The following message was posted to the BACKSERV list.  I thought some
of you who subscribe to SERIALST might be interested too.

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From:  Ingrid G. Moss <imoss@peace.edu>
Sent:  Thursday, May 22, 1997 12:47 PM
To:  'backserv'
Subject:  REIMBURSEMENTS

Dear Backservers:

I am wondering if any of the rest of you are a little bit tired of
dealing with reimbursement in stamps for back issues.  Personally, I do
not use the stamps I receive for postage at all - I use them to send to
others to reimburse for issues I have received.  I have often gotten to
the point where I do not have any stamps left to reimburse others with,
and have to buy more.  I think this process would be a lot easier if we
stopped asking each other for reimbursement except in cases where
postage exceeds an arbitrary amount of say $10.00.  This number is
certainly open for discussion.  I realize many of you do not ask for
reimbursement if postage is under $3.00, but it would be nice to find a
standard we ALL use.

I hope no-one thinks I sound like sour grapes.  I am very, very
appreciative of BACKSERV.  I just think it could be made easier and more
efficient by coming up with a standard for reimbursement.  Thanks for
listening, and please respond if you have any comments.  Thanks!

Ingrid G. Moss
Serials Librarian
Peace College
<imoss@peace.edu>