I've seen a little push back of my own, but nothing like what you're seeing. I just scrolled through your replies and people are downright childish and mean.
...this must be a community effort or it WILL fail.
You're engaging the community in an open dialogue, welcoming their feedback, learning from it and implementing changes. I'd say you're doing everything right and getting obvious support so try not to get discouraged and keep up the awesome work!
I think your comments are just as obnoxious as all the once posting on new members posts and are borderline spam. They're not helpful, they're obnoxious.