Address Updates

These are training reminder notes for volunteers updating the addresses

Log in at http://krcla.org/database-login , change quick search to Contact ID seardch 

Order

  1. September 2016 Update (Thick half fold envelope)
  2. February 2017 Tax Letter (Letter-size envelope with transparent window)
  3. Paril 2017 Newsletter (Thin half fold self-mailer)

When there is an updated address

  1. Search by Contact ID
  2. Change address type of wrong address to "5 Wrong" (for some, this may already have been set)
  3. Enter new address of type "1 Home", Primary
  4. Check that it's not marked as "Do not mail" - if it is, uncheck it

When there is no updated address

  1. Search by Contact ID
  2. Change address type of wrong address to "5 Wrong" (for some, this may already have been set)
  3. Under Indiv/Org Primary, click "WHy no contact", and select the reason given by USPS
  4. Mark as "Do not mail"

How to format addresses

No dots, no "apt, ste" - use #. Abbreviate N, S, W, E to one letter. Abbreviate street suffixes as St, Blvd, Ave, Ln, Pkwy, Cir, Hwy.. Don't abbreviate city names.

Wrong: 
Correct: 900 S Crenshaw Blvd #B, Los Angeles, CA 90019