1. MTAC Workgroup 129 Eliminating Obstacles to Mail Growth November 18, 2009

2. Issue Statement Facilitate mail volume growth by identifying regulations or requirements that add no postal and/or customer value, hence hindering mail growth, and proposing modifications or elimination of those barriers as practical.

3. Progress  Workgroup formed March 24, 2009  72 workgroup members  Bi-weekly conference calls, two face to face meetings  Revised Completion Date – February 2010  Generated issues list from mailers, focused first on HIGH Impact items, then others

4. Recommendations – In Progress  Business Reply Mail Design markings – Manager, Transaction mail  Mailpieces with non-paper surfaces – Manager, Direct Mail  Price incentive for Courtesy Reply Mail, over ounce weight allotment - Manager, Transaction mail  “Saturation CMM” – Manager, Direct Mail  Secured destruction/recycling process for FCM – Underway by VP, Sustainability

5. Recommendations – In Development  Attachments to Mailpieces (Dry-release cards) – DMM standards under development  Customer friendly tool for ancillary endorsements – draft of EXCEL tool, with recommendations for DMM/QSG revisions  Suggestions to clarify some DMM standards such as links to Customer Support Rulings, more diagrams/charts  Considering a Federal Register Notice regarding making electronic subscription/renewal requests for requester publications valid

6. Still Evaluating  Restrictions on decorative markings around permit imprint  Requirements for return address on unendorsed Standard Mail  DMM Clarifications on “look-alike” markings

7. Next Steps  Complete review of feasibility of remaining ideas/issues remaining  Incorporate task group findings  Finalize list of recommendations  Submit to MTAC Leadership Team  Enter recommendations into RITS

8. Workgroup Leaders Gregory A. Hall Manager, USPS Pricing and Classification Service Center United States Postal Service 90 Church Street, Suite 3100 New York, NY 10007-2951 212/330-5300 Gregory.A.Hall@usps.gov Wanda Senne National Director Postal Development World Marketing, Inc. 1961 S Cobb Ind. Blvd., Smyrna, Georgia 30082-4915 770-431-2591 wsenne@worldmarkinc.com

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