From Phyllis Lackershire, Richland Center, WI:

Ayn Apelman and Tim Hendel complained in April's Readers Forum that many times Special Notices do not provide a mailing address. I agree that this contact option should be given.
I'd like to add a suggestion--to readers who respond to Special Notices: If there is no phone number among the contact options, maybe it indicates that phone calls are unwelcome. Some of us still prefer "snail mail." Despite the almost universal assumption that everyone has a computer and e-mail, some of us don't have them. Others don't hear well enough to get names and contact information correctly over the phone.

I myself have specifically requested no phone calls--but sometimes that request is not printed.

[Editor's Note: To save space, we do not publish requests for "no phone calls" or "no collect calls." If a Special Notice does not contain a phone number, then please do not call--collect or otherwise.]