[Ponte Alto] mail service thoughts

[Barbara]

Hi guys.  I hear that there is a need within our officers to make sure that,
in the future, certain pieces of paper get to their destination without
fail.  And I understand that registered mail is being considered the best
option.

 

May I add a piece of advice?  Don't use registered mail or any other form
that requires that the recipient must sign for it.  I know that this is the
surest way to prove that the person got the mail, but its also the surest
way to make sure it arrives late.  Why?  Because the recipient actually has
to be home.  Very few of us are really home during the day - and even in the
evening!  There are USPS mail options that deliver mail with a high degree
of certainty and speed, and don't require a signature.  You can also send
something by fed-ex without requiring a signature, and you still get a lot
of really good tracking information.  Please consider that one of these be
used!

 

I get a fair amount of SCA mail that is time-sensitive (that deputy kingdom
exchequer thing).  Nothing is more annoying than arriving home from work to
see that USPS notice that they tried delivering something that requires a
signature.  And the next time I'm available to meet them isn't even the next
Saturday, because I'm heading out of town for the next kingdom-level event.


 

While I have your attention, may I insert another pet peeve? Why do people
address envelopes using SCA names and titles?  Really, the USPS doesn't know
who Mistress Anne of Carthew is. (Well, maybe MY post office does by now.!)
Modern names for all autocrats/reservationists and officers are provided in
the Acorn.  I personally haven't had a problem with mail delivery because of
this (at least, not that I know of!) but it is known to happen.  Mail
service is part of our modern world, and modern names and titles should be
used!  Don't confuse them more than you have to!

 

Thanks for letting me vent.

Anne

 

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