GOFFSTOWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP PASSES 400
Date:  Tuesday, January 9, 2006

The Goffstown Residents Association is proud to announce that our membership has now exceeded 400 registered Goffstown voters.

As of this writing, official GRA membership stands at 403.   We welcome all residents to join us by clicking here.

The GRA vigorously protects the privacy of its membership.

We do hold meetings on occasion, but they are completely unscheduled, very informal, and usually held at a member's home (we have never had more than 50 attend at one time). And our meetings are normally held only when a particular issue begins to "irk" a sizeable number of members (such as the kindergarten location, the police/fire merger, upcoming town votes, certain warrant articles, tax rates, right-to-know issues, etc.). When we do get together, we'll usually decide on what position to take on an issue, how to deal with it, and thereafter initiate a campaign (sometimes via mailers but mostly now via our web site) accordingly.

As an election approaches, the GRA will endorse particular candidates and warrant articles based on a polling of our members. The polling is unscientific of course (usually via email and occasional phone call). If a candidate or issue or warrant article receives support by 75% or more of our membership, we then publicly support that candidate or warrant article, and actively work against the opposing candidates and views.

Large editorial staff 

Our editorial staff is a sizeable one - 403 as it stands today - comprised of every one of our members.

As such, the GRA is also a forum through which our members can make their positions more easily known. We have a Letters section, and our articles and editorials are all written by various members. In addition, most of the articles regarding issues in town are submitted by members as well.

We vigorously protect the privacy of our members. Our membership list is maintained for contact purposes only.  Indeed, many of those who contribute articles and editorials would not do so if their names were associated with those articles and editorials.

All Goffstown residents are welcome to join us.  If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. If you'd like to join, just let us know and provide us with your address, phone and email.  Membership is free,