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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am aware of the frustration level of the membership on the
tardiness of the K Factor and I am frustrated as well. The April issue was
mailed on Friday the 30<sup>th</sup> of April which means it did not go out the
post office door until Monday May 3<sup>rd</sup> at the earliest. <span
class=GramE>More on this tardiness later.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The post office is supposed to deliver bulk mail within 6
days of receipt. I have just had an email forwarded to me by </span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Chris
Larson </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>that states that he received his on the 22<sup>nd</sup> of
May. That is 3 weeks of delivery time. I find that unacceptable yet I
understand fully why this can happen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Postal carriers are allowed to deliver bulk mail at their
discretion so I am told. Many postal carriers will back up the bulk mail and
leave it for their substitutes if they have a vacation coming up soon. Some
just back it up and deliver en mass at their discretion. I have also heard that
sometimes bulk mail gets backed up in hubs when a hub falls behind in
processing. I will talk to the post office about this, yet I am sure that not
much could be done by doing so. The April issue seems to have the worst
delivery record yet, let’s hope it is not going to be an ongoing process.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The tardiness of my delivery to the post office is a multi faceted
problem that is being worked on with limited success so far. At current we are
nearly 30 days behind schedule with the K Factor. <span class=GramE>Even</span>
with a successful push forward we cannot push the issue ahead more than a week
at any given month. This is due to advertisers <span class=GramE>complain</span>
if two issues come out too close together. The past two months I have tried to
push this week ahead and had something come up interrupting this process. It
will be worked on again this month.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This is why it is important for people to have their
articles and materials in by the 15<sup>th</sup> of the month. It would also
help us if they arrived even earlier than that. Everyday something is late it
pushes the whole process one day later. Start working July articles now and get
them off to Derek so he can facilitate a quick turnaround to me. If his process
can get a week ahead it will help my process. Don’t get me wrong <span
class=GramE>here,</span> Derek is doing a great job. I have even contemplated
moving the date of the 15<sup>th</sup> ahead a week to help facilitate a
quicker turnaround.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I also wish to state that I would like to see more “how
to” material in the K Factor. If you have a neat idea or know of
something you can share with others about pattern, please put it in words and
get it off to Derek. It doesn’t matter if it is a paragraph or multiple
pages. I very much would like to make this an informative venue for the NSRCA.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Questions can be directed to me if you so choose at my
address below. I will be on the mail list for roughly 2 weeks to continue to
monitor what is going on with this issue. I will most likely have to remove
myself from the mail list once again though due to the unbelievable amounts of
spam my business is receiving. Unfortunately my business receives email from
people I have never heard of before so I cannot automatically filter spam, I
have to do them all by hand. The mail list just increases that load
unfortunately. Do feel free to add my address to your address book for future
contact if needed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>John Avery<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Avery Publishing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address><st1:Street><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PO Box</span></font></st1:Street><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 282</span></font></st1:address><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><st1:City><span class=SpellE><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Vonore</span></font></span></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><st1:State><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>TN</span></font></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><st1:PostalCode><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>37885</span></font></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1-865-856-0480<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.averypublishing.com/">www.averypublishing.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:service@averypublishing.com">service@averypublishing.com</a>
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