DRAFT

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Court Centennial Committee Meeting

10:00 a.m. September 12, 2006

Third Floor Conference Room

Judicial Building

Atlanta, Georgia

Attendees:

Chief Judge John H. Ruffin, Jr., Chair

Judge Yvette Miller	Judge John J. Ellington

Judge Marion T. Pope

Mr. Lendon Gibbs	Professor Marjorie Girth

Mr. Scott Henwood	Ms. Jane Martin

Mr. Jeff Milstein	Mr. William L. Martin, III Clerk

Ms. Dianne Joy, COA	Mr. Bob McAteer, COA

Ms. Holly Sparrow, COA

1.	The Chairperson called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Minutes of the last
meeting were read. A motion to adopt the minutes was made by Judge Pope ,
seconded by Judge Miller, and the motion carried.

2.	At the request of the Chair, Ms. Sparrow made the report about the results of
the Oratorical Contest which had been held the previous Saturday at the State
Bar Center. Ms. Sparrow stated that the contest was a great success. There
were 28 contestants and the presentations overall were excellent.

She remarked that Roberta Earnhardt and her parents who are involved with
the American Legion High School Speech Contest had been instrumental in
assisting Ms. Pryor to organize and conduct the contest. Further, there were
quite a number of private attorneys and Court of Appeals staff attorneys who
contributed their time to be judges, timekeepers, tabulators and other assistants
during the contest. Justice Carley from the Supreme Court, Chief Judge
Rufffin and Judges Barnes and Miller, of the Court of Appeals and Judge
Nation from the Superior Court of Rockdale County were the judges from the
final round.

Next, Ms. Sparrow read the names and hometowns of the first through fourth
place winners and the quarter finalists.

Judges Ruffin and Miller commented on their enjoyment of the contest and the
quality of the contestants. Chief Judge Ruffin recognized the contributions of
Ms. Pryor and the Earnhardt family to the contest and thanked Justice Served,
Inc. for the	opportunity to hold the contest and provide the scholarships.

3.	Following Ms. Sparrow's report, Mr. Gibbs was asked to report on the progress	registration and ticketing for the dinner. Mr. Gibbs stated that Justice Served,
Inc. had sold approximately 450 tickets. Judge Miller suggested that the Court	and Justice Served make sure that we fill the seats at the dinner at least.

The draft dinner program was distributed to the committee members. Judge
Miller made a motion that an Honor Guard be added to the Program. Judge
Pope seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. Mr. Gibbs volunteered
to contact David Poythress, Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard.

After Mr. Gibbs report, Dianne Joy announced the status of the registration of	employees and honorary guests.

3.	The Chair stated that there would be another meeting of the Centennial
Committee after the date of the Centennial Dinner to make a final assessment
of the Centennial activities including the Dinner. There were several
suggestions from committee members about possible future activities of the Court with Justice Served, Inc. The Chair suggested that presentation and discussion of these ideas be reserved until the next committee meeting.

Thereafter, there being no further business, the Chairperson adjourned the meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

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Holly K. O. Sparrow

Deputy Court Administrator

Court of Appeals of Georgia