As our members may or may not be aware, there is a potential strike or
lockout action which may affect Canada Post in the coming months, starting
any time on or after the 2nd of July. This work stoppage is not certain to
occur and negotiations are ongoing; however, should it occur it will affect
RAC operations which rely on Canada Post for cross-country mailing.


In the event of a work stoppage in the postal service, RAC members should
know:


1) There would be no mailed-out renewal reminders to RAC members whose
subscriptions would lapse in the coming months.


2) Membership Card requests would still be processed but no cards would be
mailed out until the stoppage concludes.


3) Cheques mailed to the RAC head office to pay for membership renewal,
club affiliation or other miscellaneous payments would not reach their
destination until the stoppage concludes and there may be significant
delays in restarting deliveries.


4) There could be delays to the distribution of print versions of the
July-August 2016 issue of *The Canadian Amateur* magazine and possibly the
September-October 2016 issue although they will be available online at the
usual time from the "Downloads" area of the RAC website at:
http://wp.rac.ca/downloads/


5) Maple Leaf Operator welcome packages would be held at the office for the
duration of the work stoppage and shipped when it concludes.


If you believe your membership may expire in the summer months you can
confirm the exact date in several ways. By logging onto your account on the
RAC website you can see your membership expiry date in the "My Membership"
page (http://wp.rac.ca/my-membership/). If you scroll down you will see,
for example: "Your membership expires on: December 31, 2016".
Alternatively, for those receiving print versions of TCA, your membership
expiry is printed on the mailing label of every issue of TCA just above and
to the right of your name: for example,"31-Dec-16" for "December 31, 2016".


Members who wish to renew their membership can do so by clicking the "Join
RAC" logo on the right of the RAC homepage and using the online renewal
form in the "Membership Sign-up Renewal Area" at
https://wp.rac.ca/home-2/membership-...ea/?s2-ssl=yes. You
can also renew your membership by calling the RAC office at 1-877-273-8304.


If you have any questions or concerns about this matter please feel free to
call the office, and the RAC Office Manager will do his best to help you.
Office hours are 10 am to 4 pm, Eastern time, every weekday. In addition,
please watch this area of the RAC website for updated information.



*Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA RAC President and Chair*


*wp.rac.ca* http://www.rac.ca/
720 Belfast Road, #217
Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5
613-244-4367, 1- 877-273-8304