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Some [[apas]] (and particularly quarterly [[apas]]) – [[FAPA]], for example – allowed members to post mail their [[apazines]] to the membership. In this term, the word "post" is used in both its meanings – as in via the mail and as in after the actual [[FAPA]] mailing was sent out. Although [[FAPA]] had a membership of 65, the members had to send 68 copies of their zine to the [[Official Editor]] for distribution or, if they post mailed, the three extras had to be sent to the [[OE]] anyway. In this way, if a bundle got lost in the mail, members could request one of these extra copies; if there was no need to do this, the extras would be offered to newly-invited members or, when not needed for either of these purposes, they would be auctioned, usually to those who remained on the [[waiting list]]. Post-mailing was most often done when an [[editor]] needed to meet [[minac]] requirements and did not have enough time to get the 68 copies to the [[OE]] by the mailing deadline. The [[OE]] would acknowledge the previous mailing's post mailings in the [[club]]'s [[Official Organ]] – in the case of [[FAPA]], The ''[[Fantasy Amateur]]''. Other quarterly [[apas]], like [[SAPS]], did not allow post mailings for credit; if [[minac]] requirements were missed by the mailing deadline, the member was dropped for lack of activity. [[SAPS]] also did not acknowledge post mailings in its [[OO]], ''[[The Spectator]]'', and further had a no-prior distribution rule, so [[fans]] who circulated their [[genzines]] via [[SAPS]] had to wait to post them to their regular non-[[apa]] readers until after the [[SAPS]] mailing deadline.
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Some [[apas]] (and particularly quarterly [[apas]]) – [[FAPA]], for example – allowed members to '''''postmail''''' their [[apazines]] to the membership — mail out their [[fanzine]] individually to the members after the deadline for being included in a [[mailing]]. In this term, the word ''post'' is used in both its meanings – as in via the mail and as in after the actual mailing was sent out.  
  
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Post-mailing was most often done when a [[faned]] needed to meet [[minac]] requirements and did not have enough time to get the copies to the [[OE]] by the mailing deadline. The [[OE]] would acknowledge the previous mailing's post mailings in the [[apa]]'s [[Official Organ]].
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Other [[apas]], like [[SAPS]], did not allow post mailings for credit; if [[minac]] requirements were missed by the mailing deadline, the member was dropped for [[lactivity]]. [[SAPS]] also did not acknowledge post mailings in its [[OO]], ''[[The Spectator]]'', and further had a no-prior-distribution rule, so [[fans]] who circulated their [[genzines]] via [[SAPS]] had to wait to send them to their regular non-[[apa]] readers until after the [[SAPS]] mailing deadline.
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[[FAPA]] had a membership of 65, but the members had to send 68 copies of their [[zine]] to the [[Official Editor]] for distribution — if they post mailed, the three extras had to be sent to the [[OE]] anyway. (In this way, if a bundle got lost in the mail, members could request one of these extra copies; if there was no need to do this, the extras would be offered to newly-invited members or, when not needed for either of these purposes, they would be auctioned, usually to those who remained on the [[waiting list]].)
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([[Speer]])  For reasons of timeliness, rush to satisfy [[minac|activity credits]], or philoprogenitive rationalization, [[fans]] sometimes don't want to wait till the next regular [[mailing]] of an [[APA]] to distribute their [[fanzine]] to the membership.  It may then be distributed as individual mailed copies, the distributor bearing the cost and the responsibility of seeing to it that all members get a copy.  [[OMPA]] and [[FAPA]] allow normal credit when this is done; [[SAPS]] doesn't.
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Despite some objections, publications sent out as postmailings are considered part of the preceding official mailing for purposes of tabulation. A few fans have declared their zines "premailings" to a forthcoming mailing, but tho the original meaning of "postmailing" allowed this, FAPA at least no
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longer recognizes anything as a "pre-mailing"; implication being that "post" has come to mean method and not time of distribution.
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Latest revision as of 15:09, 20 September 2020

Some apas (and particularly quarterly apas) – FAPA, for example – allowed members to postmail their apazines to the membership — mail out their fanzine individually to the members after the deadline for being included in a mailing. In this term, the word post is used in both its meanings – as in via the mail and as in after the actual mailing was sent out.

Post-mailing was most often done when a faned needed to meet minac requirements and did not have enough time to get the copies to the OE by the mailing deadline. The OE would acknowledge the previous mailing's post mailings in the apa's Official Organ.

Other apas, like SAPS, did not allow post mailings for credit; if minac requirements were missed by the mailing deadline, the member was dropped for lactivity. SAPS also did not acknowledge post mailings in its OO, The Spectator, and further had a no-prior-distribution rule, so fans who circulated their genzines via SAPS had to wait to send them to their regular non-apa readers until after the SAPS mailing deadline.

FAPA had a membership of 65, but the members had to send 68 copies of their zine to the Official Editor for distribution — if they post mailed, the three extras had to be sent to the OE anyway. (In this way, if a bundle got lost in the mail, members could request one of these extra copies; if there was no need to do this, the extras would be offered to newly-invited members or, when not needed for either of these purposes, they would be auctioned, usually to those who remained on the waiting list.)

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
(Speer) For reasons of timeliness, rush to satisfy activity credits, or philoprogenitive rationalization, fans sometimes don't want to wait till the next regular mailing of an APA to distribute their fanzine to the membership. It may then be distributed as individual mailed copies, the distributor bearing the cost and the responsibility of seeing to it that all members get a copy. OMPA and FAPA allow normal credit when this is done; SAPS doesn't.

Despite some objections, publications sent out as postmailings are considered part of the preceding official mailing for purposes of tabulation. A few fans have declared their zines "premailings" to a forthcoming mailing, but tho the original meaning of "postmailing" allowed this, FAPA at least no longer recognizes anything as a "pre-mailing"; implication being that "post" has come to mean method and not time of distribution.

From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944
(Speer) - After each FAPA mailing, there are usually some publications that missed the boat. These may wait for the next mailing, but most of the time the publisher has the mailing manager send them to each member at the publisher's expense, or does it himself. In the latter case, when the official mailing is unexpectedly delayed, these "post"-mailings may actually be premailings. If official material is mailed out late, late publications will be included with it, and the expense is borne by the treasury. Despite some objections, publications sent out late to all members are considered part of the official mailings for purposes of laureates, activity records, etc.

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