The Widows’ and Orphans’ Aid Association of the San Francisco Police Department held their monthly meeting at the Italian Athletic Club at 1630 Stockton Street, in San Francisco, California. The meeting commenced at 5:30pm. A dinner followed the meeting for outgoing President Leroy Lindo.
Roll Call: President Ray Kane, Vice President Jim O’Meara, Secretary Mark McDonough, Treasurer Dean Taylor, and Trustees Al Luenow, Lou Barberini, Ryan Walsh, and Leroy Lindo were present. Trustee Rob Forneris and Bookkeeper Sally Foster were excused.
Approval of the Minutes: Vice President Jim O’Meara made a motion to accept the minutes from our December 2018 meeting. Trustee Al Luenow seconded the motion. The motion passed without objection.
Receiving Applications; Suspensions and Reinstatements: President Ray Kane responded to the San Francisco Police Academy and presented the WOAA Membership to the 261st Recruit Class. Kane obtained thirty three applications (out of a possible 36) for new membership. Trustee Lou Barberini made a motion to accept the new signees as members of the WOAA. Vice President Jim O’Meara seconded the motion. The motion passed without objection. The thirty three newly signed applicants from the 261st Recruit Class are now members, and will become permanent members if and when they pass their probation phase in the San Francisco Police Department. Any member who does not pass their probation phase, and is terminated from the S.F.P.D., is then released by the WOAA. After passing the probation phase, a member can voluntarily leave the S.F.P.D. and remain a WOAA member for life if they pay their dues. Ray Kane also announced he received a check for back dues and fees and a Doctor’s note of good health from dropped member Rick Yick. President Kane also added the name of suspended member Mario Delgadillo and stated we received a check for his late dues and fees Trustee Lou Barberini made a motion to reinstate Rick Yick and Mario Delgadillo. Vice President Jim O’Meara seconded the motion. The motion passed without objection. Rick Yick and Mario Delgadillo are now members in good standing. I presented President Kane with the current list of suspended members who failed to pay their dues and fees for 2018. I read aloud the names of the unpaid members and President Kane, by order of Constitution Article III Section 4 of our By Laws and Constitution, proclaimed the following active (A) and retired members as dropped from our roll: Thomas Abrahamsen, Guillermo Amigo, Julia Angalet, William Arrieta, Saqib Aslam (A), Antonio Austin (A), Mohammed Azam Anton (A), Riley Bandy III (A), Regina Berrigan, Nicholas Billings (A), Timothy Brophy Jr. (A), Omar Bueno, Jonathan Catlett, Danny Camacho (A), Justin Clayton (A), Anton Collins, Lary Cortes, Jassen Dongon, Lori Dutra, Joshua Enea (A), Matthew Eng (A), Joseph Filamor, Lisa Garcia, Robert Glenn (A), Danny Guo (A), Richard Heppenstall (A), Shane Herbert (A), Gregory Hicks, Renae Hofmann (A), Kostyantyn Ivanov (A), Ryan Jensen (A), Matthew Kabanuck (A), Ronald Kall, Chris Kohrs, John Kowal, Kenneth Lui, Yuka Nagamine (A), Michael Nguyeh (A), Phone Nguyen (A), Jessica O’Connor (A), Molly O’Leary-Klier, Bianca Padilla (A), Edgar Parker III (A), Roger Peters, Richard Randall, Darryl Rodgers, Richard Ruiz, James Sayasane (A), David Serrano, Kristopher Stoffel (A), Anthony Tallerico (A), Carlton Tiamson (A), Melissa Tierafria (A), Allen Vugrincic (A), Justin Webster (A). Per Article III Section 4 of the WOAA Constitution of our By Laws and Constitution, a certified letter will be mailed to THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS of the named members. We will suspend members beginning April 1, 2019 if their dues are not received. We will drop our suspended members on January 1, 2020 if they have not paid their dues and fines. In regard to Suspension and Drop Letters, failure to sign the letter, or failure to respond to the Post Office upon notice, to sign for this letter DOES NOT CHANGE YOUR STATUS AS EITHER SUSPENDED OR DROPPED. When the WOAA President proclaims members as suspended and or dropped, the status remains until a member pays their dues and fines, and for dropped members a note of good health by a physician must accompany the payments. If a member changes their address, and our letter(s) are returned, the suspended/dropped member’s status remains. We are not responsible for investigating and discovering a new address that a member failed to update with the WOAA. The member has the responsibility of paying their dues, picking up their mail, signing for their mail if necessary, and providing us with immediate updates of any address and contact number changes. Paul Chignell has contacted all our active members for address updates. We will be attempting get updates from retirees as well. We have received a successful response and result with our active members mostly due to Paul’s assistance.
2019 Dues are $100.00. Bills will go out next week. If you wish to pay early, send your payment to WOAA, P.O. Box 4247, San Rafael, CA 94913-4247.
