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2015 Candidates

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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#1 – Alvin Steinberg (candidacy withdrawn)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#6 – Gus Medina (candidacy withdrawn)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.

New Gazette

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Director Eric Mandelbaum has issued another Gazette. Like the last one, this one seems to have had a pretty limited distribution. In another highly unscientific poll, more than half of the handful of shareholders contacted by the Spark had not seen a hard copy. But unlike the last one, this one is very, very long, and directly addresses this year’s election, endorsing candidates Finston, Ramirez and Riga and attacking past directors.

Official Candidate List and First Statements

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Memos were circulated over the last week with the official candidate list, the order in which they will appear on the ballot, and their first candidate statements.

Following is the list (with links to their candidate statements on the password-protected SPC shareholder website):

Election 2013: Unofficial Candidate List

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Three seats are available in this year’s election for the Seward Park Cooperative Board of Directors.  The extended deadline for submitting candidate packages was yesterday, and the Spark has learned that the following shareholders have entered the race.

  • Marc Albaum
  • Susan Drosdofsky
  • Debbie Finston
  • David Pass
  • Norma Ramirez (incumbent)
  • Ray Riga
  • Dia Shepardson
  • Hariette Skidelsky

There are a few familiar names, and a few new names.  We look forward to learning more from the candidates in the coming weeks.