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PostCom's Postal Podcasts (.mp3 audio files)

2010 Netcasts

PostCom Postal Podcast 08.13.10
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Postal Consulting Services President Kathleen Siviter in a discussion of some of the key items of note from the most recent meeting of the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee
PostCom Postal Podcast 08.09.10
Join PostCom's Gene Del Polito, PostCom's Jessican Lowrance, Williams-Sonoma's James West, and International Masters Publishers' Brendan Sheehan in a discussion of the Postal Service's exigency case, and how the Postal Service's proposal will affect the businesses of companies that historically have used mail for business development and transactions.
PostCom Postal Podcast 04.13.10
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Jerry Cerasale (Senior Vice President, Governmental Affairs, Direct Marketing Association), and Tony Conway (Executive Director, Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers) in a discussion about some new business ideas, the likelihood of an exigency postal rate increase, and prospects regarding collective bargaining and binding arbitration.
PostCom Postal Podcast 04.12.10
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Grayhair Software Vice President Angelo Anagnostopoulos in a discussion of mailing and Software as a Service (SaaS).
PostCom Postal Podcast 04.01.10
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance, and Mailing & Fulfillment Service Association Postal and Member Services Vice President Leo Raymond in a discussion of the Postal Service's request for five-day mail service and its proposal to Congress for postal reform.
PostCom Postal Podcast 03.10.10
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance, Postal Consultant Kathy Siviter, and Mailing & Fulfillment Association Vice President Leo Raymond in a discussion of "The Postal Service's Plan for the Future"
PostCom Postal Podcast 03.08.10

Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Valassis Senior VP for Governmental Affairs Vincent Giuliano in a discussion on "It's Time To Stop Stealing Postal Customers' Money"

2009 Netcasts

PostCom Postal Podcast 12.08.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance, and U.S. Postal Service President of Mailing and Shipping Services Robert Bernstock in a discussion of the Postal Service's plans to develop its mail and package delivery services.
PostCom Postal Podcast 12.02.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Grayhair Vice President of Postal Affairs Angelo Anagnostopoulos, and Grayhair' Director of Client Services Therese Powers in a discussion of service type IDs in conjunction with the Intelligent Mail program.
PostCom Postal Podcast 11.12.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and The Bennett Group President Mary Ann Bennett in a discussion of the trials and travails of complying with Move Update.
PostCom Postal Podcast 11.10.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Grayhair Software postal affairs vice president Angelo Anagnostopoulos, and Grayhair Software product development and management vice president Raymond Chin in a discussion of Move Update.
PostCom Postal Podcast 11.06.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Grayhair Software postal affairs vice president Angelo Anagnostopoulosin a discussion of e-Docs and PostalOne!/IMb.
PostCom Postal Videocast 10.30.09
Join PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance, and USPS Mail Classification Specialist Bill Chatfield in a demonstration of the mail piece "deflection" test used to determine the acceptability of flats mail pieces for machinability.
PostCom Postal Podcast 10.10.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Experian Vice President Steve Lopez, and PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance in a discussion of the many issues mailers are having with the Postal Service's Move Update program, particularly ACS.Notes that accompany this podcast have been posted on this site. Refer to these during the podcast.
PostCom Postal Podcast 09.11.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Ruth Goldway in a discussion of various postal questions and issues.
PostCom-Experian webinar podcast 07.15.09
Experian's Mike Yapuncich will help you learn how your organization can not only take advantage of the USPS Summer program, but also a unique offering from Experian. Make the most of the USPS Summer Sale.
PostCom Postal Podcast 06.09.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance, and PostCom Postal Consultant Kathleen Siviter in a review of the many discussions that took place at last week's meeting of the PostCom Board of Directors.This podcast consists of five parts dealing with the following topics. The numbers noted in the parentheses represents the minutes run-time for each segment of the podcast:

Discussion concerning tabbed booklets and folded self-mailers (13:26)
Discussion concerning the Intelligent Mail Barcode and USPS barcode toleraances (21:37)
Discussion concerning the experiences of those participating in IMb program tests and MAIL.dat vs. MAIL.xml (13:35)
Discussion concerning move update and USPS imposition of revenue deficiencies (11:05)
Discussion concerning NDCs and network redesign (10:00)

PostCom Postal Podcast 05.19.09

Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and PostCom Board members Jolene Johannes, Lisa Wurman, and Michael Winn in a discussion of the Postal Service's rules governing tabbed booklets and what the rules mean to mailers. [This was recorded in the Exhibit Hall at the National Postal Forum.]

