The Nominating Committee of Garden City Estates (Estates Nom Comm) voted to determine the nominees for Trustee candidates for School Board and Village. The Estates Nom Comm will present at the Estates Electors’ meeting (Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 8PM in Stratford School Auditorium) Colleen Foley for School Board Trustee candidate, and Brian Daughney for Village Trustee candidate.

In accordance with the Property Owners’ Association of Garden City Estates (Estates POA) Bylaws, the Estates Nom Comm met earlier this year to select a Committee Chairperson. They subsequently met several times to organize, prepare, and recruit Estates residents for the two available trustee positions expiring in 2010. After placing two announcements in the local village periodicals, and after mailing an announcement to Estates residents on the Estates POA mailing list, they received and reviewed resumes. Candidates were interviewed, and the Estates Nom Comm voted to select the two residents who will be the nominees for respective trustee candidates for School and Village in the Village Election on Tuesday, March 16, 2010.

At the Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Garden City Estates Electors’ meeting (8PM at Stratford School Auditorium), The Nominating Committee of Garden City Estates will place into nomination Mr. Brian Daughney of 59 Euston Road as the Estates Candidate for Village Trustee to serve a two year term on the Village Board or Trustees.

Brian Daughney and his wife Jackie moved to Garden City in 2002. They have two children Eamon and Tegan. Brian is a partner in the law firm of Haynes & Boone LLP which has approximately 500 lawyers in several offices in the U.S and abroad. He practices corporate and securities law. Mr. Daughney advises corporations and other institutions and their executives and respective Board of Directors in a myriad of topics related to corporate law, including regulatory compliance and corporate governance. His responsibilities as a corporate lawyer include reviewing financial statements of public and private companies and interacting with management of companies, regulatory authorities, and auditing firms on financial reporting issues and other regulatory matters.

Brian is currently the Estates POA President, and he serves as Chairperson of the POA Joint Conference Committee (JCC). Brian has been a very active member of the POA since 2001. Brian organized and advertised the 2008 St. Paul’s Poll which yielded over 5,000 voters. Brian has been a well-respected Estates POA member and participated in many POA discussions throughout the years. Brian served as an alternate on the Nominating Committee in 2005 and has been on the Board of Directors since 2006. He also later served as a member (and chairperson) of the Nominating Committee. In 2007, Brian was asked to examine the POA bylaws. He served on the Bylaws Committee, and his hard work of contributing, recording, and crafting revision comments into a workable document resulted in the current updated Estates POA Bylaws.

At the Tuesday January 19, 2010 Garden City Estates Electors’ meeting (8PM at Stratford School Auditorium), The Nominating Committee of Garden City Estates will place into nomination Ms. Colleen Foley of 54 Kilburn Road as the Estates Candidate for School Board Trustee to serve a three year term on the Board or Education.

Colleen Foley and her husband Tom moved to Garden City in 1991. They have 4 children, Tommy, Kate, Megan, and Meri. Colleen is a Registered Nurse and an NCSN. Ms. Foley is the Supervising Nurse in the Elmont School District responsible for nurses in six buildings with 4,200 students. Ms. Foley also writes policy regarding health care issues to maintain consistent practice across six buildings.

Colleen is the current Estates School Board Trustee (BOE Trustee) of Garden City School District, and she serves as the President of that Board. Colleen has served on the BOE as Trustee since 2001, and held the position of Vice-President from 2005-2008. She has successfully coordinated and presented several Annual School Budgets which passed District vote, as well as the recent School Bond which also successfully passed District vote. Colleen has been a well respected Estates POA and School Board member, and participated in many POA discussions throughout the years. Before joining the BOE, Ms. Foley was a very active member and held board positions in the Garden City PTA, Garden City SEPTA, Twigs of Winthrop University Hospital, and Welcome Wagon of Garden City.

The Estates POA and the Estates Nom Comm encourage all residents of the Estates to please attend the Electors’ Meeting on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 8PM in Stratford School Auditorium.

The Members of the Nom Comm are:

Manuel Velez (Chairperson) 173 Nassau Blvd, James Bressingham 8 Brixton Rd, Rachel Cashwell 119 Euston Rd, John DeMaro 84 Wellington Rd, Tina Dimino 148 Brompton Rd, Phil Gullo 51 Euston Rd, Allen Mathers 30 Kensington Rd, Jerie Newman 10 Euston Rd, Greg Senken 161 Wellington Rd, John Skramko 176 Welling ton Rd, Kay Thompson 102 Meadbrook Rd, Paul Van Valkenberg 146 Nassau Blvd, Michael Ventre 85 Newmarket Rd, Linda Wangner 29 Euston Rd, Cathy Wood 167 Tullamore Rd.