Howard sent this out as a "heads up" so none of us would be caught off guard which has happened many times in the past.
In my opinion, having it go out as an official notice in the form of a news item on the ARRL web rather than random emails across the country prior to it's release would look much better for the organization.

In my opinion...

Mark, KB7HDX
VD NW DIV


On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 11:38 AM rjairam@gmail.com <rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:
I had sent this out to my DX club. They forwarded it on.

To be honest, it doesn't strike me as being top secret. Members in
general are happy about it.

Ria
N2RJ

On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 at 14:20, Greg Sarratt <gsarratt@att.net> wrote:
>
> Howard,
>
> Your announcement on Monday has been  compromised. The Florida contest group just sent your partial ODV email out to their membership, I imagine this information will be forwarded to many other people soon.
>
> 73,
> Greg, W4OZK
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From:
> Date: 4/12/19 12:06 PM (GMT-06:00)
> To: fcg@groups.io
> Cc: FCG@groups.io
> Subject: [FCG] New ARRL Outgoing QSL Bureau rates
>
> Great news!
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Michel, Howard, WB2ITX (CEO) <wb2itx@arrl.org>
> > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 20:35
> > Subject: [arrl-odv:****] Outgoing QSL Bureau rates
> >
> >
> > ARRL rolls back Outgoing QSL Bureau rates to 2011 prices.
> >
> > Effective May 15, 2019, the new rate will be:
> >
> > $2 for 10 or fewer cards in one envelope.
> > $3 for 11-20 cards in one envelope, or
> > 75 cents per ounce, for packages with 21 or more cards. For example, a package containing 1.5 pounds -- 24 ounces, or about 225 cards -- of cards will cost $18.
> > No transaction service fees.
> >
> > --
> > Ria Jairam, N2RJ
> > Director, Hudson Division
> > ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™
> > +1.973.594.6275
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> > n2rj@arrl.org
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