PostCom Postal Podcast 04.23.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, NPF executive director Mike Genick, and the Postal Service's Alixe Johnson in a discussion of this year's National Postal Forum.
PostCom Postal Podcast 03.19.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance, and USPS Senior Vice President of Operations William Galligan in a discussion of the Postal Service's plans to reorganize its mail processing and distribution network.
PostCom Postal Podcast 02.25.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance, and Postal Consulting Services President Kathleen Siviter in a discussion on the February 18-19 Mailers Technical Advisory Committee meeting.
PostCom Postal Podcast 02.12.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance in a discussion of the Postal Service's announcement of postal price changes.
PostCom Postal Podcast 01.28.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Experian Vice President of Solutions Support Mike Yapuncich in a discussion of the value of good data quality and specifically the importance of address hygiene. Today we will review the benefits to mailers in terms of increased response, postage savings, and reduced wasted advertising from the different address hygiene tools that are available.

Postal Podcast.01.26.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito in a discussion with Everette Mills, Director, Analytical Services, GrayHair Software, Adam Collinson, Mailstream Consultant, Pitney Bowes Management Services, and Mark Shada, President, UAA Clearinghouse on aspects of address hygiene and the Intelligent Mail service.

Postal Podcast.01.12.09
Join U.S. Postal Service Ground Services Vice President Jim Cochrane for a virtual seminar on “Can You Save $$$ On Shipping—Rethink Your Options.” The webinar was jointly sponsored by the Association for Postal Commerce, the Direct Marketing Association, and the Parcel Shippers Association. The slides that accompany this webinar can be found on this site.

Postal Podcast.01.05.09
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Grayhair Software Vice President Ray Chin and Lubenow and Associates President Joe Lubenow in a discussion of the supply chain issues related to Intelligent Mail Barcode services.

2008 Podcasts

Postal Podcast.12.12.08
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Grayhair Software Vice President Angelo Anagnostopoulos in a discussion of the Postal Service's Centralized Account Payment System (CAPS) and its relationship to Intelligent Mail Barcode services.
Postal Podcast 11.17.08
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance and Grayhair Software vice presidents Angelo Anagnostopoulos and Everette Mills, Grayhair Software's manager, analytic services, in a discussion regarding the Intelligent Mail Barcode. This is the second in a series on IMB
Postal Podcast 11.03.08
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance and Grayhair Software vice presidents Angelo Anagnostopoulos and Raymond Chin in a discussion regarding the Intelligent Mail Barcode. What you need to know to get going.
Postal Podcast 09.10.08
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Rich Bobic, Postal Services Manager for Kable Fulfillment Services, Inc. in a discussion on how a major mail service provider gets ready to comply with the Postal Service's new rules concerning mailer use of the Intelligent Mail Barcode.
Postal Podcast 08.06.08
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Postal2020.com's Peter Miller in a discussion of what Postal2020.com is and what it hopes to accomplish in today's debate over mail and the environment.
Postal Podcast 01-08
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Experian Postal Affairs Vice President Steve Lopez in a discussion of the issues surrounding the preparation and entry of tabbed booklets (AKA slim-jims) and other similarly prepared materials for letter-mail automation rates.

