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PUBLICITY KIT

Communications Plan - USPS Pro and Amateur Team Sponsorship, 2002 Race Season

Purpose

• Maximize Postal Service revenue generation and image enhancement as the 2002 USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Team title sponsor.

• Assist postmasters to capture the moment through publicity efforts in U.S. cities where the cycling teams are scheduled to compete.

Background

By focusing customers and employees on the positive attributes of competitive cycling (speed, desire, dedication, determination) we have an opportunity to build our brand based on our continuing relationship with the USPS Pro Cycling Team and the National Development and Junior National Teams.

Objectives

• Use the resources available through Marketing, Public Affairs and Communications, Government Affairs, and Consumer Affairs to earn image and financial rewards associated with our cycling team sponsorship.

• Use domestic cycling events and riders as a means to increase revenue and sales of Postal Service core products and licensed products on a global basis.

• Heighten Postal Service brand awareness through promoting postal products (philatelic, domestic, and international).

• Heighten awareness of Postal Service-sponsored cycling teams.

• Reach new markets to promote Global Delivery Services.TM

• Enhance employee morale through involvement in local cycling events and initiatives.

Target Audience

External

• Cycling trade press

• General news media

• Customers

• Cosponsors

• Postal Customer Councils (PCCs)

• Members of Congress

• Cycling enthusiasts

Internal

• Postal Service Employees

Messages

• The Postal Service is a world-class partner for domestic and international mailers.

• Postal Service Global Delivery Services offer the same qualities that produced winning results at three Tours de France: exceptional teamwork, speed and efficiency, and determination.

• USPS cycling team sponsorships generate excitement, enthusiasm, and pride for Postal Service employees.

Tactics

Community Relations

• Invite members of Congress and/or other elected officials to introduce USPS cycling team members at local events. (Use this opportunity to engage in informal discussions on the USPS Transformation Plan and create confidence in the mail).

• Partner with bike shops and host bike safety clinics at local schools.

• Develop stamp design contests at local schools based on a cycling theme.

• Invite Consumer Affairs to provide consumer information at a postal booth set up at the race.

Revenue Generation

• Establish a postal retail booth at all race locations.

• Develop souvenir envelopes and pictorial cancellations. (See designs on page 15. Contact Area Public Affairs and Communications office for available artwork, page 16).

• Organize a drawing for cycling gear based on minimum purchase at retail booth.

• Invite USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Team cosponsors to partner at postal retail booth to advertise, offer samples, or sell retail items.

• Display Global Delivery Services product displays and information.

• Invite PCCs, mailer groups, and associations to local events and races.

• Invite key or prospective customers to local events and create a "family-friendly" activity so customers will bring children, spouse, and family members. Use as an opportunity to introduce customers to new products/services, especially Global Delivery Services.

Publicity

• Publicize USPS cycling team sponsorship at appropriate community and health-related events.

• Send event flyers to local cycling clubs and bike shops.

• Send postmaster column to local newspapers.

• Participate in locally sponsored cycling events, such as the "Tour de Cure," which is sponsored by the American Diabetes Association.

• Invite cycling team members to make a short presentation at a plant, Post Office, or PCC meeting. Conduct team autograph sessions using a locally produced postcard.

• Present employee business talks on Postal Service sponsorship.

• Support Postal Service employee team entries in public races often included as part of these events.

• Issue Newsbreaks to employees.

• Use USPS Pro Cycling Team promotional items as employee recognition awards. (Items available for purchase at www.usps.com; click on The Postal Store, then Pro Cycling Gear).

• Raise Yellow Flag if available. Involve team members in Order of the Yellow Jersey ceremonies in performance clusters (PCs) that receive the award for the first time.

Communications Publicity Kit

Items in this publicity kit can be used in their present form or adapted to support the goals of this plan.

