Eve of Departure

I head out tomorrow morning at 8am. I still have not heard back from my bosses, but I did get a confirmation from the travel agency.

I talked to a friend, David, that is in the Gulf Coast and he knows my boss and ensures me that he exists. That is good.

David explained that writing a Long Term Recovery Plan is a service that FEMA provides to municipalities that volunteer to participate. The process is roughly:
1) Gather stakeholders
2) Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
3) Identify a vision for the community
4) Identify capital projects to pursue using disaster recovery money.

Perhaps I should send this description to the people who hired me.