RESOLUTIONS FROM THE OCTOBER 2003
MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE
ASSOCIATION FOR POSTAL COMMERCE

At its October 2003 meeting, the Board of Directors of the Association for Postal Commerce adopted the following three resolutions to help clarify and communicate the official policies of the Association:

Resolution One (dealing with postal costing as a base for postal pricing):

Resolved, that the Association of Postal Commerce believes that the costing and pricing of postal products and services in the future should be based on costs that represent the least consumption of postal resources.

Resolution Two (concerning efforts at the state and national level to limit the use of mail for business communication and commerce):

Resolved, that the PostCom President and General Counsel are directed to work with all other interested parties to prevent efforts to limit the use of mail for business communication and commerce.

Resolution Three (concerning PostCom's support for postal legislative reform and related matters):

Whereas:

1) PostCom is and has been a consistent proponent for postal legislative reform;

2) PostCom called for and supported that appointment of a Presidential Commission to study and make recommendations on the future of the U.S. Postal Service and the nation's continuing postal needs;

3) PostCom supports the Presidential Commission's recommendation to require the U.S. Treasury, and not the U.S. Postal Service, to assume responsibility for paying whatever portion of an employees retirement that is not associated with his USPS employment;

Therefore, be it resolved:

1) PostCom affirms its support for the enactment of legislation that would reform and modernize the laws governing the USPS, including the assignment to the U.S. Treasury of any retirement-related obligations associated with an individual's non-USPS governmental service;

2) PostCom further affirms its supports for efforts by Congress to address the matter of the USPS' CSRS funding obligations before untoward consequences flowing from the 2003 postal CSRS reform adversely affect the economic viability of the USPS and all who depend on universal mail service.

Note: All three resolutions were passed by voice vote without dissent.