feel.
http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2007/pr07_033.htm
Postmaster General
Jack Potter
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW
Washington DC 20260-0010
Senatorial Addresses
The Honorable (name)
US Senate
Washington DC 20515
posted by taughtmalawi @ 7:50 PM
1 comments
1 Comments:
>1.) The NPCA Advocacy Director is setting up some meetings with the
>appropriate Congressional staff to voice our concerns and
>communicate the impact of this change. There will be 3-5
>participants on "our" side. Meetings will be in early July.
>
>2.) Today, we started an online petition, asking that the surface
>M-Bag be reinstated. The URL is
> http://www.petitiononline.com/zikomo/petition.html
>Could you sign the petition? Please make a "comment" about how you
>have used M-Bag, and the impact these books have. Also, identify
>yourself as a "Friend of Ukraine", RPCV, relative of a former PCV in
>Malawi, or whatever! The USPS manager in charge of Global policy is
>going to be checking the petition daily. That's why comments are so
>important; and identification of the signer is so important. He can
>start getting a feel for the impact of this change, by the people
>effected, and the comments made.
>
>3.) Please ask all of your colleagues, friends, family, etc. to
>sign the petition. (They don't need to have sent M-Bags or received
>M-Bags to sign the petition). We need to get 100s of people to sign this!
>
>4.) We have started a Yahoo Group, to keep us all in touch on what
>is going on, what we have heard, what we are doing, etc. Please
>join us. If you're interested, you can join the group by addressing
>a message to
> m-bags-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>Thanks for your support...we expect this to be a long journey.
>
>Please, write to your senators and representatives. Share this info
>with friends and family - take action!
>Ginn (& Mark) Pulver
>Ukraine 2005-2007
>
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