External Communications

• Media advisory

• Postal official speech

• Postmaster column for local newspaper

• Cycling team backgrounder

• Internal communications

• Team race schedules and rosters

• Employee business talk

• Newsbreak

• Sponsorship Qs&As

Publicity Ideas

Create a photo opportunity for general media coverage at your event when the Pro, National Development, or Junior National Cycling Teams come to your city to race. Cyclists are required to make a number of public appearances for sponsors and are usually available a day or more before races begin. These ideas present a number of photo opportunities. Two-week or more advance notice is recommended when requesting participation of a cycling team member.

Contact to arrange for cycling team member
participation at local events:
Jennie Coe, 202-268-2428

Postal Facility Visit

Invite the media to attend a local plant or Post Office visit by members of the cycling team. Schedule this when a significant number of employees are present. Consider a combined public/employee event. Invite elected officials to participate. Have the team's publicity director or manager and a local postal official introduce each team member. Team representatives can present an overview of the season's races, objectives, etc. Invite Qs&As. A postal official can present talking points on Postal Service sponsorship and present team representatives with a plaque, gift, or philatelic item on behalf of employees to show Postal Service support. Set up a table where cyclists can sign autographs for employees.

School Visit

Contact a local school to plan an outdoor assembly during the cycling team's visit. Prior to the visit, engage kids in a stamp design contest on a cycling theme, such as safety. Pick first-, second-, and third-place winners. Team representatives usually arrive in racing gear, riding their bikes, followed by race support vehicle. Team members can talk about bicycle safety and racing. Kids love to see the riders in their colorful cycling uniforms, and they will ask plenty of questions in a Q&A. Have a team rider present the top three stamp design winners with a philatelic award. Post winning designs in the Post Office lobby.

Retail Booth at Race Day

Invite cycling team members to the retail booth for an hour on a race day. Hold a raffle based on minimum postal purchase, and ask the team member to pick the winner in a drawing for postal or cycling merchandise or an autographed pictorial cancellation. Request that the team member sign autographs at a table or pose with racing fans and employees. Cycling merchandise is available online at www.usps.com; click on The Postal Store, then Pro Cycling Gear.

USPS Pro Cycling Team Domestic Race Schedules

In today's business environment we must capitalize on every publicity and revenue opportunity available when the cycling team races in our communities. Competitive cycling is a fast-changing sport, and rider participation in a race depends on many factors, including injuries and events at the Pro Cycling Team's European races, which occur at the same time.

For this reason we have included three schedules: confirmed, tentative, and possible. The best way to determine if USPS Pro Cycling Team members will participate is to contact USPS Pro Cycling Team liaison Jennie Coe at 202-268-2428. You are encouraged to also check the Internet web sites maintained by many of the race organizers.

Confirmed USPS Pro Cycling Team Races

Date	Race
March 21-23	Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, CA
May 19	Housantonic Valley Classic, Danbury, CT
June 4	First Union Invitational, Lancaster, PA
June 7	First Union Classic, Trenton, NJ
June 9	USPRO Championship, Philadelphia, PA
Aug. 4	New York City Cycling Championship, New York, NY
Aug. 18	USPRO National Criterium Championship, Downers Grove, IL
Sept. 15	San Francisco Grand Prix, San Francisco, CA
Sept. 29	Miami Cycling Classic, Miami, FL

Tentative USPS Pro Cycling Team Races*

Date	Race
April 20	Tour de Cure, Norfolk, VA
April 28	Iowa City Old Capitol Criterium, Iowa City, IA
May 24	Burlington Road Races, Burlington, IA
May 25	Snake Alley Criterium, Burlington, IA
May 26	Melon City Bike Race, Muscatine, IA
May 27	Quad Cities Criterium, Rock Island, IL
June 15-16	Touchstone Energy NRC Criterium, St. Paul, MN
July 12-28	International Cycling Classic/Superweek, WI
Aug. 30-Sept. 2	St. Louis Races, St. Louis, MO

* Dates/races are subject to change or cancellation

Possible USPS Pro Cycling Team Races

These are the remaining USA Cycling-sponsored races for the 2002 domestic race season at which team riders may compete.

