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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, SEPTEMBER 18, 1981
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There will be a few headsets at each site for any unforeseen need.
We are
also notifying the hard-of-hearing members of their responsibility.
Since the members are responsible for their own headsets, they must also be
responsible for breakage and abnormal wear.
If the equipment receives
proper care, it will last for years. Any abnormal wear or abuse may, at the
discretion of the pastor, be the responsibility of the member.
Hopefully
emphasizing each person's responsibility will lessen this problem.
If anyone has any questions or problems about how to administer this pro
gram, call Glenn Nice at Ministerial Services.
International News
Report From Vancouver, Canada
The "wheels
II
are turning again.
August
finally saw an end to the crippling postal strike. It is doubtful if anyone
will be able to calculate the dollar damage done to the economy by such a
stoppage.
The settling of the postal strike does carry with it a "dark
cloud.
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The cost of postage will undoubtedly increase significantly to
cover increased costs now incurred by the Post Office.
The politicians
have already launched a "trial balloon" by leaking to the press the figure
of 30¢ for first class mail, an increase of 76% over the current 17¢. · Such
a large jump would certainly impact the Work's budget here in Canada.
Income for the month equals July and August of last year--the mail strike
"make-up" mail came in at record levels. The increase was a plus 6%, drop
ping our year-to-date increase to a plus 22.2%, but all indicators show
September as having more of a backlog to come in.
One can only thank our
Creator for the continuous generosity of His people.
Mr. David Hulme, along with Baker Lovick, our advertising agency, continues
to work on increasing our coverage on both radio and television with the
addition this month of British Columbia Interior Television, and a televi
sion station in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
WATS line response continues to climb steadily, with August 30th register
ing as our biggest day so far.
The WATS 1ine operators processed sixty
calls on Sunday morning with another ten on the telephone recorder, giving
us a total of seventy.
Although not many by U.S. standards, it's still a
good beginning. We will soon be advertising the WATS number in Alberta and
British Columbia, which should increase the response.
And From Australia
August saw the first PLAIN TRUTH printed in Australia
for many years.
The September issue is now off the press and in the hands
of Australian PLAIN TRUTH subscribers.
Quality and overall appearance of
the magazine have been greatly improved.
The September issue was mailed out the last week of August and by the end of
the first week in September the majority of our 95,000 PLAIN TRUTH
subscribers in Australia will have received their copy of the magazine.
This improvement in delivery time is a major breakthrough as we had been
experiencing long delays in getting the magazine from Singapore through the
international postal system and into the hands of our readers.
Our negotiations with the Post Office to mail out the PLAIN TRUTH at a spe
cial rate was successful, thus saving God's Work in Australia thousands of
dollars in postage each month.