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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #25 on: June 16, 2021, 13:41:53 »
Received the book yesterday. What an outstanding piece of work! Worth every penny and then more! Hats off to all involved.

Mike, yours was "Invoice #1" and the first shipping label to be printed, and thus in the first batch to leave. Alex and volunteer Tom Lewis dropped this batch off at the small Sanford, NC post office on Saturday June 12.

It was my intent to process these in the order received, but due to a variety of issues in the way PayPal ( >:() works, and my need to keep an orderly track of everything for the inevitable issues that may arrive, I was not able to do that.

Going through all the USA shipments one by one and getting them out the door. Next week the overseas shipments begin.
Michael Salemi
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #26 on: June 16, 2021, 13:48:19 »
Michael, you deserve a medal for your flawless execution of this major project, along with the volunteers that helped make it happen.

Thanks, Cees--but there's a LOT of hands and brains in this project.

AlexD was the driving force behind the project. Like a pit bull.
Amy provided guidance, the "small gift" that was inside, and the designer who worked with the pages to put them into book form.
JonnyB worked hard at getting all the old pages together and was part of the review team.
Tom Lewis--not a member here, but a Mercedes junkie in NC--provided the workspace in which all the books were packaged up, with a team of additional Mercedes junkie volunteers. That was boxing, stuffing, sealing, and re-boxing all 550 books. I was busy in the "label department" but I think there were about six volunteers in total, including the mayor of Fuquay-Varina, NC who IS a member here. It was "all hands on deck" on Saturday, basically all day.
I added my expertise in printing and publishing, but also in keeping some semblance of order to issuing invoices, processing payments, and arranging shipping in the most expedient manner.

Truly a joint effort.
Michael Salemi
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #27 on: June 16, 2021, 16:21:36 »
Thank you all then for this remarkable joint effort! World would be a sad place without people ready to undertake such efforts!

There is a permanent flood of bad news, mishaps, etc. What helps not to get depressed is people like these, in many areas of activity.
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2021, 20:09:01 »
Looks like "Media Mail" worked well.  Received mine today (Central Texas)

Great job on everyone's part!

Thank you all!

Norm

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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #29 on: June 18, 2021, 20:30:38 »
Likewise (Northern Virginia).  ;^)
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #30 on: June 19, 2021, 23:52:11 »
Volume 1 Just arrived. Beautiful. Can't wait for Volume 2.
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #31 on: June 20, 2021, 00:15:59 »
Received today - beautiful (and perfectly packaged)!
Bravo to the team for your excellent and selfless work for our group.
Thank you.
Gary
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #32 on: June 20, 2021, 01:10:25 »
Got mine today as well (Long Beach CA). Started thumbing through, so many memories of each of these issues! Starting 18 years ago ... I still remember bicycling over to the copy place in Amsterdam for the 1st issue 'rest of world' copies.
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #33 on: June 20, 2021, 12:11:23 »
I’m ASTONISHED at how quickly the Media Mail is making it around the country. I would not have expected any deliveries until tomorrow the 21st based upon the rate specifications.

Much thought went into the packaging to assure they won’t get damaged.
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Michael Salemi
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #34 on: June 20, 2021, 18:17:01 »
A really beautiful work!
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #35 on: June 20, 2021, 19:42:42 »
ALL USA SHIPMENTS ARE DONE.

You should have received a notice from PayPal (at the PayPal address YOU provided and USED for payment) with the shipping detail AND tracking number. A large number have gone out yesterday and today; they won't be officially scanned into the USPS system until tomorrow, and then again it takes them 24 hours to update.

All the shipments were made between June 11 and today. None earlier. YOU can track it yourself at www.usps.com. A large number have arrived already.

This week, the balance of shipments for all other locations will leave; they will go by private courier to three or four locations in Canada, Australia and UK. Once they arrive, a few of your fellow members will be posting them in the local mail system. This will speed up delivery considerably over each individual package leaving the USA through the USA mail system, and save the club some postage and shipping fees in the process.
Michael Salemi
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Signal Red 568G w/Black Leather (Restored)
2023 Ford Maverick Lariat Hybrid "Area 51"
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #36 on: June 21, 2021, 12:46:00 »
received mine Friday!

thank you!
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #37 on: June 21, 2021, 21:29:10 »
I also received mine on Friday. Very well done.
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #38 on: June 22, 2021, 14:50:42 »
Hello Michael,

Received mine yesterday! Great job! Love the book! A treasure!

