Memorandum

To:	Judge John H. Ruffin, Jr.
From:	Holly Sparrow
Subject:	March 8th Meeting on Court History Book
Date:	March 8, 2007

Mr. Lendon Gibbs, Mr. Charles Adams, Mr. Bob McAteer and I met on this date to discuss the status of the Court Centennial History Book. Ms. Volkert did not attend.

At the meeting, a schedule was determined to finish the text of the book and to make firm arrangements with the Watson Brown Foundation and the Mercer University Press to publish the book.

Mr. Gibbs, Judge Pope, and Mr. Adams will meet within the next two weeks (by March 23rd) with Tad Brown of the Tom Watson Brown Foundation and, if possible, Marc Jolley of Mercer University Press. A Court representative may wish to attend this meeting. Also, Ms. Volkert will be asked to attend. The meeting location is planned for the Court's new banc room. Once a date and time are arranged, I will be alerted to reserve the room and notify Ms. Volkert.

Attached you will find copies of correspondence related to the book that Mr. Adams handed out during the meeting.

The schedule for completion of the publication is set out below.

Thursday, March 15th - Mr. Adams will deliver to Judge Ruffin a paper copy of the current
drafts of the book's chapters.

Monday, March 19th - The final versions of the chapters will to be sent to Mr. Adams from
the authors.

Thursday, March 22nd - Mr. Adams will transmit an electronic copy of the final chapter versions by e-mail to Bob McAteer and Holly Sparrow. Over the next couple of weeks, Mr. McAteer and Ms. Sparrow will communicate with the authors and Mr. Adams about inclusion of specific photographs, obtain permissions for use of the photographs, and make any necessary edits of the text.

Monday, April 2nd - Holly Sparrow will deliver to the Court and Mr. Adams a chapter for the book describing the Centennial year activities.

April 2nd to no later than the end of April - Mr. McAteer and Ms. Sparrow will see that the Court has the opportunity to review the final product. Any changes will be made with communication among the Court's representatives, Mr. Adams and Mr. Gibbs. (If Mercer Press does not do the book layout, additional time may be necessary for the Court to do it. The Court can seek the aid of Ashley Stollar of AOC to do this.)

Monday, April 30th - Before the end of April, the final product will be delivered to Mercer University Press. (This action is contingent on a firm agreement with Mercer Press to publish the book.)

Thursday, August 30th - This is the tentative publication date based on the estimate from Mercer University Press of a four-month time frame from delivery to Mercer of the product to the completion of printing.

If you have any questions about the meeting or this memorandum, please do not hesitate to contact me.

cc:	Chief Judge Barnes

Bill Martin

Bob McAteer