Granite State Ambassadors   January 18, 2012 

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McAuliffe-Shepard Disc Ctr 1/26
Farm & Forest Expo 2/2 - 2/4
Coffee with Mark - Jan 24
GSA Recommendations Blog meeting 2/23
Oklahoma 3/22
Poetry Out Loud  3/26
Made in NH Expo 4/13-15
Ambies 6/7

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Granite State Ambassadors 
One Airport Road - Suite 198, Manchester NH 03103-7450

Information: 603-621-0638  Member Services: 603-238-6764 
Website: www.nhgsa.com
Staff E-Mail:
nhgsastaff@gmail.com

Board of Directors

Gretchen Ziegler, Chair - gretchenz958@gmail.com  
Eric Proulx, Vice Chair
enproulx@tangeroutlet.com 

Kate Luczko, Secretary
kate@stayworkplay.org
Steve Fessenden,
Treasurer - steven.fessenden@tdbanknorth.com
Judi Window,
President/CEO/Founder  judiwindow@gmail.com
Peter Morgan, Founder/Director
CARAUDI@aol.com

Ruth Tolf Ansell, Endowment Director - ruth@ansellpa.com

Bill Petersen - Founder/Director
en2000@comcast.net  

Jeff Eisenberg,
Promotions & Marketing Director
jeffe@evradvertising.com
Richard Russell,
2011 GSA of Yr -

rrr1944@motleythebear.com 

Jean Acton, 2010 GSA of Yr - countess370@verizon.net
Vivian Villemure, 2009 GSA of Yr. - vmvillem@gmail.com

Support           
Kelly Bryer, Maplewood Technology & GSA Member Services Manager  - kbryer@gmail.com     
Michelle Demirjian, Bookkeeper
michelle@innovisionrealty.com  

Employees

Ami D'Amelio, Programs Manager
amidamelio@gmail.com
Matt Lavoie, Literature Coordinator 



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Greetings!

BRRRRRR... am I the only one who is freezing?! I've been drinking so much coffee to keep warm I'm starting to shake. Actually, it's hard to tell if it's a shiver or a shake. Who knows, I might start a new dance craze with the herd of kids that frequent my house. Good thing they are too young to have those video phones that can post to Facebook in the blink of an eye.

Itching to click that "SCHEDULE ME" button the on Online Calendars? Take a peek at these upcoming opportunities in addition to the center schedules.

There are still a few openings for the upcoming Farm and Forest Expo. If you are interested in volunteering, please login to the calendars and go to the date of the opening to sign up.

Fri, Feb 3, 8am-10am Back Door Monitor
Fri, Feb 3, 3:30pm-7pm  Exhibitor Registration Booth
Sat, Feb 4, 8am-10am  Back Door Gate
Sat, Feb 4, 8:30am-12pm  Educational Session Room Guide

The tour to the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center was rescheduled to January 26th due to weather. There are plenty of seats left for this tour.

On February 23rd, Ami has invited GSAs who have contributed to the GSA Recommendations Blog ot a thank you/feedback dessert meeting. If you have written a blog for us please sign up on our online calendar or contact Ami at amidamelio@gmail.com.

The Oklahoma performance on March 22nd has a few seats left.

The Poetry Out Loud Competition being held on March 26th is less than half full. Volunteers will be acting as runners, greeters... it's a lot of fun plus you get to hang at the NH State House for the evening.

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SAVE THE DATES -

MADE IN NH EXPO
The Granite State Ambassadors will once again be helping out at the Made in NH Expo. With next week's newsletter the calendar sign-ups will begin from April 12-15, 2012.

GSA CERTIFICATION TRAINING DATES
With next week's newsletter, we will also be releasing this year's GSA Certification Training dates and locations. Time to start talking it up to friends and family!!

AMBIES AWARD EVENT

This year's AMBIES Awards Luncheon will be held on June 7th at the Old Bedford Town Hall.
The cut-off for hours awards will be March 31st, 2012.
GSA Recommendations Blog

By Kevin Martin, Granite State Ambassador, MtSunapeeLodging.com Class of 2011

Living in the Lake Sunapee region is plain and simple - a treat. "The Other New Hampshire" offers lakes to swim in, rivers to paddle, mountains to climb and ski down, trails to walk, hike or bike and snow shoe or ski mobile on, friendly people who care about others and offers all four seasons of life that New Hampshire is known to share with residents and visitors.

Some of the joys of living in the Sunapee region include coming home at night under the night sky to watch a flock of gaggling geese silhouetted against a full moon as they migrate or waking up to the call of a loon. The Sunapee area is a region filled with people who care about people - from those who know you and those you do not. If you have a car emergency, do not be surprised if the owner of the garage offers a ride home. Neighbors always help neighbors.

A great area to enjoy the outdoors where a traffic jam means you have to wait to make a left hand turn. Easy to get to.

And although he isn't a certified NHGSA (yet), Steven Tyler recently shared his perspective on Sunapee with a personal tour of the area with Oprah!

Click here to watch the clip of Steven Tyler's tour and read the full blog article...

GSA Recommendations When Visiting New Hampshire 

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Do you have a Recommendation? Simply EMAIL Ami or Judi your 1-3 paragraphs about your recommendation with some pictures *if you have some* and we'll do the rest! READ OUR GSA RECOMMENDATIONS 

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The NH Primary: An (Intern)ational Affair
By: Nathan Pasquale, NHGSA Intern & Student PSU

Interviewing Rachael
Over the last two days I have been working with the Granite State Ambassadors (GSAs) as they support the needs of people arriving for the New Hampshire Primary. During these few days New Hampshire gets to be the center of the world, and we love it!

Only being my fourth day as an intern I was a bit overwhelmed by the size and magnitude of this great tradition. After interviewing one of our GSAs Rachael, who was star hunting even as we spoke, I learned of a variety of  interesting stories.  A Couple from Norway, one a photographer the other a journalist were here to cover the NH Primaries. Rachael has sat down for dinner with the couple at
Mapping out some great NH hikes!
Belmont Hall. She was even interviewed by two reporters for the Ghana and Angola State Departments.  People had traveled form all across the globe and the country setting their sites on the New Hampshire primaries.

After a short stay at the GSA booth, Judi and I took a walk to down to the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and spoke with President/CEO Robin Comstock, their Vice President of Marketing Gemma French and the rest of the Chamber staff about what the big stories have been throughout the primary.

Read full blog article...