A Few Tips from the ONA 

Attaching Flyers, Posters, Etc. to Mail Receptacles 

At the USPS website  FAQs page, a person asks:

“Can a flyer/envelope be put in someone else’s mailbox without being mailed? What if a stamp was placed on it?”

Postage must go through the Postal Service™ and be delivered for it to be valid postage and therefore acceptable in the mail receptacle. A flyer cannot be placed in a mailbox after putting a stamp on it unless the item was actually mailed.

“No part of a mail receptacle may be used to deliver any matter not bearing postage, including items or matter placed upon, supported by, attached to, hung from, or inserted into a mail receptacle. Any mailable matter not bearing postage and found as described above is subject to the same postage as would be paid if it were carried by mail.” (Section 3.1.3 Use for Mail – DMM 508 Recipient Services).

The key to this statement is in the term “postage” which is defined as: payment for a delivery service that is affixed or imprinted to a mail piece, usually in the form of a postage stamp, permit imprint or meter impression.

     If you have any questions, please refer them to your local Post Office™.

Federal Communications Commission Do Not Call Registry

Want to reduce the number of unwanted phone calls to your home or cell phone? The FCC established a national Do-Not-Call Registry. Commercial telemarketers may not call you if your number is on the registry.

 

Customers may register their residential telephone number, including wireless numbers, on the national Do-Not-Call registry website or by calling 1-888-382-1222 (TTY 1-866-290-4236).

 

Neighborhood Associations Annual Reports

If there are any changes in contact names, address or phone numbers to your board, please give the coordinator at the ONA a call at 383-4887 or email with the information.  

It' s important for the ONA to have the current contacts for mailing purposes.

 

A Reminder for Neighborhood Associations – it is a good policy to let your City Councilors know about your meetings. Send meeting notices or call, giving them plenty of advance notice, especially if you plan to invite them to participate.

    

Please include our office on your mailing list:  

City of Bend , Office of Neighborhood Associations,

710 NW Wall St., PO Box 431, Bend , OR   97709.