Best,
RB
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #39 on: June 24, 2021, 13:47:14 »
Got the book Monday - finally had a chance to flip through it last night - just amazing.
THANK YOU to the entire group of people that made this happen. Absolutely outstanding (volunteer) work!
 
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #40 on: June 24, 2021, 17:05:31 »
OK, early this morning, ALL the international (non-USA) books were sent in bulk to four of your fellow VOLUNTEER members.

George Henne in Toronto will be re-mailing all the CANADA books.
Matthew Stickley in Australia will be re-mailing all the AUSTRALIA and other PacRim books.
David Robinson in Ireland will be re-mailing all the European Union and other continental books.
James Lester in London will be re-mailing all the UK books.

This is a massive effort. All of those books were sent by private courier (UPS) and are all going to arrive within the week. At that point, we begin the re-mailing process. Each label has to be ordered, bought, emailed, and then printed at the remote destinations. As there are ~180 books involved, this will take some time...PLEASE BE PATIENT. We're all working hard on this.

Doing it this way saves a considerable amount for your club's funds, and allowed us to keep the book price to what it was. If we were to mail them directly, each one individually, from the USA, it would add about $15-$25 to the cost of EACH BOOK. Since international mail has been costly and slow, this re-mailing scheme should work out well. Fortunately, the low cost of domestic USA shipping via Media Mail helped to subsidize the rest of the publication's shipping costs, and we were able to create a reasonable price for everyone that didn't vary if you were in Poland or Pennsylvania, Switzerland or Surrey, New York or New Caledonia.

So a hearty round of thanks to these international volunteers, helping make this club THE BEST.

Michael Salemi
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #41 on: June 24, 2021, 17:58:39 »
Michael, it simply is THE BEST CLUB !
A massive thank you to all those involved wherever you may be, a truly fantastic effort.
Can't wait for mine to arrive now.
Patience is a virtue.

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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #42 on: June 25, 2021, 16:24:44 »
Received!
Thank you to all that made this happen!!!
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #43 on: June 25, 2021, 22:39:24 »
To Alex Djuric, Michael Salemi, Amy McKenna, Jon Bernardi, and all of the North Carolina Geriatric Shipping Elves,

I received my Volume ! Pagoda World compilation today.  What an outstanding effort and final product.  Thank you for all of the work in putting the book together and managing the logistics.  Initially, we thought we would have less than 100 takers.  We ended up with over 500 loyal Pagodists.

My first thought in leafing through this is how much we owe to the founders and early contributors to this amazing Group.  Some or our current leaders were kids when this started, many of those old leaders have moved or passed on.  I'll put together a tribute under a separate post shortly.  I'm sure this group will have different players in another 30 years, and our names will fade into the annals of the Pagoda World.  Such is the Circle of a Pagoda Owner's life.

Great job!

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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #44 on: June 25, 2021, 22:48:38 »
Hi all
Expecting delivery of 80 books for Europe next Tuesday evening. Hope to have all European orders posted before Monday July 5th. If there is any delay I will update everyone.
Thank you to Mike Salemi and all involved.
David
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #45 on: June 26, 2021, 11:01:13 »
26 books scheduled to arrive in Canada on Tuesday.

I'll get them out as soon as the post office opens - probably on the 30th. Canada Day may delay deliveries.

Thanks again to Mike!

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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #46 on: June 26, 2021, 12:12:23 »
It will take some time to get all the labels together and email them out to our volunteers around the world…

So both volunteers and recipients be patient it’s a slow process!
Michael Salemi
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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #47 on: June 27, 2021, 09:24:42 »
Apologies Mike, hadn't taken into account all the postage docs that need to be organised. Was a little overzealous. All in good time. :)

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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #48 on: June 28, 2021, 21:45:11 »
Got mine yesterday. A great work and read.
Thank you.

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Re: Pagoda World Book - Volume 1 - WHAT HAPPENS NOW --
« Reply #49 on: June 30, 2021, 22:30:53 »
All books destined for Canadian addresses have been labeled, packaged, and will leave in tomorrow’s mail.
Michael Salemi
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