Date	Race
March 2	McLane Pacific Downtown Grand Prix, Merced, CA
March 3	McLane Pacific Foothills Road Race, Merced, CA
March 9-10	Sequoia Cycling Classic, Sequoia, CA
March 28-31	Solano Bicycle Classic, Fairfield, CA
April 13-14	Festival of Speed, Orlando, FL
April 20	Shelby Criterium, Shelby, NC
April 27	Xcelerate Twilight, Athens, GA
May 1-5	Tim Schoeny Tour of the Gila, Silver City, NM
May 27	Tour of Somerville, Somerville, NJ
June 18-23	Adelphia Tour of Southeast Ohio, Southeastern Ohio
June 27-30	Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, Boston, MA
July 2-7	Wendy's International Cycling Classic, Hilliard, OH
July 7	Four Bridges of Elgin, Elgin, IL
July 10-14	Cascade Cycling Classic, Bend, OR
July 18, 20	Elite National Road Cycling Championships, Nashville, TN
July 27-Aug. 4	Tour de `Toona, Altoona, PA
Aug. 1	Espoir National Time Trial Championship, Clemson, SC
Aug. 2	Espoir National Road Race Championship, Clemson, SC
Aug. 10	Saturn Cycling Classic, Breckenridge, CO
Aug. 11	Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix, Manhattan Beach, CA
Aug. 23-25	Hotter Than Hell Hundred, Wichita Falls, TX
Aug. 25	Chris Thater Memorial Criterium, Binghamton, NY
Aug. 31-Sept. 2	US 10K Classic, Atlanta, GA
Sept. 8	Mercury Cycling Classic of Irvine, Irvine, CA
Sept. 21	Univest Grand Prix, Souderton, PA
Sept. 21-22	Wine Country Classic, Napa, CA
Oct. 4-6	CycleFest 2001, West Palm Beach, FL
Oct. 5	Mercy Celebrity Classic Criterium, Fort Smith, AR
Oct. 12-13	Michelin Classic, Greenville, SC

POSTMASTER COLUMN

USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Teams - Go! Ride! Win!

What do the United States Postal Service and the USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Teams have in common? They are all winners and they rely on exceptional teamwork in order to deliver a winning product.

In the case of the USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Teams, each racer makes a selfless contribution to the team effort in order to position one team member to be the overall winner. That was the case when Lance Armstrong became a three-time winner at the Tour de France. The world now recognizes Armstrong as the champion he is. However, he would not have been able to don the coveted yellow jersey worn by the race leader without the support of his entire team.

Similarly, the Postal Service could not be in a position to compete in the global marketplace without the dedication and support of all its employees, each contributing in a different way toward a common goal.

As the title sponsor for the USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Teams, the Postal Service is delivering a strong message to its competitors: The Postal Service is in a race for business and plans to win that race by establishing itself as the champion in Global Delivery Services.

Like Armstrong's yellow jersey, the Postal Service's corporate brand is recognized as the symbol of excellence throughout the business world. As title sponsor of the USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Teams, we plan to use that association to raise awareness of our Global Delivery Services. Our sponsorship ties directly into our business goals and serves as a vehicle for our aggressive pursuit of new business at every turn in the race.

The USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Teams offer unique opportunities to enhance the Postal Service image in local communities and instill pride in Postal Service employees. Local races such as the one scheduled in [INSERT LOCATION AND DATE] benefits our communities, schools, and civic organizations and promote youth bicycle safety programs.

As Lance Armstrong and the USPS Pro Cycling Team challenge the world for a fourth Tour de France victory, the Postal Service looks ahead to the continued growth of Global Delivery Services and its leadership in global communications.

# # #

EMPLOYEE BUSINESS TALK

USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Teams - Go! Ride! Win!

Today, I'd like to talk about a subject you've heard a lot about, the USPS Pro Cycling Team. The Postal Service continues with this, its seventh consecutive year of sponsorship as the 2002 title sponsor of the Pro and Amateur National Development and Junior National Teams.

