[Ansteorra] blackstar

[Keyna]

I got my March and April Blackstar Saturday at the same time.
Keyna

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hillary Greenslade" <hillaryrg at yahoo.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:18 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra] blackstar


> Ok, been reading posts on the errant BlackStars. So as part of the
> label-crew for multiple Kingdom Chronicler over the years, here's what I
> know:
>
> First, Claryce is right, if your 3rd class issue did not arrive, you NEED
to
> file a complain with your post office; take an issue for a sample to show.
> Also, send an e-mail to the kingdom chronicler, so he is advised; posting
to
> the lists will do little for you.
>
> Next, if you renewed, your check may have missed getting in before the
names
> list was printed (been there, done that).  The list is printed 1 month
> before the month of issue, as we label two weeks before first of next
month.
> If you don't get the following months issue, then contact the SCA main
> office; they process your check and get your name on the BlackStar list.
> (with this large a set of issues missing, renewal is not the problem.)
>
> Sorting: First class get a stamp, are not sorted in any particular order..
> they're first class!, always get priority mailing, order doesn't matter.
>
> Third class is a whole different deal: sorted and boxed by zip code groups
> (first two or three digits of code), then zipcode order. This is the
> required for any bulk postage processing and order in which the labels are
> printed.  The label crew follows a strict procedure in labeling the books,
> keeping them in zipcode order, and we are checked by the chronicler for
> accuracy regularly... he watches!!  If we label or order issues
incorrectly,
> the postoffice WILL return them to the Chronicler to correct... which has
> never happened, to my knowledge.
>
> Last, US mail is distributed via major hubs, like airlines.  The major
> cities are main hubs, mail goes there first, and then out to the smaller
> outlying areas around them. Example, mail goes first to Dallas hub, then
to
> Tyler, and so on. Your issue may not be stuck at your local office, but up
> the line. So, filing a complaint with your postoffice could identify a
> problem along the pipeline.
>
> BTW, the Chronicler always has a third class issue mailed to himself, so
he
> knows it got out of the postoffice he dropped them at.  We usually do the
> labeling the middle of the month, and issues are mailed soon after, so
most
> arrive before the first of the month by several days.
>
> I have received my 3rd class issue in Houston.
> Hillary
>
> >From: Gail Taylor <gtaylor at lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu>
> >I agree.  Probably a whole box.  If they are originally sorted by
> >mundane last name...perhaps we are missing a whole box of consecutive
> >names.  Unless they were sorted by SCA first name...with the same
> >result.  Since the zip codes seem to vary a considerable amount...it's
> >likely one of these two...
> >Isobel
>
> Celeste Shelton wrote:
> > I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I have a question.  Maybe I'm
just
> > missing something, but from what I have read, 1st class had no problem
> > getting thier blackstars.  3rd class has not recieved blackstars all
over
> > the state.  Assuming they were taken to the same post office at the same
> > time, this probably means the problem is they are sitting at the post
> > office where they were taken.
> >
> > Just thinking out loud.  Maybe someone could check where they were
> > dropped off.    Saundra
> >
> >
>
>
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