Congratulations to Karen, David, Darcey, and Carol!
The final, certified vote tallies were:
#4 Karen Suss Wolfson 793
#5 David Pearson 529
#2 Darcey Gerstein 498
#3 Carol Anastasio 465
#1 Arnold Sandler 421
#6 Norma Ramirez 408
#7 Stanley Friedland 394
ABSTAIN 2
Based on these numbers, at least 878 shareholders cast votes.
Thanks also go out to outgoing Board members Norma Ramirez and Harold Aranoff for their service to the co-op.
This year seven candidates are vying for four open seats on the Seward Park Cooperative Board of Directors. The candidates are:
#1 – Arnold Sandler
#2 – Darcey Gerstein
#3 – Carol Anastasio
#4 – Karen Suss Wolfson
#5 – David Pearson
#6 – Norma Ramirez
#7 – Stanley Friedland
Darcey, Karen, and Norma are all incumbents seeking reelection. The fourth seat is being vacated by Harold Aranoff, who served for six years. Of the other candidates, both Carol and Stanley previously served on the Board. Arnold ran last year, and David is brand new to Seward Park elections.
The election will be held on June 14, 2017.
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.
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):
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.
There are a few familiar names, and a few new names. We look forward to learning more from the candidates in the coming weeks.