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Help save the MIT Post Office from its imminent demise - tonight!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kristin Kuhn)
Sun Sep 20 20:31:32 2009
From: Kristin Kuhn <kkuhn@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:31:01 -0400
To: apo-news <apo-news@mit.edu>
Everyone,
There's little time left to act on this issue. Mitch says it better
than I could (see below), but in short form: the USPS wants to close
the post office in W20, despite the fact that MIT renewed their lease
until 2015. A lot of student groups rely on this post office, and it's
convenient to students, too.
If enough letters are written, MIT's Washington office can be
convinced to speak up on our behalf.
It doesn't have to be fancy - as long as they're not form letters! I
encourage you to take some time tonight, type up a quick note about
the post office, sign it, and tomorrow drop it off in the dropbox
outside the UA office.
YiLFS,
Kristin
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi APO,
>
> Now that the reason I pulled an all-nighter last night is finally out
> in the open...
>
> If you hadn't heard, the USPS is trying to close the post office in
> W20. =A0This would be a terrible loss to MIT for a number of reasons.
> What's more is that our post office operates at a profit, and that
> the USPS is trying to force this decision through with as little
> input or interference from the public as possible. =A0There are a good
> number of fairly unscrupulous things that have been going on in terms
> of withholding information, avoiding public response, etc.
>
> It seems that the only way we have a chance of saving the post office
> is to convince the folks in Washington to say something on our behalf.
> Doing that requires convincing them that this issue matters to a lot
> of us. =A0You can help! =A0If you care at all about having a post office
> on campus, please, please find a little bit of time this weekend to
> write a letter to our congresspeople. =A0The most disappointing outcome
> of this effort would be not having enough letters to show that MIT
> cares when next week rolls around.
>
> The following snippet appeared in the ASA official e-mail that was
> just sent to all student group officer lists. =A0Please look through
> it and visit http://web.mit.edu/asa/usps/how-to-help.html to see
> how you can contribute. =A0Remember that there are four parts to
> our Service program, and one of those is Service to the Campus.
> I think we have a meaningful opportunity here to provide service to
> our campus by trying to save our post office. =A0Ask your friends
> to help, too!
>
> If you'd like to talk about it, I'm around somewhere... usually. =A08-)
>
> YiLickingFlatrateStamps,
> Mitch
>
>
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>
> 3. Permanent Closing of MIT Post Office Likely
>
> The US Postal Service has put the MIT Post Office (in the basement of W20=
)
> on a list of roughly 400 branches being considered for closure. USPS plan=
s
> on making their final decisions on or around October 2. Desipte the fact
> that our post office operates at a profit of over $200,000 per year, it
> looks as if the post office is not going to be removed from the list,
> unless the MIT community demonstrates just how many people would be
> negatively impacted by its loss.
>
> Austin Chu (eefi) and Mitch Berger (mitchb) are coordinating an effort to
> save our post office. =A0If you or your student group use it, please let
> your student group know about the serious and immediate danger that the
> post office is in. Ask your group's members to visit:
> http://web.mit.edu/asa/usps/how-to-help.html
>
> On that page, you'll find details about how you can help by...
> =A0* Writing a short personalized letter to our Congressman and Senator
> =A0* Calling their offices to speak with them about saving the Post Offic=
e
> =A0* Filling out a survey being conducted by the USPS about the closure
> =A0* Signing a petition by the American Postal Workers Union
>
> Please feel free to email asa-post-office@mit.edu with any questions.
>
