Hello, See message below from a graduate student at UT-Austin. If you’re in Texas or have work that relates to Texas geoscience, I encourage you to comment on this. There’s a short fuse - comments have to be received by close of business today. So if you care, please do this now. Even a short comment is better than nothing. The link to the comment page is: https://www.sunset.texas.gov/input-form <https://www.sunset.texas.gov/input-form> Or, you can go here: https://www.sunset.texas.gov/reviews-and-reports/agencies/texas-board-professional-geoscientists-tbpg <https://www.sunset.texas.gov/reviews-and-reports/agencies/texas-board-professional-geoscientists-tbpg> and click on the Public Input Form button in the lower right. The following link has example letters: http://aipg-tx.org/sunset-commission-claims-the-texas-board-of-professional-geologists-and-all-p-g-s-in-texas-do-not-protect-texas-health-safety-and-welfare/ <http://aipg-tx.org/sunset-commission-claims-the-texas-board-of-professional-geologists-and-all-p-g-s-in-texas-do-not-protect-texas-health-safety-and-welfare/> (There are two links at the bottom point 1 (end-user letters) of Action Items) Best, Matt > Dear members of the GPPC, specifically Texans, and those with colleagues in the great state of Texas: > Texas is considering abolishing the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists > > From AIPG on the issue: > http://aipg-tx.org/sunset-commission-claims-the-texas-board-of-professional-geologists-and-all-p-g-s-in-texas-do-not-protect-texas-health-safety-and-welfare/ <http://aipg-tx.org/sunset-commission-claims-the-texas-board-of-professional-geologists-and-all-p-g-s-in-texas-do-not-protect-texas-health-safety-and-welfare/> > > Below I am pasting a message from John Berry with the Austin Geological Society : > Urgent Request: Please submit a personal letter, as well as ask your employer and your clients and all professional organizations to submit letters to the Sunset Commission and/or TBPG telling them why it is important for the State of Texas to regulate Geoscience licensure, giving them examples from your real world experience – specifically cases where a P.G. helped protect the public health, safety, and welfare, saved a client and/or the public money that would have been wasted, and so forth. These letters can be from license holders, unlicensed individuals and firms, where in the letter provides the perspective of why having licensed geoscientists and an agency overseeing that licensing is important to you, the public, and/or your firm. It's best if these letters are received by CoB tomorrow Wed., Aug 15th. > > Wed., Aug. 15th: drop dead date for all comments, inquiries, etc. get into the "packets" that will be sent to their Board members prior to their meeting the end of this month (specific date not yet set!). Send to TBPG and Sunset Commission. > > Sunset commission: www.sunset.texas.gov/reviews-and-reports/agencies/... > > Kindly, > Lily Jackson > > ------------------------------ > Lily Josephine Jackson > NSF Graduate Research Fellow > Ph.D. Candidate, Geological Sciences > UT Austin Jackson School of Geosciences > 2275 Speedway Stop C9000 > Austin, TX 78712 – 1722