Representing California Geologists
California Council of Geoscience Organizations (CCGO)
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Welcome to the CCGO Website and President's Last Message
Since our incorporation in 1998, we have been an Advocate for the Profession in the Public Interest. As of the 3/12/21 CCGO Board Meeting, the Board voted to dissolve the organization per the laws of the State of California. The process will begin. The main reason for founding CCGO related to the future licensure of geologists which was uncertain at that time due to regular sunsetting reviews. Now that geologist licensure has been carried out by the Board for Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (BPELSG), the licensure issue has been answered with a robust program of licensure and examinations, as well as oversight. The need for CCGO has been diminished significantly. Thank you to our founders, officers, directors, organizational members, business patrons, supporters for making the CCGO mission a success! We had a good run of it, made a difference when the future of geology licensure in California was uncertain. So these are good things to celebrate! We made good friends and did the hard work!
Specific Thanks Go Out To:
Bob Tepel, Founder, for the idea of CCGO, David Abbott for being a CCGO leader and Treasurer, and George Reed, vice president for many years. David Ebersold, Betsy Mathieson,and Jason Preece were Presidents of CCGO. Thank you to others for steering the ship, the amazing Jane Gill who worked as Executive Director at a critical time and did great work, and all the others, David Bieber, David Sadoff, Brian Lewis, Stephen Testa, Stephen Baker, Sue Jagoda, Anne Cavazos, Rick Blake, the business members, the organizational members. I am sorry if I missed anyone by name, but your contributions to our cumulative success has been duly noted. We can all take a collective bow and thank each other for successful efforts and hard work at a time when geologist licensure was being questioned.
Thank you again!
James Jacobs, CCGO President