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Membership
in the GRA is free. The only requirement is legal residency in
Goffstown.
Our current membership is approximately 500. 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 firing of Chief Carpentino, upcoming town
votes, certain warrant articles, tax rates, right-to-know issue, etc.). When we do get
together, we'll usually decide on what position to take on the issue,
how to deal with it, and thereafter initiate a campaign (sometimes via
mailers but mostly now via our web site) accordingly.
Town Votes in the month of March get a lot of our attention. As the 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.
The GRA is also a forum through which our members can make their
positions more easily known. We have a Letters to the Editor section,
and our 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. I am the only one who
maintains a formal membership list, and do so 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.
We would welcome you as a member. If you have any further 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. Send them
to:
Goffstown Residents Association
238 Elm Street
Goffstown, NH 03045
Email: GRA@GoffstownResidentsAssociation.com
Guy
G. Caron, Chairperson (603) 497-5900
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