Communications and Bills: Treasurer Dean Taylor read aloud the monthly bills including beneficiary payments for our recently passed members Lawrence Lawson and Walter Van Dehey. Vice President O’Meara made a motion to pay the bills. Trustee Ryan Walsh seconded the motion. The motion passed without objection.
Report of Visiting Committee: No report this month.
Report of Trustees: We received the sad news of the following member who passed away:
Lynda Zmak, age 67: Lynda D. Zmak was born in San Francisco on February 9, 1951. Lynda was a third generation San Franciscan of Croation and Irish descent. Lynda was raised in the Excelsior District of San Francisco in a house built by her grandfather “Papa Joe”. Lynda would play on the sidewalks of Vienna Street as a child, and attended Corpus Christie Parochial School, and Immaculate Conception Academy in the Mission District of San Francisco. After graduating from High School, Lynda worked at Safeway Grocery Store, followed by working as the local Teamster Office on Taylor Street in San Francisco. Lynda also worked for I. Magnin and later worked for nine years in the Superior Court of San Francisco. Lynda found her true passion when she entered the San Francisco Police Department on July 1, 1985. Lynda wore star #2109. Lynda graduated from the Police Academy on November 17, 1985 and worked the following assignments during her career: Ingleside Police Station (November 17, 1985), Central Police Station (December 14, 1985), Southern Police Station (March 1, 1986), Communications (March 21, 1987), Southern Police Station (May 2, 1987), Mission Police Station (October 8, 1988), Medical Liaison (December 9, 1989), Mission Police Station (February 5, 1990), Vice (July 20, 1991), CSU (May 9, 1992), Central Police Station (May 9, 1992), Vice (February 15, 1993), FOB Candlestick (April 8, 1995), Central Police Station (July 13, 1996), Vice (September 4, 1998), and Narcotics (January 3, 2003). Lynda retired on February 9, 2007. Lynda received a Police Commission Commendation for services rendered on September 3, 1987, and May 18, 1989. During the listed dates, Lynda was a member of the Auto Theft Task force. Lynda, with Sgt. Dave Roccaforte, and Officers Joanne Gardner, Michael Huddleston, Robert Jensen, Jennifer Lee, Kenwade Lee, Phillip Lee, Greg Ovanessian, and Vince Vago recovered 1,150 stolen automobiles with 10% of the cases resulting in arrests. Eighty four suspects were arrested and were involved in 46 related cases. Lynda’s street smarts were an asset in her many plainclothes assignments. Lynda was a “straight-shooter”, meaning she did not mince words, sugar coat her words, or attempt to soften or understate a statement or message. Linda had a talent for cooking, and fashion and interior design. Her license plate was personalized with her favorite expression of endearment, “Huneey”. Lynda and her partner Dwight Lee (retired S.F.P.D.) moved to Seattle, Washington after retirement and enjoyed their life together in the Great Northwest. Lynda died unexpectedly on December 22, 2018. Lynda was predeceased by her parents, brother, sister, her former husband and her dog Artie. Lynda is survived by her long-time companion Dwight Lee.
Report of Special Committee: No report this month.
New Business: No report this month.
Old Business: No report this month.
Good of the Order: No report this month.
Adjournment: President Kane led our Board in a moment of silence for Linda Zmak, and for all our passed members. President Kane scheduled our next meeting for Tuesday February 12, 2019. The meeting will be held at the Hall of Justice 850 Bryant Street room #150 in San Francisco, California. The meeting will begin at 12:30 hours.
Following the meeting we convened for Dinner at Firenze Restaurant in North Beach. We honored Leroy Lindo’s year as our President. Leroy’s calm and poised demeanor during some heightened moments of early 2018 were essential to our Board maintaining decorum and successfully moving ahead as an organization. Leroy exhibited respect for all Board members and all opinions, disagreements and voices (raised or otherwise). Leroy listened to all members and weighed his decisions on tabled matters. Our progress and teamwork success in 2018 is due largely to Leroy’s leadership. The unified efforts of Leroy, Dean Taylor, Sally Foster who returned to the Board as the Bookkeeper, the Secretary and our Board of Trustees has produced excellent communication and immediate results.
To All Members: Any member who is in need of a new beneficiary form can access a form on our website. Please click on the resources box on our face page. Complete the form and obtain a signature by a Notary or a WOAA Board member. Please email me any address or contact number changes at markmac825@comcast.net. I can be contacted 415 681-3660. Each month we express our gratitude to the following people who assist our efforts: Retired San Francisco Police Department Captain and current POA Defense Administrator Paul Chignell, Retired San Francisco Police Lieutenant and current host of the Gold Country Reaper website Rene LaPrevotte, Retired San Francisco Sergeant and the current long-time editor of the POA Journal Ray Shine, Sergeant Rachael Kilshaw, and Risa Tom of the San Francisco Police Department’s Police Commission Office, David Ng of Personnel, and to the entire Traffic Command and it’s officers who graciously afford us a location for our files, and meetings.