THE COOPERATORS’ NEWSPAPER
Vol. 59 No. 10
October 2022
SERVING OVER 25,000 COOPERATORS IN THE WORLD’S SECOND LARGEST HOUSING COOPERATIVE
Rochdale Village Board of Directors
2022 Election Winners
Kamal F. Saleem
1,114 Votes
Stacey Francis
1,011 Votes
Althea Hicks
1,004 Votes
Jean Randolph-Castro
1,000 Votes
Nadine Browne
997 Votes
The 2022 Election for Rochdale’s Board of Directors
By Olayemi Okeniyi
T
he people have spoken. Rochdale Village is pleased to welcome back to the Board of Directors, Jean Randolph-Castro, Stacey Francis, and Kamal F. Saleem. A hearty welcome as well to first time board members Nadine Browne and Althea
Hicks. In case you missed it, the Rochdale Village Board elections took place early this month on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. The five newly elected personnel will serve Rochdale Village for the set term of three years and, as always, the expectations are high. In the days leading up to the election, cooperators had the
option of mailing in an absentee ballot. However, most people chose to personally vote at the polls that were set up in specific community rooms for their circle on election day. Each apartment is entitled to one vote and special thanks goes out to the 2,223 households that made their voices heard by voting.
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According to board election by-laws, a third of Rochdale’s occupied units must vote to achieve a quorum and validate the election. Rochdale boasts 5,860 residential units and, based on occupied units, a minimum of 1,933 votes were needed for the election to count. If less than a third of
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