[JaneYoung]

It is good that you have CD to discuss some of the issues that affected your regional. I'm not sure if it is ok to discuss the particulars of the teams but I leave that to your judgment. It sounds like there were tremendous pressures for everyone involved that were compounded by problems.

Perhaps those of you who have posted in this thread could work together to write a letter outlining the difficulties in the different areas and how they culminated into the end result that you are discussing here. It would be good to have as many of your facts straight as possible and to leave as much emotion out of it as you can. You've all done an excellent job in this thread even though you have been able to express the frustration you've dealt with. We can listen to you but we can't do anything to help you other than to offer suggestions such as the one I'm offering.

If you decide to write to FIRST and would like for me to help you with your letter, I would be more than happy to do that with you.

Jane