{"id":3419,"date":"2025-10-01T16:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/?p=3419"},"modified":"2025-10-03T22:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:23:43","slug":"lsa-and-zip-code-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/lsa-and-zip-code-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"LSA and ZIP Code Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the ongoing projects CAB representatives have sponsored is investigation of anomalies in the Logistic Support Area assignments of ZIP Codes used by NARFE. The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/f-46-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F-46<\/a> <\/strong>form defines <strong>LSA<\/strong>: \u201cThe Logistic Support Area consists of a group of postal ZIP codes that are or have been assigned to each chapter within a federation. Each state federation has the authority to establish and\/or change a Logistic Support Area for each chapter within the federation. An individual ZIP code cannot be assigned to more than one chapter.\u201d The form provided, however, does not assist federations in determining what ZIP Codes to assign to chapters.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in 2023, Configuration Advisory Board (<strong>CAB<\/strong>) representatives began using <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/RandyMajors.org\/custom-color-coded-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Randy Majors<\/a><\/strong> color-coded maps to visualize the areas of each federation. The maps make it easy to see missing LSA assignments and duplications.<\/p>\n<p>A recent project by the TN Federation shows how effective this system can be. Mike Mellish and President Linda Heaton proposed changes to the <strong>LSA<\/strong> assignments for the TN Federation with confidence of its usefulness and accuracy. NARFE members can view the maps, database sources, and proposed changes for the TN Federation at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/projects\/lsa-zip-code-repair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LSA ZIP Code Repair<\/a><\/strong> project page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAB techniques for &#8220;ZIP Code Repair&#8221; were recently implemented by the TN Federation.  The method pioneered by the CAB in 2023 uses color-coded maps by Randy Majors to examine and propose changes to the ZIP Codes assigned to NARFE chapters within a federation. Mike Mellish and TN Federation President Linda Heaton proposed changes to the LSA for Tennessee, and maps and databases used are available for NARFE members to view on the CAB Project page for LSA-ZIP Code Repair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-3419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3419"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3455,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419\/revisions\/3455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3419"},{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=3419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}