The Widows’ and Orphans’ Aid Association of the San Francisco Police Department held their monthly meeting via Zoom Technology due to the continuing Covid-19 Pandemic. The WOAA Board met on Tuesday August 11, 2020 at 1230 hours.
Roll Call: President
James O’Meara, Secretary Mark McDonough, Treasurer Dean Taylor, Trustees Ryan
Walsh, Lou Barberini, Ray Kane, and Administrative Assistant Sally Foster were
present. Vice President Al Luenow, and Trustees Rob Forneris and Leroy Lindo
were excused.
Approval of the Minutes: Trustee Ray Kane made a motion to accept the
July 2020 minutes. Trustee Lou Barberini seconded the motion. The motion
passed.
Receiving Applications; Suspensions and Reinstatements: There were
no new applications, suspensions, or reinstatements. The following 2020
suspended members have not responded to their suspension letters and were
reported to President O’Meara. President O’Meara, per WOAA Constitution Article
III Section 4, ordered the names of the unpaid suspended members to be dropped
from our roll of the WOAA: Anna Alexander, Kathryn Bartel,
William Braconi, Ramon Davila Jr.,
Matthew Divina, Malia Dudum, Richard Ernst, Lara Fuentes, Michael Gerchow,
Kahri Gill-Kehoe, Robert Hamblen Jr., Seamus Hodgin, Mark Holland, Nicholas
Hooley, Jody Kato, Steven Keith, David Kellogg, Mary Kilgariff-Weese, Theodore
Lattig, Nico Lazzara, Albert Lee, Peter Maloney, Mario Marino, Tedman Mark,
Nicholas Marks, Nancy Mazur, Michael Mellone, Eric Mendoza Gopar, Kevin
Needham, James Nguyen, Douglas Novak, Carlos Padilla, F. Gabriel Perez, Luis
Prieto, John Propst, Michael Radanovich, Nelson Reyes, Christopher Ritter,
Darryl Rodgers, Jerry Sarin, Colby Smets, Kevin Stancombe, Christopher
Strickland, Mark Stull, Jennifer Traw, Ralph Vallimont, David Wasserman, and
Edward S. Wong.
Communications and Bills: Treasurer Taylor reported the beneficiary
claims of passed members Fred Curley, Harry Keenan, Budd Armstrong, Mike
Mullane, and Mario Ceballos. Treasurer Taylor reported the regular monthly
bills. Trustee Ray Kane made a motion to pay the beneficiary claims and regular
monthly bills. Trustee Ryan Walsh seconded the motion. The motion passed.
Report of Visiting Committee: Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, there
will be no funeral or memorial service visitations until the restrictions are
lifted by the Governor of California.
Report of Trustees: No reported deaths this month.
Report of Special Committee: There is no WOAA Special Committee at this time.
Old Business: The WOAA does not
have a Special Committee at this time.
New Business: No report this month.
Good of the Order: No report this
month.
Adjournment: President O’Meara
asked for a moment of silence for all our fallen members. President O’Meara
then scheduled our next meeting for Tuesday September 8, 2020. The meeting will
be conducted by President O’Meara via Zoom Technology.
To All Members: A member who wished
to CHANGE their beneficiary can access a new form on our sfwidowsandorphans.org
website. Click on the Resources box and a link will appear. Complete the form
with all contact information. A NEW BENEFICIARY FORM requires a signature of a
NOTARY or WOAA Board Member. Please mail the signed form to WOAA, P.O. Box 4247, San Rafael, CA
94913-4247. I can be contacted at (415) 681-3660. We express our monthly gratitude to
the following people who greatly assist our organization and membership:
Retired San Francisco Police Captain and the current SFPOA Defense
Administrator Paul Chignell, Retired San Francisco Police Lieutenant and the
host of the Gold Country Reaper Website Rene LaPrevotte, Retired San Francisco
Police Sergeant and the long-standing editor of the SFPOA Journal Ray Shine,
David Ng of Personnel, Risa Tom of the Police Commissioner’s Office, and the
entire Traffic Solo Command and Officers who graciously afford us space for our
files and meetings.