Earlier Podcasts

Postal Podcast Number 19
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Kate Muth, PostCom Vice President, and Kathy Siviter, President & CEO of Postal Consulting Services in a discussion of some of the information that came out of the most recent MTAC meeting concerning the new postal ratemaking rules.
Postal Podcast Number 18
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Kate Muth, PostCom Vice President, and Kathy Siviter, President & CEO of Postal Consulting Services in a discussion of some of the information that came out of the most recent MTAC meeting concerning flat sequence sorting.
Postal Podcast Number 17
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Kate Muth, PostCom Vice President, and Kathy Siviter, President & CEO of Postal Consulting Services in a discussion of some of the information that came out of the most recent MTAC meeting concerning the intelligent mail barcode and electronic documentation.
Postal Podcast Number 16
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Kate Muth, PostCom Vice President, and Kathy Siviter, President & CEO of Postal Consulting Services in a discussion of some of the information that came out of the most recent MTAC meeting concerning service performance measurement.
Postal Podcast Number 15
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and PostCom Vice President Kate Muth in a discussion of some of the more recent events that have taken place in the postal community.
Postal Podcast Number 14
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Arandell Corp.'s Vice President of Postal Affairs, Don Landis, and its Director of Postal Systems, Susan Pinter, in a discussion of the R2006 rate case and its impact on catalog marketers.
Postal Podcast Number 13
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and PostCom Vice President Kate Muth in a discussion of the decision by the Governors of the Postal Service to go forward with the rates recommended by the Postal Regulatory Commmission.
Postal Podcast Number 12
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and John Rafuse and Andrew Sukow of DataUnison, the exclusive reseller of eBay's market data.
Postal Podcast Number 11
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, USPS Chief Marketing Officer Anita Bizzotto, and National Postal Forum Executive Director Mike Genick in a preview of what attendees can expect at the March 2007 National Postal Forum in Washington, DC.
Postal Podcast Number 10
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, MFSA Postal Affairs Director Leo Raymond and Postal Services Consulting President Kathy Siviter in a discussion of the second round of USPS proposals and mailers' comments on the R2006 implementing rules, an upcoming USPS-industry conference on flats, AND...another rate case at the end of this calendar year.
Postal Podcast Number 9
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Postal Customer Council Ambassador Extraordinaire Ruthie Ewers in a discussion about Postal Customer Councils, what they are, what they do, what they have to offer. [Editor's note: the audio is not quite as pristine as it should be. We apologize in advance.]
Postal Podcast Number 8
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Quad/Graphics Postal Affairs Director Joe Schick and Quad/Graphics Transportation Manager Phil Thompson in a discussion of the Postal Service's Flats Sequence Sorting system and its impact on the USPS' Evolutionary Network Development and its affects on business mailing customers.
PostCom Podcast Number 7
Join Kate Muth (Association for Postal Commerce), Ruth Goldway (Postal Rate Commission), and Joy Leong (Brown Rudnick) in a discussion of the recently formed "Women in Logistics and Delivery Services Leadership Council"
PostCom Podcast Number 6
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and PostCom General Counsel Ian Volner in a discussion of some of the key provisions of the new Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (H.R. 6407)
PostCom Podcast Number 5
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Charles Prescott, Chairman of the Consultative Committee of the Universal Postal Union for a discussion on the UPU Strategic Planning Conference recently held in Dubai, the UPU and its future organization and governance, and the role of customers within the UPU.
PostCom Podcast Number 4
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Business Objects Commercial Mail Marketing Director Chris Lien in a discuss of the many address-related rules changes that mailers can expect in the near future. CASS, DPV, LACS-Link....What do they mean? How can I get ready? Learn more, and don't forget to check out Chris Lien's postalsoftware blog for even more information.
PostCom Podcast Number 3
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and PostCom Vice President Kate Muth in their review of key postal events of the last week including the elections and its likely impact on postal reform and future postal rules.
PostCom Podcast Number 2
Be sure to give a listen to the latest PostCom Postal Podcast featuring PostCom President Gene Del Polito and Postal Consulting Services President Kathleen Siviter in their review of some of the many topics that were discussed at the PostCom Board meeting, including a review on PostCom's conversations with USPS leaders.
PostCom Podcast Number 1
Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, PostCom Vice President Kate Muth, and Postal Consulting Services President Kathleen Siviter in a review of the Postal Service's proposed rules for the implementation of new mail preparation rules subsequent to the implemenation of new rates later this year.