You might ask, "What does cycling have to do with our core business of selling stamps, and processing and delivering the mail?" The answer is that our sponsorship ties directly into the international, retail, and sales business goals of the Postal Service.

The cycling team sponsorships help raise awareness of the Postal Service as a global delivery service, positioned to help customers move their products overseas. The sales group works to identify new business opportunities with companies. Stamp-collecting products and a limited line of merchandise featuring the team logo are sold at races held in this country. The Postal Service expects to increase international revenue tenfold over the next 10 years.

Lance Armstrong and his team's spectacular performance the last 3 years in the Tour de France created extensive positive publicity. This translated into Postal Service brand awareness and positioned us favorably in the minds of prospective business clients. A winning image in business is worth a lot!

The USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Teams offer unique opportunities to enhance the Postal Service image in local communities too. Local races such as the one scheduled in [INSERT LOCATION AND DATE] benefit our communities, schools, and civic organizations and promote youth bicycle safety programs.

Cycling is one of the world's most popular sports, with more than 60 million spectators annually. The Tour de France is one of the world's largest sporting events, attracting over 20 million spectators and generating TV coverage in 140 countries with more than 2 billion viewers.

With so much focus and attention on a world-class cycling event, leveraging the success of a world-class team brings rewards to the Postal Service that go beyond finishing first. It means first in the minds of prospective business clients, first in the minds of residential customers, and first in the minds of employees who take pride in working for a first-class organization.

So if you are asked about our sponsorship, I hope you will translate it into terms our customers and your coworkers understand: revenue generation, image, and brand enhancement.

# # #

POSTMASTER SPEECH SEGMENT

USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Teams - Go! Ride! Win!

Sponsorship and the Race for Business

Let me start by asking a question. (Raising hand) How many people think the cost of education is just too high today? You may be right. But I ask, if you think the cost of education is too high, what are you willing to pay for ignorance?

Now, that's a heck of a way to start off a speech about how proud we are about our USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Teams that will be competing here in our city on [INSERT DATE] around the country, and in Europe. But some of you might be asking, why is the Postal Service sponsoring these teams?

Well, the United States Postal Service is in a competitive race too, a race for business as the global shipper of choice. We cannot afford to be either complacent or ignorant about the needs and requirements of our business-to-business customers. We are in a race for business, and like Lance Armstrong, it is a race we plan to win. Every race has strategies. Our strategy is to gain knowledge about our customers' needs.

As title sponsor of the USPS Pro and Amateur Cycling Teams, we plan to use that association to raise awareness of the Postal Service as a global competitor in the delivery business. Our sponsorship ties directly into our business goals. It puts us in gear to increase revenue and sales through postal products and services such as our line of Global Delivery Services. The bottom line is sponsorship contributes to the overall financial success of the Postal Service, which is good news for postal customers.

Extensive positive publicity from our relationship with Lance and the team generated brand awareness and helped position the Postal Service favorably in the minds of prospective business clients. This association sets the Postal Service apart from our competitors. A winning image is important. When a company chooses its courier of choice, it wants a winner.

While the Tour de France is a race on a global stage, our association with cycling takes place on a local stage as well. Sponsorship gives us visibility at local races, which helps solidify our presence in domestic markets. These events also benefit our communities, schools, and civic organizations and promote youth bicycle safety programs.

Cycling is one of the world's most popular sports, with more than 60 million spectators annually. The Tour de France is one of the world's largest sporting events, attracting over 20 million spectators and generating TV coverage in 140 countries with more than 2 billion viewers.

With so much focus and attention on a world-class cycling event, leveraging the success of a world-class team brings rewards to the Postal Service that go beyond finishing first. It means first in the minds of prospective business clients, first in the minds of residential customers, and first in the minds of employees who take pride in working for a first-class organization.

# # #

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [INSERT YOUR NAME]
[INSERT DATE] [INSERT YOUR PHONE NUMBER]
Internet: www.usps.com

Media Advisory

EVENT: Appearance of the USPS Pro Cycling Team members in the community.

