University of Georgia 4/29 Protests (Office of the Governor of Georgia)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. Any communications, including SMS text messages, microsoft teams messages, slack messages, groupme messages, e-mails, g-chat messages, signal messages, telegram messages, WhatsApp messages, Facebook messenger messages, sent or received by the following individuals on from April 1, 2024, to the current date, which concerns or mentions "Israel", "Palestine", "anti-semitism", "antisemitism", "anti-semitic", "antisemitic", or "IHRA,” Protest," "Columbia," "Palestine," "Gaza," "Israel," "Hamas," "Agitators."

a. Jere Morehead, President
b. S. Jack Hu, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
c. Michelle G. Cook, Vice President for Student Affairs
d. P. Daniel Silk, Associate Vice President for Public Safety
e. Jeff Clark, Chief of UGA Police
f. Rebecca Scarboro, Director for the Office of Student Conduct
h. Brett Malone, Associate Dean of Students

2. Any communications (including SMS text messages, microsoft teams messages, slack messages, groupme messages, e-mails, g-chat messages, signal messages, telegram messages, WhatsApp messages, Facebook messenger messages) to or from Jere Morehead, any person employed by the Office of the President, or any person employed by the State of Georgia Government, on the one hand, and any elected official (including Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, any member of the Georgia legislature, or any Member of Congress) or any member of the staff (such as aides, secretaries, or assistants) of an elected official, on the other hand, between April 1, 2024 to Current date, inclusive.

3. Any communications (including SMS text messages, microsoft teams messages, slack messages, groupme messages, e-mails, g-chat messages, signal messages, telegram messages, WhatsApp messages, Facebook messenger messages) to or from Jere Morehead, any person employed by the Office of the President, or any person employed by the State of Georgia Government, on the one hand, and any elected official (including Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, any member of the Georgia legislature, or any Member of Congress) or any member of the staff (such as aides, secretaries, or assistants) of an elected official, on the other hand, between April 1, 2024 to Current date, inclusive. which concerns or mentions "Israel", "Palestine", "anti-semitism", "antisemitism", "anti-semitic", "antisemitic", or "IHRA,” Protest," "Columbia," "Palestine," "Gaza," "Israel," "Hamas," "Agitators."

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Please also note that this request seeks public records wherever they may be found, including on devices or networks owned or operated by private parties. For example, if an employee uses a personal cell phone or social media account to conduct public business, records created, maintained, or held on the phone or account are public records subject to this request.

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 look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Josh Lingsch

Thank you for your response.

Regarding your response to number 2, please disregard that specific request.

Regarding number 3, I would like the request to cover the scope as outlined including the specified keywords. I am specifically looking for communications between any employee with the Office of the Governor and any individual employed at the University of Georgia (specifically the office of Jere Morehead, but also can include any other University of Georgia employee). However, I believe the scope you outlined would be able to capture what I am looking for. I would also like to include the search terms "Old College," "North Campus," "UGA," and "University of Georgia" in addition to the ones I initially requested.

Thanks,

Josh Lingsch

Hi Sam - thank you for the response. I wanted to respond to challenge the adequacy of the search. It seems odd to me that there are pretty regular emails from UGA which end abruptly at April 16. Were there any additional records which were not included in error? A previous request yielded this document, which would demonstrate that there are more records responsive to my request. Please advise.

Thanks,

Josh Lingsch