2014 Financial Statement Q&A

The co-op’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2014, were distributed to shareholders recently. We have analyzed them and posed a number of questions to Management and the Board.

Shareholders can access the financial statements by logging into my.sewardparkcoop.com, clicking on “Official Documents” and “Corporate Financial Statements.” Or, after you have logged into my.sewardparkcoop.com, click here. Note that for 2014 the co-op used a different auditor than in recent years, so comparing the 2014 results with prior years is not an apples-to-apples comparison (as noted in some of the responses to our questions).

Because this website is public and our co-op’s financial information should not be public, we are not posting everything directly here, but we have posted our questions and the responses to SPComm, a Yahoo Group for shareholders of Seward Park. If you are a member of SPComm, you can use the following links to access the relevant posts:

Board Treasurer Marc Album also replied off-line to say that due to lack of interest in the last two financial meetings, he does not intend to host one this year.

We will edit this post with additional follow-ups as they come in.

2015 Candidates

This year eleven candidates are vying for four open seats. The candidates, according to a notice posted yesterday on Sewardparkcoop.com, are:

#1 – Alvin Steinberg (candidacy withdrawn)
#2 – Erica Cullmann
#3 – Sandy Kershon
#4 – Mendy Erez
#5 – Aaron Fineman
#6 – Gus Medina (candidacy withdrawn)
#7 – Debbie Finston
#8 – Hariette Skidelsky
#9 – Doron Stember (misspelled as “Dorin” in the notice)
#10 – Laurel Hirsch
#11- Carlos Rosado

Gus and Carlos are incumbents. The other two seats are being vacated by Kate Nammacher and Paul Sobel.