WHO: [INSERT NAMES OF PRO CYCLING TEAM MEMBER(S)]

WHAT: [INSERT EVENT DETAILS]

WHEN: [INSERT HOUR, DAY, AND DATE EVENT BEGINS]

WHERE: [INSERT EXACT LOCATION OF EVENT]

BACKGROUND: With their sights set on winning a fourth consecutive Tour de France, members of the USPS Pro Cycling Team will be in our city to compete in one of their scheduled domestic races for 2002. This is the seventh consecutive year of Postal Service sponsorship of the Pro Cycling Team. Three-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and the USPS Pro Cycling Team were recently honored by the United States Olympic Committee by being voted USOC Sportsman and Sports Team of the Year.

Questions And Answers

Q. Why is the U.S. Postal Service sponsoring the professional and amateur cycling teams when revenues are down and postage rates are going up?

A. The pro and amateur cycling teams position the Postal Service as an innovative global marketer through our Global Delivery Services products. This is expected to increase revenue and sales of postal products and services on a global basis. It also offers unique opportunities to enhance the Postal Service image in local communities and among our employees.

Q. What does the sponsorship entail?

A. The Postal Service is the title sponsor of the Pro Cycling Team, which is owned and managed by Tailwind Sports, Inc., Sausalito, California. Other sponsors also provide either funding or in-kind services to support the team's budget. Our sponsorship of the National Development and Junior National Teams gives our brand image added exposure and provides us with a tremendous reach throughout organized cycling at its three highest levels.

Q. What benefit does the Postal Service expect to get from the sponsorship?

A. The pro and amateur cycling sponsorship supports the business goals of the international business, retail, and sales organizations.

The international business group responds to the increasing globalization of U.S. businesses. As American businesses look to "go global," the international business group has positioned itself to help them reach new markets and increase revenue. By facilitating the movement of products overseas for American businesses, the Postal Service expects to increase international revenue tenfold over the next decade.

Retail sales will occur at many of the domestic race sites. Stamp collecting products and a limited line of merchandise featuring the logo of the team will be sold.

The sales group works to identify new business opportunities with companies and individuals affiliated with cycling. These relationships, and the revenue generated as a result, help support the cycling sponsorship.

The sponsorship also offers unique opportunities to enhance the Postal Service image in local communities and among its employees.

Q. How much does the Postal Service pay to sponsor the cycling teams?

A. Because the funding for the sponsorship is considered part of our overall advertising budget, and we do not release information about individual parts of that budget, we don't discuss the amount of the contract publicly.

Q. What part does Lance Armstrong play in the sponsorship?

A. He is strictly part of the USPS Pro Cycling Team. There is no special sponsorship arrangement with him.

Q. What other sports sponsorships is the Postal Service involved in?

A. The cycling sponsorship is the only national sports sponsorship in which the Postal Service is engaged.

Q. The Postal Service is also the title sponsor of the National Development and Junior National Team. Why is the Postal Service including cyclists in amateur status along with its sponsorship of the USPS Pro Cycling Team?

A. Starting with the 2001 race season, the Postal Service became title sponsor of the amateur National Development and the Junior National Cycling Teams. USA Cycling, the umbrella organization of pro and amateur cycling in the U.S., is committed to development of the next generation of cycling champions.

USA Cycling believes the National Development and Junior National Teams are critical to our mission of sustained success in international competition. Therefore, as the "bridge" between emerging elite U.S. amateur athletes and the elite professional ranks, the National Development and Junior National Teams will become USA Cycling's primary focus in this effort. USA Cycling's goal is to give our best young riders the necessary preparation and opportunities for a productive career in the professional European cycling peloton. This help's ensure our sponsorship of the world's most elite racing team.

