1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 MINUTES BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL AUGUST 28, 2008 AT 10:00 AM The meeting was called to order by James Funderburk, Chair, at 10:05 a.m. Members Present James Funderburk, Chair Matthew Cain, Vice-Chair Tom Scott James Pease Donald McNeill James Harmon Stuart Smith Members Not Present Robert Poppell (Excused) Others Present Barbara Edwards, Board Counsel Richard Morrison, Executive Director Eric Hurst, Prosecuting Attorney Stacey Merchant, Government Analyst Alec Black Grant Chambliss Elizabeth Kromhout Walter Sexton Michael Willett Aaron Epstein William Spinner Anthony Cinelli Jonathon Turk Diana Velasquez Kathy Leggoe Page 1
52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 DISCIPLINARY CASES Entrix, Inc. Case #2007-061255 No one was present for this case. Dr. Scott was recused for his participation on the Probable Cause Panel. APPLICATION REVIEW ENDORSEMENT David M. Davis Dr. McNeill made a motion to accept the settlement stipulation as presented. Mr. Pease seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Mr. Davis was present for the review of his application. Aaron J. Epstein Mr. Pease made a motion to approve Mr. Davis application for licensure by endorsement. Mr. Epstein was present for the review of his application. Tongai Mazaiwana Mr. Funderburk made a motion to approve Mr. Epstein s application for licensure by endorsement. Mr. Mazaiwana was present for the review of his application. Mr. Funderburk made a motion to approve Mr. Mazaiwana s application for licensure by endorsement contingent upon the receipt an employment verification form showing the correct dates of employment. Dr. McNeill seconded and the motion passed 7 to 1. Mr. Smith opposed. Page 2
103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 Tammy B. Phillips Ms. Phillips was present for the review of her application. Thomas Putney Mr. Pease made a motion to approve Ms. Phillip s application for licensure by endorsement. Mr. Putney was present for the review of his application. Walter J. Sexton Mr. Cain made a motion to approve Mr. Putney s application for licensure by endorsement. Mr. Pease seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Mr. Sexton was present for the review of his application. Mr. Funderburk made a motion to deny Mr. Sexton s application for licensure by endorsement because he has not taken and passed the ASBOG examinations. After further discussion the following motion was made: Berkley J. Tracy Dr. McNeill made a motion to approve Mr. Sexton s application for licensure by examination upon payment of the required examination fees. Mr. Tracy was present for the review of his application. Mr. Pease made a motion to continue Mr. Tracy s application for licensure by endorsement to the October 2008 board meeting to allow him more time to provide an another employment verification form. Mr. Tracy waived his 90 day deemer requirement. Page 3
154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 EXAMINATION Alec Black Mr. Black was present for the review of his application. Grant B. Chambless Dr. McNeill made a motion to approve Mr. Black s application for Mr. Pease seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Mr. Chambless was present for the review of his application. Anthony C. Cinelli Mr. Funderburk made a motion to approve Mr. Chambless application for Dr. Scott seconded and the motion passed 7 to 1. Mr. Pease opposed. Mr. Cinelli was present for the review of his application. Mr. Pease made a motion to continue Mr. Cinelli s application for licensure by examination to the October 2008 board meeting to allow him more time to provide a complete transcript. Mr. Cinelli waived his 90 day deemer requirement. Elizabeth Kromhout Ms. Kromhout was present for the review of her application. Dr. McNeill made a motion to approve Ms. Kromhout s application for Dr. Scott seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Page 4
205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 Kathy R. Leggoe Ms. Leggoe was present for the review of her application. Dr. McNeill made a motion to approve Ms. Kromhout s application for Dr. Scott seconded and the motion passed unanimously. William T. Spinner Mr. Spinner was present for the review of his application. Mr. Funderburk made a motion to approve Mr. Spinner s application for Jonathan N. Turk Mr. Turk was present for the review of his application. Mr. Funderburk made a motion to approve Mr. Turk s application for Diana B. Velasquez Ms. Velasquez was present for the review of her application. Mr. Funderburk made a motion to approve Ms. Velasquez s application for Dr. Scott seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Michael Alan Willett Mr. Willet was present for the review of his application. Dr. McNeill made a motion to approve Mr. Willett s application for Dr. Scott seconded and the motion passed unanimously. With no other business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 11:20 a.m. Page 5