Granite State Ambassador
Training, Tours & Activities
Oklahoma 3/22
Poetry Out Loud 3/26
Made in NH Expo 4/13-15
Dover Tour 4/17
Coffee with Mark - Apr 24
Ambies 6/7
GSA 2012 Certification Courses
March 5 - 6 Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Manchester NH April 2 - 3 League of NH Craftsmen Headquarters, Concord NH May 14 - 15 White Mountain National Forest Headquarters, Campton NH June 11 - 12 Cheshire County Historical Society
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UPCOMING OPPORTUNITY STATUS AND NEWS
Some highlights of the new tour/event sign up policies. Read more...
* Tours are open to all GSAs with at least 50+ volunteer service hours and at least 18 of these hours recorded in last 6 months.
* We will be implementing a 4-times-a-year rule for tours (honor system) beginning Jan 2012. You can now view tour participation along with your hours.
* We have begun implementing a "hold the date" and "release date" for special events and tours into our e-newsletter. SAVE THE DATE: Castle in the Clouds Tour - June 21
The Oklahoma performance on March 22nd has 3 seats available.
Made in NH Expo April 13-15 has several shifts available. Friday, April 13, 4:30-8pm Exhibitor Breaks/Floor (1)
Friday, April 13, 4:30-8pm Back Door Monitor(1)
Saturday, April 14, 4:30-8pm Back Door Monitor (1)
Sunday, April 15, 10am-1pm Back Door Monitor (2)
There are 4 seats available for Coffee with Mark on April 24. Meet with Airport Director, Mark Brewer.
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Key Partners
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Things to Do Around
New Hampshire
 
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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
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 Ruth Tolf Ansell, Endowment Director - ruth@ansellpa.com
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
Peter Morgan, Founder
CARAUDI@aol.com
Bill Petersen - Founder
en2000@comcast.net
Staff, Interns, Contractors
Judi Window, President/CEO
Kelly Bryer, Technology & Member Services Manager - kbryer@gmail.com
Ami D'Amelio, Communications & Programs Manager
Nathan Pasquale, Training & Operations Intern Matt Lavoie, Literature Coordinator Michelle Demirjian, Chief Financial Advisor
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2 MINUTE CHAT with Judi, Ami & Kelly
Our fifth NHGSA Two Minute Chat. This one showcases a variety of "recommendations" with regards to NHGSA. This video also features Judi Window, Kelly Bryer and Ami D'Amelio, as host. Just click on the image below to enjoy!
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Get to Know a GSA -- Marti Jones
 I have lived in Manchester since 6th grade so consider this "home." I attended local schools, Webster, Hillside and Central and continued on to Plymouth State University where I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Public Management (Political Science and Business) and an Associate's degree in Public Service. Junior/Senior year in college I was appointed by Governor Thompson to the Board of Trustees of the University System as the Student Trustee for a one year appointment.
It was in my senior year of college when I became fascinated with early photography and began collecting antique cameras. Thirty three years later, I am still collecting and have been profiled in Country Living Magazine (August 2003); NH Chronicle; and profiled on a television show out of New York City called Magnificient Obessions. I have made many friends who share the same interest, primarily my friend Ruud from the Netherlands who has become my "uncle" and I have had the opportunity to go to two camera shows outside of Paris, France and one in the Netherlands. Four years ago I was guest speaker out in Washington State at the Puget Sound Camera Club. If you would like to see a small portion of my camera collection visit www.martijones.com I have also served on the Board of Directors and am the Past President of the Photographic Historical Society of New England (PHSNE) www.phsne.org
Read more about Marti...
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GSA Recommendations When Visiting NH Blog
The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center is a wonderful destination! I assumed before my visit that this was designed for elementary school children; I was only partially correct. It is designed for all of us...children, young adults, adults, and NHGSAs!
The Discovery Center has added a Navy plane; a real test plane that traveled to NH by flatbed and was brought into the Center by taking out the nine large windows at the end of the building. Alan Shepard flew a similar plane before heading to space.
 I was a bit concerned when our tour took us into the planetarium at 2 pm. Could I stay awake in a dark room with comfy chairs? No problem. The program, Tonight's Sky, displayed the night sky for THAT evening in NH. The knowledgeable presenter made it was fascinating. It was doubly fascinating when I took the dog out for a walk that evening & sure enough, the moon, Orion, The Big Dipper, planets were all waiting for me to just look up!
Read the full blog article....
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GSA Recommendations When Visiting New Hampshire
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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SPONSOR OUR
WEEKLY E-BLAST
Our weekly e-blast get forwarded to 400 GSAs, both volunteers and employees alike. If you, your organization, or business would like to communicate with GSAs this might just be the way! Are you looking for employees? Are you looking for GSAs to know you better? Are you looking to sell something? All good reasons to sponsor our e-blasts. Is you organization or book club looking for members? Do you just want to support NHGSA? Cost of sponsorship is $25.00 per blast or $75.00 for 4 weeks (consecutive or not, it is up to you!) Contact Judi at 621-0638 jwindow@nhgsa.com
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IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE YOU!
First, this summer the Weirs Beach Information Center will become an official GSA member center!! The current welcome center staff are GSA trained and want to invite you to volunteer a shift with them!
The New England Visitor Center Association has announced its 8th Annual Conference for Visitor Center management, staff, volunteers, owners, states, chambers, all organizations that include a "visitor center". April 26-27, 2012 in Salem, Massachusetts.
