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This year, the call lasted more than two hours, with the

Board members taking a genuine interest in our thoughts.

One of the issues I brought up on this year’s call was the issue of logbook review. I spoke of my experience and asked why the OSVDPA needed to physically review my log- book. The OSVDPA staff said there was a concern about forgeries made to electronic copies. The Board saw that en- suring authentic copies was a necessity but also agreed that an alternative means could be found. I asked if a notarized copy of a logbook would suf