Marion Hammer

Mr. Spies,

This is to confirm that Florida State University has received your public records request (below), and it has been provided to the appropriate personnel for handling.

Regards,
Browning Brooks

January 18, 2017

Florida State University

To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Florida's Sunshine Law (Fla. Stat. secs. 119.01 to 119.15 (1995)), I hereby request the following records:
I am writing to request all written correspondence between President Thrasher, or any member of his staff, and Marion Hammer, or any written correspondence between President Thrasher, or any member of his staff, and another party concerning Marion Hammer. The records I'm requesting should include direct exchanges (via email or otherwise), text messages, memos, and notes from meetings. The records should fall within the following timeframe: November 10, 2014 - January 18, 2017.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I would request your response within ten (10) business days.

Sincerely,
Mike Spies

Mr. Spies,

Regarding your public records request — per the General Counsel’s office, we need clarification from you on “or any member of his staff.” In order to conduct searches, we need names of individual staff members.
Regards,
Browning

To whom it may concern, regarding your public records request to Florida State University:

In addition to any hard copy items, we have so far identified approximately 325 individual e-mail messages that may be responsive. The legal office estimates about 14 hours of work to do their review, at the rate of $14 per hour. Please confirm that you wish to proceed, and I will send mailing instructions.

Browning Brooks
Sent from my iPhone

Mike,

Please send a check for $196 made payable to “Florida State University” to me at the address below, and they will process your request as quickly as possible.
Regards,
Browning

Browning Brooks
Assistant Vice President for University Communications
Room 216 Westcott Building
Florida State University
222 S. Copeland St.
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1430

Good afternoon, Mike:

Our General Counsel’s Office is continuing to work on your request, in good faith. However, we still have not received the new check (made payable to Florida State University, rather than to Browning Brooks as was the original check we received). We will not be able to provide you with the requested records until we have received payment. Just moments ago I checked our mail again, and the check still has not arrived. I am checking our mail daily, and just as soon as I receive your payment, I will take it directly to the GCO so they can finalize your request.

Thanks. Tim

Tim Fordyce
Office of University Communications
Florida State University
216 Westcott Building
222 S. Copeland St.
Tallahassee, FL 32306

W) 850.644.2466
C) 850.284.5260
tfordyce@fsu.edu<mailto:tfordyce@fsu.edu>
www.fsu.edu

Hi Mike.

A check arrived late this afternoon and I’ve delivered it to our General Counsel’s Office. Please note: The U.S. postmarked date was 3/16/207, and the envelope also had a NY stamp date of 16 MAR ’17. Thanks. Tim

Tim Fordyce
Office of University Communications
Florida State University
216 Westcott Building
222 S. Copeland St.
Tallahassee, FL 32306

W) 850.644.2466
C) 850.284.5260
tfordyce@fsu.edu
www.fsu.edu

Good afternoon Mike.

We have confirmed that this is still in progress due to the large amount of information involved in fulfilling this request. However, I have been told this afternoon that this should be completed “very, very shortly”. I cannot say exactly when that will be, but it appears that it should be soon.

*I hope this message reaches you, as I’m relying on a past msg. for my contact info. Thanks. Tim

Tim Fordyce
Office of University Communications
Florida State University
216 Westcott Building
222 S. Copeland St.
Tallahassee, FL 32306

W) 850.644.2466
C) 850.284.5260
tfordyce@fsu.edu
www.fsu.edu

TO THE ATTENTION OF MICHAEL SPIES:

Hi Michael.

The email Browning sent you Friday afternoon should contain a “dropbox.fsu.edu” link in the body of the message that you would click on to download the files. Please advise if that link was not included. I did recheck my email and it is there (I was Cc’d on her msg. to you). Thanks. Tim

Tim Fordyce
Office of University Communications
Florida State University
216 Westcott Building
222 S. Copeland St.
Tallahassee, FL 32306

W) 850.644.2466
C) 850.284.5260
tfordyce@fsu.edu
www.fsu.edu