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|Cannon Building |STATE OF DELAWARE |Telephone: (302) 744-4500 |

|861 Silver Lake Blvd., Suite 203 |DEPARTMENT OF STATE |Fax: (302) 739-2711 |

|Dover, Delaware 19904-2467 | |Website: dpr. |

| |DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION | |

PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES: Board of Geology

MEETING DATE AND TIME: Friday, December 7, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 861 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware

Conference Room B, Cannon Building

MINUTES APPROVED: 02-08-2008

MEMBERS PRESENT

Steven M. Smailer, President, Professional Member

William Schenck, Vice-President, Professional Member

Kim McKenna, Secretary, Professional Member

Amos Aiken, Public Member

Lorene Athey, Public Member

Dana Long, Public Member

Stephen Williams, Professional Member

DIVISION STAFF/DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

Allison Reardon, Deputy Attorney General

Margaret Foreit, Administrative Specialist III

MEMBERS ABSENT

Stephen Williams, Professional Member

CALL TO ORDER

Mr. Smailer called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.

REVIEW OF MINUTES

The Board reviewed the minutes from the November 9th, 2007 board meeting. Mr. Schenck made a motion, seconded by Mr. Aiken to approve the minutes as presented. The motion was unanimously carried.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Discuss Strategic Planning Goals

Ms. Reardon presented a draft of the updated Strategic Planning Goals for the board’s review. After discussion, the board proposed several verbiage changes to the plan. Ms. Reardon will update the strategic plan and present the final copy at the next board meeting on February 8th, 2008.

Newsletter

The board reviewed decided that the Landscape Architecture Newletter was the sample format that the Geology Board would like to use. The board would like to include sections for a President’s Message, Continuing Education, ASBOG Updates and for the welcoming of new licensees. Additional topics may be added to the newsletter at a later date. The projected publication deadline is July, 2008. Mr. Smailer will write the President’s Message, Mr. Schenck will write the ASBOG Update and Ms. McKenna will write the Continuing Education Section. The Board would like to have a rough draft of sections by the February 2008 meeting.

Seal and Section 3.0

The geology seal is not illustrated in the rules and regulations published on the website. The board requested that this be updated. A request will be made to Jeff Hague as soon as possible to update the rules and regulations with this administrative change.

NEW BUSINESS

Review of Applications for Reciprocity

A motion was made by Mr. Smailer, seconded by Mr. Schenck to approve the application of Reginald Dawkins contingent upon receipt of his verification from the State of Georgia. The motion was unanimously carried.

Review of Application by Exam

A motion was made by Mr. Schenck, seconded by Ms. McKenna to approve the application of Blayne Diacont to sit for the ASBOG Examination. The motion was unanimously carried.

Review of Application for Continuing Education

Mr. Aiken made a motion, seconded by Ms. McKenna to approve the following continuing education as listed. The motion was unanimously carried.

Sponsor: Mid-Atlantic Associates

Activity: Innovative Technologies for Site Remediation

Hours: 6.0 hours

Examination Results

Ms. Foreit updated the board that the following individuals had been licensed based on

the October, 2007 examination and prior board approval to take the examination:

Nelson Charles Brooks (S4-0001226), Michael J. Hertz (S4-0001228), Joshua Kasper

(S4-0001227), Matthew R. Mitchell (S4-0001231), Scott A. Strohmeier (S4-0001229),

and Ronald B. Wesley (S4-0001230).

OTHER BUSINESS

Ms. Reardon stated that she would be out of the office for the next board meeting on 2/1. The board will reschedule the 2/1 meeting until 2/8.

Mr. Schenck reported that he contacted the Pennsylvania Geology Board with regards to the Delaware Board generating a letter that students in PA could apply to DE to sit for the exam.

Mr. Schenck will write a letter for the board’s review at the next meeting.

PUBLIC COMMENT

None

NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING

The next meeting is scheduled for February 8, 2008 at 10:00 am in Conference Room B, second floor of the Cannon Building, 861 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, Mr. Schenck made a motion to adjourn the meeting, which was seconded by Mr. Aiken. The motion was unanimously carried. The meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Margaret A. Foreit

Margaret Foreit

Administrative Specialist III

DE Board of Geologists

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