The Great Neck Library held a “Meet the Candidates” night at the Station Branch on Tuesday night to introduce candidates for the upcoming election.
The library will elect one person to the Board of Trustees for a four year term ending in Jan. 2020, and two people to the nominating committee, each for a three year term ending in Jan. 2019.
Francine Ferrante Krupski, currently vice president of the Board of Trustees, is running uncontested for the same seat.
“It has been a lot of work but it was very satisfying work when you saw your fruits come to fruition,” Krupski said. “And that’s why I’m running again.”
She has lived in Great Neck for 40 years, and was first elected to the board after she said a friend suggested she got involved with the library.
Dr. Ian Lustbader, a 20 year Great Neck resident, is running uncontested for a seat on the nominating committee currently held by Andrew Dorf.
He had previously chaired the nominating committee for two years.
“I was privileged to serve and hope to serve again on the nominating committee,” he said.
Lustbader, who is a gastroenterologist practicing in Manhattan, said the goal of the nominating committee was to find the best fits for positions on the board or other committees.
“Our goal on the nominating committee is to seek out people to serve the library in a positive and energetic way,” he said. “Hopefully we’ll continue to do that.”
Donald Panetta, who has lived in New Hyde Park for 30 years, is running uncontested for a seat on the nominating committee currently held by Stacee Bernstein.
Panetta said although he has never worked in any library system, he sees similarities between working for a library and working in the cosmetics industry, which he said he has been in for over 30 years.
“I want to be looking for someone who has customer service in mind, and someone whose not afraid to say no if something comes in front of the board that is kind of frivolous,” he said.
The election will take place on Monday, Oct. 26.
Eligible voters must be at least 18 years old, a resident of the Great Neck School District and a valid Great Neck Library card holder as of Oct. 5, 2015 or a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections.
Voters who live north of Northern Boulevard can vote from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Station Branch community room at 26 Great Neck Road and those who live south of Northern Blvd. can vote during the same time at the Parkville Branch at 10 Campbell St. in New Hyde Park.
Those elected will take office at the Library Association Annual Reorganization Meeting on Jan. 26, 2016.
