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similar resources. Scott and Williams also contacted several current and past National Committee Chairmen to ob- tain information about their respective committee activities. Many of those members provided written accounts about their committee endeavors and accomplishments. Scott conducted the review, research, evaluation, and edits of the content from the 5 th ed. (1900-1999). After a thorough assessment, some of the previously existing text was removed and/or replaced with updated information. While Scott was perform- ing these tasks, Williams conducted the research and composed articles for the 1999-2021 topic contents. For this 22-year timeframe, Scott and Williams covered numerous member’s/chapter’s achievements, Fraternity programs, events between 11 Grand Chapter Meetings, and 6 Grand Polemarch administrations.
Exchequer Rhen C. Bass, and IHQ Di- rector John F. Burrell to apprise them of the progress. Scott selected four reliable and capable members to serve on the 6th ed. Edit Committee: 93 rd Elder W. Diggs Awardee Terrance G. Blount, 95 th Elder W. Diggs Awardee Charles W. Morgan III, Frederick H. Black Sr., and George M. Chavis Sr. Each week, these Associate Review Editors were given 1-2 chapters of the 33-chapter manuscript to read, edit and submit their critiques to Scott and Williams. The Edit Committee read and edited 30-70 pages each week. They subse- quently met with Scott and Williams every Monday via video conference, where their suggested changes were discussed and evaluated for inclu- sion in the final draft. The 6 th ed. was improved substantially with the Edit Committee's diligent and exacting review, edits, and suggestions.
permission was obtained to enhance the visual experience. The 6 th ed. greatly benefited from the Fraternity document and photograph artifacts obtained via the Kappa Archive Recov- ery Initiative for source material and exhibits. While the book was being laid out, Scott and Williams had a job opening for a graphic artist to be sent out to the members through IHQ. Several members applied for the enviable posi- tion. Interviews were conducted, and sample renditions of potential book cover designs were submitted to the committee, consisting of Scott, Wil- liams, and Donald Woolridge (Eta Beta 1988) of the Louisville (KY) Alumni Chapter. After each design was re- ceived and evaluated, graphic designer, Larmarrous Shirley (Alpha Upsilon 1991), was selected to create the book cover artwork.
An E-Book version of the 6 th Edition
Editing the Manuscript
Book Layout
After completing those book portions, Scott and Williams then switched roles and performed edits of each other’s work. Additional modifica- tions were made for the correctness and completeness of the topics. Once those tasks were complete, Scott and Williams jointly reviewed the new complete 6 th edition utilizing Zoom video conferencing and Dropbox for cloud storage of manuscripts. They collaboratively worked together on the draft manuscript to prepare for review by an Edit Committee. Scott then also provided to the living Past Grand Polemarchs, a draft copy of the chapter encompassing their time as Grand Polemarch, to review the information regarding their respec- tive administration to ensure accuracy. Scott and Williams periodically briefed Grand Polemarch Reuben A. Shelton, III, Grand Keeper of Records and
Scott and Williams then converted the manuscript into Adobe InDesign and conducted the layout of each page. This process included the selection of photos to accent portions of the text. Each previously used image was evalu- ated to determine its importance in the 6 th ed., if it should remain in the book, if a different photo should replace it, or if no picture would be used in that lo- cation. In some instances, photographs new to The Story would be selected to emphasize the material's context better or showcase the newly written content. For example, the previous editions did not feature panoramic photos at Grand Chapter Meetings. Several of those im- ages were selected for this publication, and their dimensions would expand across several columns of text, so the reader could easily view them.
Scott further envisioned how the 6th ed. would be distinctive from the previous editions and apart from other Divine 9 organizations. From the beginning, Scott envisioned the 6th ed. as a hardcover and digital (e-reader) book. After completing the hardcover layout, