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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JANUARY 10, 1986
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•Good Hews• Update
Mail, mostly from newer readers, continues to be
overwhelmingly positive. New readers are surprised and inspired by
the powerful articles they read in "The Good News." As of this month,
"Good News" circulation is 786,000, with fully 90 percent of the
readership non-Church members.
With the March "Good News," we began to insert our own galley correc
tions and reformat articles to fit layouts on the Bedford typesetting
terminals here in Editorial. Doing the work on our own terminals
should streamline the back-and-forth process between Editorial and
Publishing.
In the January issue of "The Good News," the article "What Is God's
Name?" by Keith Stump has already generated quite a few letters from
readers, many from the "sacred names" camp.
--Dexter Faulkner, Editorial Services
MAIL PROCESSING UPDATE
GREATEST HARVEST YET!; NEW LITERATURE; WATS VOLUNTEERS
Greatest Harvest Yeti
The year of 1985 was the greatest year of
"harvest" that we in Mail Processing have seen! All-time records were
established by very wide margins in nearly every category of mail and
phone calls. Here are some of the highlights of the past year:
• 6.7 million pieces of mail were received. This was 37 percent
more than last year! Other mail-receiving records included most
mail received in one month--1.1 million pieces (December)--and
highest weekend count--173,000-'fetters.
• 1.1 million phone calls were answered on our WATS lines, 42
percent over last year's total. Seventy-eight percent of the
calls received in 1985 (855,000) were in response to the tele
cast. Records were also set for highest monthly ca11 · total--
139,000 (December)--and highest weekend--26,020.
• 2.1 million new names were added to the Work's address files.
This was 24.8 percent more than the previous year's count of 1.7
million.
• Our Terminals Section processed a record 1.2 million pieces of
mail in the month of December. This include'a""a one-day record of
3"o"o;'ooo
pieces on December 17.
• Circulation counts for the Work's three magazines all reached
record levels. They were as follows: "Plain Truth"--8.4 million
copies, "Good News"--828,000 copies, "Youth" magazine--224,000
copies.
• More than 28,000 new co-workers were added in 1985. This was 13
percent over last year.