Larry Magdovitz

President’s Message

Dear AUSPL Members,

As the new President of the Association of United States Postal Lessors, I want to introduce myself and give you an update on where I hope to take the AUSPL in the upcoming year.

I have been a member of the AUSPL Board of Directors since August 2018 and served as the Vice-President for the last three (3) years. I frequently speak at our AUSPL events about the claims process against the USPS. My family has been leasing post offices to the USPS since 1980 and our company continues to lease several hundred locations to them.

As a postal lessor, the recent news involving the USPS and its future is reason to take notice. The news is rife with ominous soundbites concerning privatization and economic downfall of the Postal Service. The AUSPL leadership is constantly reaching out to Washington, DC, both in the federal government and the USPS leadership, to ensure that we provide our members with up-to-date information about where the USPS is heading and sorting rumor from fact.

In late April, several of the AUSPL Board traveled to Nashville, TN to attend the National Postal Forum which is a USPS-sponsored educational venue, trade show and networking event for the mailing and shipping industry. We listened to the Acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino and other senior USPS leaders discuss their plans for making the USPS more efficient and financially sound in the years to come. The bottom-line is that the USPS is making drastic changes in how the mail is handled, sorted and delivered, specifically the USPS transportation process. They are trying to make fewer, more efficient trips in their revamped sorting and delivery network. The USPS does not anticipate major changes to the retail side (read the use of post offices) whether those facilities are leased or owned. As a postal lessor, I took comfort in the USPS presentations and in our discussions with senior USPS leaders.

However, I remain committed to continuing our open channel of dialogue with USPS leadership and our Congressional leaders to ensure that the AUSPL does its part to advocate for and defend the USPS. While we all have a business interest in the continued health of the Postal Service, I know our members also recognize that the USPS is a vital part of our shared American experience.

The AUSPL is currently analyzing the location and timing of our conferences to determine if more regional conferences would reach more members than a single annual conference. Please let us know your thoughts by emailing us at auspl@auspl.com or calling (800) 572-9483.

I appreciate the confidence the Board of Directors has shown in electing me President and I look forward to serving you over the next year.

Sincerely,

 

Larry Magdovitz

AUSPL Conference 2025

The 2025 AUSPL Conference in Washington, D.C. was a success.  Reviews are in and the Conference attendees gave outstanding comments.  Thank you to all attendees for their participation!

Speakers included Sen. Jacky Rosen from Nevada, Representative Pete Sessions of Texas.  Additionally, Pete Pastre from the USPS as well as John Althen and Jea-Phillippe Ducasse from the USPS OIG were there to share their perspectives.

In addition, this year a Hill Day event was added to the Conference.  Participants visited the offices of 42 legislators to inform them about leased postal facilities.