March 2003

Meet The New Postal Reform Commission
A Presidential Commission on the United States Postal Service has been established to make recommendations on the future of the USPS. The last postal reform legislation was enacted in 1970. Since then, the marketplace and technology have evolved to the point that continued operation of the postal service under the 33-year-old law is not viable.

Commission members include:

• Executive Director, Dennis Shea, former staffer of Sen. Bob Dole.
• Co-Chair, Harry Pearce, chairman of Hughes Electronics
• Co-Chair, James Johnson, former CEO of Fannie Mae
• Member, Carolyn Gallagher, CEO Texwood Furniture
• Member, Dionel Aviles, president of Aviles Engineering
• Member, Don Cogman, chairman of CCI Investments
• Member, Joseph Wright, CEO of PanAmSat
• Member, Norman Seabrook, president of NYC Correction Officers' Benevolent Association
• Member, Richard Levin, president of Yale University
• Member, Robert Walker, CEO of Wexler Group

The commission is to report to the President its recommendations by July 31, 2003.

Paper Direct Marketing Not Displaced
In his latest column, Dan O'Rourke, editor of Mailing Systems Technology, reminds us of the doom internet and telephone marketers predicted for direct mail marketing. When comparing it to telemarketing and email spam, he describes direct mail advertising as "fairly non-obtrusive target advertising." Probably why the industry has such a stronghold and will not be easily replaced.

Just how strong is the direct marketing industry? O'Rourke adds that direct mail advertisers spent approximately $48 billion last year. Also, the mailing industry is the anchor of the $900 billion domestic mail industry which provides for every 1 of 15 jobs in the US.

You can read Dan O'Rourke's column, and many other industry-related articles in the February issue of Mailing Systems Technology.

News Poll
Send your vote to mailto:webmaster@mailcci.com or vote online. Visit http://www.mailCCI.com and in the Interactive menu choose Today's Survey.

In your opinion, what effect will war have on consumer spending?

____ Increased spending
____ Decreased spending
____ No effect

We'll post the poll results here in next month's e-newsletter.
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Results of last month's poll: 

How often do you access the internet from a wireless device?

33% More than once per week
30% Once per week
37% Never

See the results of other surveys CCI has conducted online at http://www.mailcci.com/data/surveys.asp.

www.mailCCI.com
Over the next few months, we'd like to introduce you to some of our brightest stars. This issue begins our Employee Spotlights. 

Our first star is actually an artist. A Data Processing artist and a graphical artist. Here at CCI we believe that great data processing is not a science, but an art. A great mailing starts with a great mailing list, and that is the core of MCAP, the exclusive mailer savings plan.

Learn about cool mailing pieces and groovy mailing lists from this month's spotlight, Devin M.

http://www.mailCCI.com/direct_mail_employees/devinm.asp.