The Widows’ and Orphans’ Aid Association of the San Francisco Police Department held their monthly meeting at 1230 hours, on Tuesday April 14, 2020. Due to the Co-vid19 Pandemic, the WOAA Board conducted our April 2020 meeting using our computers with Zoom technology. Trustee Leroy Lindo set up the meeting and provided the code numbers to attend, via our device.
Roll Call: President James O’Meara, Vice President Al Luenow, Secretary Mark McDonough, Treasurer Dean Taylor, Trustees Rob Forneris, Ryan Walsh, Lou Barberini, Leroy Lindo, and Administrative Assistant Sally Foster attended the meeting. Trustee Ray Kane was excused.
Approval of the Minutes: Vice President Al Luenow made a motion to accept the minutes from last month’s meeting. Trustee Leroy Lindo seconded the motion. The motion passed without objection.
Receiving Applications; Suspensions and Reinstatements: Trustee Ray Kane responded to San Francisco Police Academy and presented our organization membership to the 268th Recruit Class. Ray signed up every eligible member in the class which totaled approximately 17.
The following WOAA members have not paid their membership dues for 2020. The last day to avoid suspension was March 31st. The names of the unpaid members were read aloud. President O’Meara asked the Board to postpone the suspensions to May 5, 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and the difficulty it has caused all of us. Leroy Lindo made a motion to extend the Unpaid Members suspensions to May 5, 2020. Ryan Walsh seconded the motion. The motion passed. President James O’Meara, pursuant to the WOAA Constitution Article III, Section 3, announced that 2020 unpaid members will be “suspended” from all rights and privileges of our membership if we have not received their dues by May 5, 2020. At that time letters of suspension will be sent to all the suspended members: The below members have not paid their dues by the March 31, 2020 deadline, and now have the extended date of May 5, 2020 to pay their dues:
Anna Alexander, Eric Altorer, Kathryn Bartel, William Braconi, Randy Caturay, Patrick Cesari, Herman Clark, Michelle Craig, Ramon Davila, Edward DelCarlo, Matthew Davina Jr., Malia Dudum, Richard Ernst, Lara Fuentes, Michael Gerchow, Kahri Gill-Kehoe, Robert Hamblen Jr., Donald Hansen, Seamus Hodgin, Mark Holland, Nicholas Hooley, Rey Ibay, Jacklyn Jehl, Donald Kallsen, Wayne Kanzaki, Jody Kato, Harry Keenan Jr., Steven Keith, David Kellogg, Mary Kilgariff-Weese, Theodore Lattig, Nico Lazzara, Albert Lee, Laurence Mahar, Peter Maloney, Mario Marino, Tedman Mark, Nicholas Marks, Joseph Mason, Nancy Mazur, Michael Mellone, Eric Mendoza Gopar, Charles Miller, Kevin Needham, James Nguyen, Douglas Novak, Jordan Oryall, Carlos Padilla II, F Gabriel Perez, Gianrico Pierucci, Luis Prietto, John Propst, Michael Radanovich, Nelson Reyes, Christopher Ritter, Darryl Rodgers, Susan Roth, Jerry Sarin, Ivan Sequeira, Colby Smets, Kevin Stancombe, Christopher Strickland, Mark Stull, Jennifer Traw, Ralph Vallimont, David Wasserman, Frances Williams, Ed Wong.
A late fee of $10 will be added each month for suspended members who have not paid their 2020 dues. Suspended members are required to pay their back dues and fines, and submit a note of “good health” from their physician to apply for reinstatement. I submitted this report to Ray Shine of the POA Journal on Sunday April 26, 2020. My apologies to any member who has sent their dues payment after April 26, 2020. There were no reinstatements. Member Paget Mitchell terminated her membership from the WOAA.
Communications and Bills: Treasurer Dean Taylor read aloud the monthly bills and beneficiary claims of our deceased members. Beneficiary payments were sent to the beneficiaries of Arvid Lindgren and Philip Barsetti. Trustee Rob Forneris made a motion to pay the monthly bills and beneficiary claims. Trustee Al Luenow seconded the motion to pay the outstanding bills and beneficiary claims. The motion passed without objection.
Report of Visiting Committee: No report this month.
Report of Trustees: We received the sad news of the passing of our following member:
Philip Barsetti, age 91: Philip V. Barsetti was born in San Francisco and grew up in Daly City. He was the only child of Victor A. Barsetti and Theresa M. Bourgon. Phil attended Jefferson High School in Daly City. After graduating from High School, Phil entered WWII by enlisting in the United States Navy. Phil was trained as a Radioman and was awarded with two Battle Stars while serving aboard the U.S.S. Talladega in the Asiatic Pacific American Area. Phil was in battle at Tarawa, Iwo Jima, and participated in the Philippines Island Liberation. After the war, Phil met and fell in love Terrie L. Gomes. They were married in 1948. Phil went to work for his father at the Dondero Marble Company until he was sworn into the 80th San Francisco Police Academy Class on April 16, 1956. Phil was assigned to Star #1437 and worked the following assignments during his 23-year career: Potrero Police Station (July 9, 1956), Central Police Station (January 2, 1957), Taraval Police Station (October 16, 1957), Central Police Station (September 5, 1960), and Phil’s last stop was at Personnel (July 21, 1971). Phil retired after 23 years with a disability pension on July 1, 1979. After retirement Phil worked in the Security Industry at One Market Plaza, Tiffany’s, and for Danielle Steele. Phil reunited with his parents, and his beloved wife Terrie, who preceded him to heaven in 2017. He is survived by his sons Larry (Patricia), and Eddie (Carmen), and grandsons Nicholas (Meghan), Philip, Michael, and Dominic (Sarah), and great grand-children Reagan and Emmett. Phil also leaves behind his cherished dog, Rocco.
Report of Special Committee: No report this month
Old Business: No report this month.
New Business: No report this month
Good of the Order: No report this month.
Adjournment: President O’Meara led our Board in a “moment of silence” for the loss of Philip Barsetti, and all our passed members. President O’Meara then scheduled our monthly meeting for Tuesday May 12, 2020 at 1230 hours. The meeting location is unknown at this time due to the Co-vid19 Pandemic.
To All Members: Please visit our website at sfwidowsandorphans.org. Members can access new beneficiary forms for the purpose of making a change to their existing form. Click on the Resources box. Then click on the link for the beneficiary form. Complete the form with all necessary contact information and your choice of beneficiary. The new form requires the signature of a Board Member, or a Notary. Please send the form and any other correspondence to WOAA, P.O. Box 4247, San Rafael, CA 94913-4247. I can be contacted by email at markmac825@comcast.net, or by cell phone at 415 681-3660. We take time each month to acknowledge the following people who assist our efforts each and every month to ensure our highest level of Customer Service: Retired San Francisco Police Captain and the current Defense Administrator of the POA Journal, Paul Chignell, retired San Francisco Police Lieutenant and the current host of the Gold Country Reaper website Rene LaPrevotte, retired San Francisco Police Sergeant and the long-standing editor of the POA Journal, Ray Shine, David Ng of Personnel, Risa Tom of the Police Commissioner’s Office, and finally to the men and women of the Traffic Command who allow us space for our meetings and files.
