Georgia municipal association convention (GMA)

The 2004 Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) Summer Convention was held in Savannah June 26 through June 29, 2004 . At the meeting, Mayor Franklin was elected by the membership as 2nd Vice President, which puts her in line to become President in 2006, if re-elected. She is the first Atlanta Mayor since William Hartsfield to serve as an officer of the GMA. The City of Atlanta was also recognized as a Certified City of Ethics due to our strengthened ethics code and financial disclosure requirements.

Mayor Bill Dewell, Mayor for the City of Woodstock and Mayor Shirley Franklin.		Patricia A. "Pat" Tanner, Council Member Ward 1, Canton Georgia and Mayor Shirley Franklin.

(L-R) Mayor Tom Ratcliffe, Mayor of Hinesville Georgia, 1st Vice President, Mayor Shirley Franklin, elected as 2nd Vice President, and Jay Powell, Mayor of Camilla Georgia 3rd Vice President being sworn in.

Mayor Franklin and Councilwoman Felicia Moore Accepting the City of Ethics award from outgoing (Left) GMA President Susan Homes from Monticello Georgia, and (Right) GMA first Vice President Tom Ratcliffe, Mayor of Hinesville Georgia.		Art McClung from Georgia Power (left), Mayor Shirley Franklin, and Dewaine T. Bell, Mayor of Barnesville Georgia (Right).

2004-05 GMA President Cecil Pruett, Mayor of Canton Georgia (left), GMA first Vice President Tom Ratcliffe, Mayor of Hinesville Georgia (middle), and Mayor Franklin now 2nd Vice President.		Mayor Franklin is joined by Council women from Euharlee Georgia in Bartow County.

Mayor Franklin with Barnesville City Councilwoman Anne Claxton at the GMA Convention.