[jman4747]

First I have a question. Did MN FIRST come out and officially say they want to pursue districts save for a lack of volunteers and/or other resources, or something to that effect? I'm really interested in that aside form any controversy.

Next a piece of advise to the GOFIRST members. As a 19y/o collage student the letter it self doesn't put me off, and if say GA FIRST put it out tomorrow it wouldn't matter much. I think your real grievance lies with what's happened around the letter and you should focus on that more as it will serve your case better. The letter and different peoples reaction to it dose point something out to me though.

They might not understand you but you probably don't understand them either. They probably didn't write that to scare you off or put you down. But you have to understand that they aren't you and won't read it like you. I didn't read it like you so why would you think they know how you feel reading it? It is most likely a way to explain why you didn't and often won't necessarily get the job you prefer and a way to let you know it usually takes a while to work up to a lead position. So even if it fails to acknowledge that there can be exceptions to this norm that doesn't mean there won't be in practice. But they probably didn't know you would have wanted the letter to acknowledge the possibility of moving up faster because they aren't you.

The point is if in practice they are in fact denying positions to qualified persons or using social media unfairly than focus on that. The letter could be written a nicely as you want or as offensively as you fear and it won't affect your situation. And finally try to understand them as much as you wish they understood you.