USPS Pro Cycling Team 2002 Roster

Rider	Nationality	DOB	Residence
Amstrong, Lance	USA	09-18-71	Austin, TX
Barry, Michael	CAN	12-18-75	Boulder, CO
Boonen, Tom	BEL	10-15-80	Balen, BEL
Casey, Dylan	USA	04-13-71	Mountain View, CA
Clinger, David	USA	11-22-77	Woodland Hills, CA
Cruz, Antonio	USA	10-31-71	Long Beach, CA
Heras, Roberto	ESP	02-21-74	Bejar, ESP
Hincapie, George	USA	06-29-73	Greenville, SC
Joachim, Benoit	LUX	01-14-76	Foetz, LUX
Kjaergaard, Steffen	NOR	05-24-73	Duken, NOR
Labbe, Kenny	USA	09-18-71	Mt Prospect, IL
Landis, Floyd	USA	10-14-75	San Diego, CA
Mcrae, Chann	USA	10-11-71	Austin, TX
Mondini, Gianpaolo	ITA	07-15-72	Fusignano, ITA
Padrnos, Pavel	CZE	12-17-70	Ostopovice, CZE
Pena, Victor Hugo	COL	07-10-74	Piedecuesta, COL
Rubiera, Jose Luis	ESP	01-27-73	Gijon, ESP
Vande Velde, Christian	USA	05-22-76	Boulder, CO
Ventura, Robbie	USA	05-05-71	Gurnee, IL
White, Matthew	AUS	02-22-74	Caringbah, AUS
Zabriskie, Dave	USA	01-12-79	Salt Lake City, UT

USPS National Development Team 2002 Roster

Rider	Residence
Bahati, Rahsaan	Los Angeles, CA
Biskner, Nieko	Santa Barbara, CA
Creed, Mike	Colorado Springs, CO
Ferguson, Walker	Norwood, CO
Fitzgerald, Mark	Norfolk, VA
Frischkorn, Will	Charlottesburg, VA
Hygelund, John	Los Gatos, CA
Jankowiak, Dane	Huntington Beach, CA
King, Austin	Phoenix, AZ
Magnell, Sterling	Occidental, CA
Mccarty, Patrick	Allen, TX
Milsal, Basil	Oakland, CA
Raisin, Saul	Dalton, GA
Reinhart, Timmy	Macungie, PA
Retseck, Jon	Doylestown, PA
Steinbrecher, Cory	Glen Ellyn, IL
Treto, Nathan	Temecula, CA
Wenger, David	North Lima, OH

USPS Pro Cycling Team 2002 Sponsors

BIOTONE
Sports care

CARMICHAEL TRAINING SYSTEMS
Training system

CLIF BAR/CLIF SHOT
Energy bars and gel

DEDA
Handlebars

GIRO SPORT DESIGN
Helmets

HED
Time trial handlebars

HUTCHINSON
Tires

INTERWOVEN
Software products and services

NIKE
Racing and casual clothing

SAPIM RACE SPOKES
Spokes

SCI CON
Bike bags

SELLE SAN MARCO
Saddles

SHIMANO
Components and pedals

SPORTSBALM
Sports care

TACX
Water bottle cages, trainers

THOMAS WEISEL PARTNERS
Financial services

TREK BICYCLE CORPORATION
Bicycles

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Title sponsor

VELO SPORT VACATIONS
Tour company

VETTA
Cyclometers and heart rate monitors

VISA
Payment card

VOLKSWAGEN
Vehicles

YAHOO! SPORTS
Global Internet media partner

YAKIMA
Roof racks

WRENCH FORCE
Tools, fixtures, and degreaser

Global Delivery Services

Standard Services

• Global Airmail is an inexpensive way to send anything mailable to virtually any country in the world. Airmail is not just for letters, but includes both letter- post and parcel post® items.

• Global Economy is one of the world's mail bargains when speed of delivery is not a factor. Economy includes letter-post and parcel post, and is sent by surface transportation to nearly every country in the world.

Expedited Services

• Global Express Guaranteed® (GXG) gives customers fast, date-certain, guaranteed delivery with full tracking and tracing to over 200 countries and territories worldwide.* GXG is the result of a strategic alliance with DHL Worldwide Express®. The Postal Service handles GXG domestically, while DHL provides commercial customs clearance and international transportation and delivery.

