I am not speaking in generalities, but in fact was referring to specific people or things I have observed.
You called me out in your list. What have you observed to believe I am "nouveau rich", bureaucratic, have no grasp of what it is to make real sacrifice, or don't speak the same language as you?
I'm merely trying to iron some things out for myself. I'm making this trip 2 weeks from tomorrow, and I want to know exactly what to expect to find.
Cold weather--WEAR A HAT!
Beyond that, FSP-specific? Exactly? There's really no telling. Talk to as many porcs as you can.
Re: Kate's response. Had a thought. I've met a good number of porcs. Even when I disagree with them, I have a really hard time not getting along with most of them, generally speaking.
Re: Seth's response. His first statement about people looking for excuses rings pretty true. Some people do focus on reasons why they shouldn't be involved. That's sorta what your post sounded like because of the conjecture. That's probably where how he interpreted it and that's probably where he's coming from. (ahem. just a guess. don't let me put words in his mouth now...)
The fact is, I've never encountered a board of directors, or a board of anything, board of education, board of regents, etc who were not idealogues. They use lots of words, come up with catchphrases, but have no real connection to their relevant demographic. They're usually even very very nice people, but seem to be out of touch.
An example- the place where I use to work with kids made me go to this stupid weeklong conference, calling it professional development. It wasn't mandated by the state or anthing, company just picked 4 of us and made us go. I wanted to stay and help kids. So we go to the conference and get to meet all the company bigwigs over this 2000 employee organization. They were all very approachable people, and I walked up to several of them and had fairly good conversations. But because they were corporate entities, they were clueless.
The corporate office was state of the art, so they could accomodate large meetings, with big tvs and nice furniture. And I kept telling people, instead of spending all this money on a state of the art office, or to send 400 employees to a conference, they could spend it on the kids AND we would be helping the kids more by being with them instead of at a silly conference for a week. We're being treated to these buffet meals for a week, and getting all these nice gifts and extras for attending the conference, while my kids were still eating their crappy sysco food and some had never gotten a gift their entire life.
The board and management meant well, or as our resident therapist always said, "The right notion but the wrong motion"
As far as calling you out, I reitterate that I never said I had any negative feeling toward you or anyone else.
But I do have real concerns and real questions regarding the FSP (not complaints) because complaints are when you don't have solutions or suggestions to go along with your concerns. I've talke to a lot of very nice and helpful people who already live in NH, warning me about things to prepare for and suggesting places to live, things to see when drive into the area. Unless some drastic catastrophic thing in NH makes me never want to return ever again, I'm already sold on making the move. But there's a word full of 6 billion people who aren't already aware of the idea.
RE: cold weather, I'm bringing 2 hats thank you very much