Final note re: Honest Ballot's error

As there seem to be a number of interesting stories about me circulating already, please allow me to set the record straight. When I received the ballot, after 10:00 PM (I work a 1:30-9:30PM or 2:00-10:00PM shift, depending on CNN's programming) on Monday the 15th, I immediately called Honest Ballot and spoke with Linda Gibbs regarding the fact that my nomination, sent on June 8th, was not included. She confirmed that they had received it, and she would look after this error.

I am not the kind of person to circulate emails I receive for public consumption; that's not my style. However, on the rare occasion I may use my own emails to enlighten those who conjecture without basis. Such as in this case.

The following is the email I sent to Linda Gibbs shortly after we concluded our phone call.

Seth Greenspan	Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:42 PM
To: vote@honestballot.com
Ms. Gibbs, My apologies for disturbing your evening; thank you for taking my call. Thank you for confirming you received my nomination form and bio on June 8 in the morning. I understand this may be quite an inconvenience to correct, and for that I apologized; I looked for a phone number to reach out to Honest Ballot to confirm, but there was no phone number included with any of the nomination information to allow for such due diligence. If it was simply an oversight, and not because of some explicitly disqualifying reason, I expect corrective action to be taken to allow my name on the ballot, with information disseminated to owners ASAP, as well as an explanation to the reason why a second ballot is being issued. I would expect new bios to be in the mail tomorrow, including mine, with an explanation as why new ballots would have to be issued and mailed later.  To be truly honest and fair, this would require a new ballot to be issued as well, so all three names appear on a single piece of paper. It will probably take longer to print and number the ballots, so sending the correct bios with an explanatory action letter immediately, and following up with the new ballots may be the only fair way to accomplish this. I would also suggest owners be contacted by phone to inform them of the error and let them know they need to use the second ballot.  Please note that the original nomination form contained a confusing typographical error. It stated that the nomination needed to be received "Monday, June 9 by noon" in multiple locations on the documents. In fact, June 9 is a Tuesday; but just to make sure that I had my entry in on time, it was submitted on Monday, June 8, before 12:00 noon, deferring to any potential technicality caused by the conflicting date and day of the week.  I look forward to hearing your solution. Seth Greenspan 2540 Shore Blvd Unit 8H Astoria, NY 11102

First thing Tuesday, June 16, I spoke with Artie, asking him directly to contact the Board so they were aware of the situation as well. I received a call before I left for work that afternoon, and met with a member of the board, explaining my situation. I advocated for my position at my own whim. By my rights as an owner, I should have been included on the ballot. 

Feel free to reconstruct the timeline.

I am sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings by being my own advocate, but I had done all the requisite work and due diligence. I think anyone would have done the same in my position. I am not here as a spoiler, but as a true advocate for the building and the combined interests of all owners.