[Durham INC] Postal Regulations Concerning Mailboxes

[Joshua Allen]

In case this is not on everyone's radar, I read in USA Today recently that
congress may eliminate door to door delivery in order to help curb USPS
costs. They would replace door to door delivery with either street
mailboxes or with mail box collections in common areas of neighborhoods.
Honestly, I'd rather just eliminate mail completely since 95% of mine is
junk. But there may be a national fight over this.

--Joshua
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Sent from iPhone.  Please excuse brevity, typos, etc.

On Aug 24, 2013, at 7:02 PM, Mike Woodard <mike at mikewoodard.com> wrote:

I will be calling the USPS regional office--again--to complain about a
carrier attempting to force new residents to move their mailbox. Before I
call, I'd like to know if any other neighborhoods have experienced this
issue recently.

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Mike Woodard
NC Senator
mike at mikewoodard.com
919.599.5143


Interneighborhood Council <interneighborhoodcouncil at gmail.com> wrote:

I've sent this out before, but let me send it out again.  Please forward it
to your neighborhood listservs and your PAC listservs.

The postal operations manual is available in PDF form at the National
Association of Letter Carriers website :

http://www.nalc.org/depart/cau/pdf/manuals/POM/POM_9--12_08.pdf

The relevant section is Section 631.6, titled "Conversion of Mode of
Delivery,"  and it partially reads: "Customer signatures must be obtained
prior to any conversion. In single family housing areas (including
manufactured housing and mobile homes) where the residences and lots are
owned, each owner must agree to the conversion in writing. Owners who do
not agree must be allowed to retain their current mode of delivery. When a
residence is sold, the mode of delivery cannot be arbitrarily changed prior
to the new resident moving in. The existing mode of delivery must be
retained."

It is beyond frustrating that the local postmaster and station managers do
not enforce their own regulations despite repeated complaints.

John Martin, President
InterNeighborhood Council of Durham

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