March 25, 2018 <br />Ms. Virginia Gustafson-Lucker <br />Hearings Official <br />c/o Nick Gioello <br />Planning <br />City of Eugene <br />via email: nick.r.gioello@ci.eugene.or.us <br />RE: LICENSING STATUS, GUNNAR SCHLIEDER, G1139, E1139 <br />Dear Ms. Gustafson-Lucker: <br />I am writing this memorandum to address the status of my registration as a Geologist and <br />Engineering Geologist, which has been brought into question by Carol Schirmer in her letter dated <br />March 21, 2018 and in Schirmer/Satre’s Hearing Exhibit 1. <br />Until Ms. Schirmer mentioned the issue, I had assumed that my registration as a Geologist and <br />Engineering Geologist was being treated as “Active” by the Oregon State Board of Geologist <br />Examiners (OSBGE). This assumption was based on the fact that I had renewed my registration and <br />paid my$ 265.00 renewal fee on 12/30/17, one day before the previous registration lapse date. The <br />receipt emailed to me then is attached. This should have resulted in automatic renewal of my <br />licenses. <br />However, as Ms. Schirmer points out in her letter, my registration was shown as “lapsed” on the <br />OSBGE website. <br />Once I determined that this was indeed the case, Isent an email to OSBGE inquiring about the issue. <br />Ms. Arrobang’s email reply is attached. The issue was caused by an administrative error on the part <br />of OSBGE, when my payment for renewal was not linked to my registration renewal. OSBGE <br />apologized for the error and immediately corrected my status. <br />In conclusion, the “lapse” of my registration was not caused by any omission of mine, but rather <br />resulted from a failure of OSBGE’s online renewal system, which was not possible to detect from <br />my side without further verification of my status at a later date. I am not normally in the habit of <br />checking my registration status after the renewal system informs me that my renewal was successful. <br /> <br />