The Nominating Committee of Garden City Estates (Estates Nominating Committee) met on March 19, 2009 to select 5 directors to serve on the Board of Directors of the Property Owners' Association of Garden City Estates (Estates POA) for a 3-year term ending 2012. The 15 members of the Estates Nominating Committee are residents of the Estates section of Garden City.

Members of the Estates Nominating Committee:

Manuel Velez, Chairperson, 173 Nassau Blvd,

James Bressingham 8 Brixton Rd; John DeMaro 84 Wellington Rd; Tina Dimino 148 Brompton Rd;

Suzanne Eigl 81 Wellington Rd; Robert Gavigan 216 Nassau Blvd; Allen Mathers 30 Kensington Av;

Gregory Senken 176 Wellington Rd; William Sheridan 57 Kilburn Rd; John Skramkow 176 Wellington Rd; William Slattery 174 Kilburn Rd; James Sugrue 122 Meadbrook Rd; Paul Van Valkenburg 146 Nassau Blvd; Michael Ventre 85 Newmarket Rd; Linda Wangner 29 Euston Rd.

Resumes received by the January 19, 2009 due date in response to the announcement placed in December, 2008 were reviewed by the committee. Candidates were selected and interviewed. The following dues paid members of the Estates POA are nominated to serve a 3-year term as Directors of the Estates POA.

Brian Daughney 59 Euston Rd

James Sugrue 122 Meadbrook Rd

Manuel Velez 173 Nassau Blvd

Philip Gullo 51 Euston Rd

Gregory Senken 161 Wellington Rd

Three of the nominated directors currently serve on the Board of Directors, and have been re-nominated; the two other nominated directors are Estates POA members Gregory Senken and Philip Gullo.

Gregory Senken has served on the Estates Nominating Committee since 2004, and has volunteer coached soccer and softball for Garden City Centennials and Garden City Athletic Association. He is an Executive Committee member for the local chapter of Swim Across America. Greg has also served as a Volunteer Firefighter for several years. He holds the rank of Ex-Captain, Garden City Fire Department.

Philip Gullo has been a very involved member of the Property Owners' Association of Garden City Estates, serving on the St Paul's Poll Committee which organized and coordinated the recent village-wide poll. Phil also currently serves as the Estates POA representative to the Garden City School Board Committee assisting the School Board with evaluation of school bus routes. He has coached for the Garden City Centennials and for the Garden City Athletic Association where he also helped organize summer league sports.

All five nominees were unanimously nominated by the Estates Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee will present the five nominees for vote by members of the Property Owners' Association of Garden City Estates at the Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The Annual Meeting will be held at 8:00PM in the Stratford Auditorium. All residents and members are encouraged to attend. Voting Members must be dues paid members of the Property Owners' Association of Garden City Estates. Please be sure that if you have not already paid your dues for the 2008/2009 year, you do so before the annual meeting.

Any Voting Member of the Property Owners' Association of Garden City Estates may present alternate candidates (dues paid members) for Director by submitting a written petition, signed by at least 15 Voting Members. The petition must include name, address, and signature of the candidate and the 15 petitioners. The signed petition must be presented to the Secretary of the Property Owners' Association of Garden City Estates (Michael Holland 126 Meadbrook) at least 15 days prior to the Annual Meeting. The petition must also include the signed written consent of the candidate being submitted for nomination. If alternates are presented, the election shall take place at the Annual Meeting.

The Estates Nominating Committee and the Board of the Estates POA encourage all residents to become Estates POA members. Further, we encourage Estates residents and POA Members to attend monthly meetings, and to get involved in the Estates POA by volunteering their time to be on various committees where the Board needs help. Also, please be sure to visit the Estates POA website at "gcestates.org".

Please attend the next regularly scheduled Estates POA meeting on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, as well as the important Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Both will be held at 8PM in Stratford Auditorium. In addition to electing POA directors, the topic of the May Annual Meeting will be the "School Budget". There will be a guest speaker from the School Board and from the Administration to present the Budget and answer questions as well. We hope to see a big turn out for both meetings.