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I Battalion/Page 5 February 18, 1983 Computer aids A&M mail Mary Jane Garcia, of the University Mail Service, operates one of the new mail computers as Gaston Clary staff photo by Jorge Casari observes. The new computers will automatically record a department’s account, amount mailed and charge. ished fexasAil larships. I Preside and [ouv le nan» Richard ibersoti the basis I. Eachrs eshmani! illivanRo md thefil ds for sen bouncer shot n cocaine raid might ingelecw i Room' o go bp need loorRetrs, emorialS® Photo ft ttion, T® by Pamela Haisler Battalion Reporter A microcomputer system and a 4-foot print-out have replaced about 30 sheets of paper nor mally used by the University Mail Service to account for daily mailing charges to departments. John Stanislaw, manager of the mail service, said the new system automatically records a department’s account number, the amount mailed and the charges, which are then printed out on a tape. “We were using a system where our personnel metered the mail and wrote down the charges to each account,” he said. “These charges were then totaled up, and the departments sent the bills at the end of the month.” Stanislaw said the mailing process took about five days to complete, but with the new sys tem it takes two days. “The terminals are important to the whole University in that they will help save labor costs,” he said. “Although the system will cut down on human error, we are still monitoring it to work out any bugs.” The mail service has one main unit with a printer and two re mote terminals which have been in operation about two weeks, Stanislaw said. “I expect the system to pay for itself in about 11 months,” he said. “The amount of mail being processed is growing at a rate of 15 percent per year. These new machines will help us do our work faster and more accurate ly, so we won’t have to hire more employees.” With the new system, finding information for a department with a special mailing address and how much it will cost to mail will be easier, Stanislaw said. A system implemented by North Texas State University two years ago is similar to the computerized billing system for the University. “Texas A&M hasn’t used a computer billing system until now because of the large volume of mail that we have,” Stanislaw said. “The computers are a fairly recent development and, until now, they weren’t advanced enough to handle a large volume of mail.” He said the microcomputer system was bought for about $10,000 from Pitney Bowes, a corporation in Connecticut that sells mail processing equipment. The mail service has about 500 University accounts and processes from $3,000 to $4,000 in mail costs daily and $1.2 mil lion a year, Stanislaw said. Although the new computer system can help the mail service process mail faster, departments can help too, he said. “Departments can insure their mail will be sent out the same day it is mailed if they will put a note on the bundle of mail with their account number or write the account number on the envelopes,” Stanislaw said. “They can also follow the correct mailing procedures outlined in the University policies and proc edures manual.” Stanislaw said that next year he hopes the mail service can buy an electronic scale that auto matically weighs mail, puts a stamp on it and charges it to the correct account. Ken’s Automotive 421 S. Main — Bryan 822-2823 (0 CL 0> DC O < 0) ■*-> 0) Cl E o o o “A Complete Automotive o Tl <D Brakes cd Service Center” Tune-Ups Clutches Front End Parts Replacement ^ Standard Transmission Repairs All American Cars Datsun-Honda Toyota 10% Discount with ^ Student I D. 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Tolice also filed drug charges ainsta woman who police said spensed cocaine through a slot in the Sportsman’s Lodge’s in ner steel door. The woman, identified as Antoinette Shelton Brown, 32, was free on bond on a similar charge when arrested. Investigators said the oper ators of the club were the same people who ran the Sportsman’s Lodge No. 1014, where Stem rick, 31, was arrested Jan. 12 and charged with cocaine pos session. Stemrick has pleaded innocent to the charge. The original club was closed Tuesday night, but police said the new club was better pro tected against police. Police raided the club where undercover officers previously had made several cocaine buys. Police said Blair shot the club bouncer after the man reached for the pistol of plainclothes Narcotics Officer Willis Sneed, who had bought cocaine in the club. 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