* Some restrictions apply. Complete details on the countries, service, and guarantee are available at www.usps.com/gxg.

• Global Express Mail™ (GEM) is one of our fastest delivery options to over 190 countries, with discounts available to Express Mail Corporate Account holders.

• Global Priority Mail® (GPM) can give customers expedited delivery to over 50 countries. It's a major value in international package delivery for parcels weighing up to 4 pounds.

Volume Services

• International Priority AirmailTM (IPA®) provides fast, cost-effective delivery for volume global mailings. Available to nearly all countries, including Canada, IPA is comparable to domestic First-Class Mail® service. It's ideal for sending invoices, direct mail, catalogs, publications, small merchandise packages, business correspondence - virtually all types of mail weighing up to 4 pounds per piece.

• International Surface Air LiftTM (ISAL®) provides reliable delivery at the right price for volume global mailings. It's the economical choice for sending primarily catalogs or other printed matter weighing up to 4 pounds per piece. ISAL service is available to 126 countries, including Canada.

• International Business Reply Service (IBRS) helps promote maximum response from your global customers. Similar to domestic Business Reply Mail (BRM), IBRS provides a way to receive prepaid reply cards and envelopes from customers in virtually every country of the world, including Canada.

• Global DirectTM gives customers a way to send mailings from the United States that have the appearance of domestic mail in the destination country. Items bear that country's postal markings and return address, providing access to distinct marketing advantages that a "local look" may provide. Global Direct can also save you money over other Global Delivery Services mailing options. Service is available to Canada and Mexico.

Value-Added Special Programs

• Postal Qualified Wholesaler Program can supply you with a listing of letter shops, printers, and fulfillment houses that can provide you with end-to-end shipping solutions for your outbound mailing needs. Postal Qualified Wholesaler Program lets you take advantage of getting great outbound rates without preparing the mail yourself.

• Global Business Associates Program works with business associates to pick up your overseas packages and deliver them in the U.S. - at economical rates.

• International Customized Mail Services gives customers a negotiated package of rates and services designed to provide enhanced cost-effectiveness for businesses with large amounts of international mail. Call your Postal Service account representative to see if you qualify for this service.

Area Public Affairs And Communications Managers

Ralph Stewart
Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
Eastern Area/U.S. Postal Service
PO Box 40593
Philadelphia, PA 19197-0593
215-931-5054

Helen Skillman and Deborah Yackley
Public Affairs and Communications
Capitol Metro/U.S. Postal Service
10320 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Ste 308
Columbia, MD 21044-5210
410-715-0070

Diane Todd
Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
NY Metro Area/U.S. Postal Service
421 Eighth Ave, Rm 5114
New York, NY 10199-9681
212-330-3118

Debra Hawkins
Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
Northeast Area/U.S. Postal Service
6 Griffin Rd N
Windsor, CT 06006-9876
860-285-7265

Earl C. Artis, Jr.
Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
Southeast Area/U.S. Postal Service
225 North Humphrey Blvd
Memphis, TN 38166-0832
901-747-7544

Jim Mruk
Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
Great Lakes Area/U.S. Postal Service
244 Knollwood Dr, 4^th Floor
Bloomingdale, IL 60117-2208
630-539-6565

Dan De Miglio
Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
Pacific Area/U.S. Postal Service
390 Main St, Ste 200
San Francisco, CA 94105-8000
415-536-6490

David Mazer
Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
Pacific Area/U.S. Postal Service
7001 S Central Ave, Rm 364A
Los Angeles, CA 90052-9641
323-586-1212

Cesta Ayers, Jr.
(A) Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
Southwest Area/U.S. Postal Service
7800 N Stemmons Freeway, Ste 450
Dallas, TX 75247-4220
214-819-8710

Scott Budny
Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
Western Area/U.S. Postal Service
1745 Stout St, Ste 400
Denver, CO 80299-7500
303-313-5130

- Public Affairs and Communications, 3-21-02