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WSATI NEWSLETTER |
SOUTHERN CHAPTER - MARCH 20,
2008
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
SANTA ANA ELKS LODGE - SANTA
ANA
![]() 2008 WSATI Southern Chapter President Rick Greenwood (Riverside Police) welcomed everyone to the Santa Ana Elks Lodge. Rick then requested that Past President Bud Hood (Remington Elsag) lead the members in the pledge of allegiance. |
| Chapter Title | Name | Current Agency | Telephone |
| President: | Rick Greenwood | Riverside Police | (351) 353-7115 |
| Vice President: | Jim Williams | Long Beach Police | (562) 570-7362 |
| Secretary: | John Bartolone | DMV Investigations | (562) 403-1020 |
| Treasurer: | Dave Petrelli | Project Time & Cost, Inc | (818) 895-7921 |
| Sergeant-at-Arms: | Tim Glover | LASD / TRAP | (626) 625-8776 |
| Past President: | Bud Hood | Remington Elsag | (949) 887-1813 |
| Legal Counsel: | Richard Knapp | Knapp Law Firm, LLP | (949) 715-5580 |
| Rick then introduced the 2008
Southern Chapter Officers who were in attendance:
Jim Williams,
Vice President, Long Beach Police
Dave Petrelli, Treasurer, Project Time & Cost, was introduced, but was not present. Rick then introduced the Southern Chapter Past Presidents in attendance: Ted Saraf (1992), Dennis Frias (1997), Gary Labb (2000), and Phil Macklin (2001), and Bud Hood (2007). Rick then had the members in attendance do self introductions. It was great to see the great turnout of people who traveled in from Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties. Welcome to all the new members joining us, Avis Bulbulyan (Thaxton & Associates), Roland Burgess (CHP Inland), David Efferson (CHP Inland), Roger Gutierrez (Hartford Insurance), Jeff Jones (Riverside PD), Jim Kingsmill (Westminster PD), Andrew Lopez (OCATT/UCIPD), A.P. Mehta (DMV Investigations), Chris Maxwell (Infinity Insurance), Aristeed Powell (DMV Investigations), Edward Rodriguez (Alhambra PD), Will Ruiz (Alhambra PD), Cherryl Valdez (Infinity Insurance), Ron Weber (Westminster PD), and David Welde (OCATT/Tustin PD), as well as several people we had not seen in awhile, Brenda Brooks (State Farm), Tim Caldwell (State Farm), and Phil Macklin (Allstate Insurance). Rick then spoke about the future of the WSATI Southern Chapter and thanked Bud for all the hard work he did while a Southern Chapter Officer. Rick said some of the things the Southern Chapter was planning on doing are: * Training Classes - One day
classes where WSATI will take the class to the student. The first
one will probably be in April - Harley ID.
Rick then introduced the guest speaker, LASD/TRAP Detective Rob Manning. Rob gave a presentation on Fraud Applications, with the additional information on how the dealer will facilitate Auto Financing Fraud at times. Following Rob's presentation, Rick presented Rob with a thank you gift from WSATI. Rick then presided over the raffle. There were a lot of different winners, and at the same time many were upset with repeat winners Tim Jackson and Victor Valdez. If you want to be like them, do what they do... buy extra raffle tickets... Rick invited CHP Sergeant Dennis Frias up to the podium. Dennis spoke about the upcoming ATAC Recovery Officer of the Year Awards programs in San Diego County on April 9th and Orange County on May 28th. Dennis also spoke about the upcoming North American Export Committee Summit to take place in Sacramento on April 29-30. Dennis advised that all these events are linked to the WSATI website. Rick then announced that the lunch was ready. The attendees were then served a Mexican Buffet, which everyone appeared to enjoy and take a trip back for seconds (and for some, thirds)... Following lunch, Rick Greenwood announced that the next meeting would be on May 15, 2008 at the Mercedes Benz Training Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
The meeting was adjourned. |
| The next WSATI Training Meeting / Luncheon will be
held on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 1000 a.m. at the Mercedes Benz Training
Center, 9571 Pittsburgh Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730.
The Guest Speaker will be DMV Investigator John Bartolone who will be presenting a class on lien sales. The traditional luncheon will be served at the Training Center. Directions: 10 Freeway off at Milliken, northbound to 5th St (2nd street north of the Ontario Mills outlet), turn right on 5th eastbound approximately one block to Pittsburgh, right turn, southbound to the facility. An easy landmark is the Ontario Mills Outlet as the facility is just north of it. You can't miss it as the MBZ emblem is on the new building. For a map to this location, click here. |