On behalf of the 160 licensees who sent in their consent forms in the last 2 days, thank you to the thoughtful and considerate LPOG members who took time out of their own work day on Thursday and Friday, to call around with their list of outstanding LPOs to remind them to get it in.
It is this sort of sharing and caring that has made LPOG a pleasure to be part of.
Many Licensees are finding that the POMs self payment option is not available far too often. Some Licensees are suggesting that their pay is not available more than 30% of attempts.
Australia Post advises that the POMs self pay is very rarely down, but that does not match Licensees experience.
Australia Post spends a lot of resources, financial and otherwise, trying to engage with Licensees in networking and providing information via LEEP meetings and state LPO conferences.
This Tradeshow was originally set for 26 March, but this date has clashed with other commitments so it got a move.
Trade Show 2017 Flyer.pdf LPOG and Aus Post Presentations LPOG Empowering Licensee.pdf
There will be a range of suppliers exhibiting on the day and Terry is about to send out notifications to all NSW Licensees. As soon as Terry has published the invitations and confirmed the attendees we shall publish here.
LPOG will be making the most of this current opportunity offered by Terry to explore our best options and tools to help us understand our business and to increase our chances to survive and even prosper in our changed environment. So come along and check out what new products you can offer, network with fellow licensees, educate yourself on our new business tools, and see what we can do to build on our future with LPOG and Australia Post and Terry Ashcroft.
Time is running out if you wish to be included in this action. The consent forms must be lodged with the ACCC once the submission goes public. The list of participants will remain confidential but the ACCC must be notified of the participants. We anticipate that this will hapen in a little over a week. So if you are going to get around to it, better get around to it very soon.
The LPOG has notified all LPOs of the intention to seek approval from the ACCC to undertake collective bargaining for our members for our payments, both established, and new payments, and our trading terms and conditions. LPOG has also requested that Australia Post support this process, so that we can all find a more constructive process to establish what are fair and reasonable commercial outcomes for our shared future.
ACCC Consent Form Feb 2017.pdf Limited Membership Offer and Survey.pdf
The 2016 Financial Reports are now available to LPOG members, along with the 2016 AGM minutes, and can be accessed by logging in to the members area.
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Today we have learned that Mr Fahour is resigning from his position as the CEO of Australia Post.
While the relationship between Licensed Post Offices and Australia Post has been turbulent in recent years, the source of some of those issues pre-dated Mr Fahour's appointment.
LPOGroup will continue to pursue better outcomes for its Licensed Post Office members and we look forward to forging a constructive relationship with the next CEO of Australia Post.
News has been delivered that our CEO, Ahmed Fahour, has decided his time at Australia Post has drawn to a close. Whatever the opinion of our CEO, he has reformed our business from a business set in 200 year old ways, and created a new platform for the next 100 years of service to Australia. According to the news Ahmed Fahour may be interested in some charity work in the future as he considers his options.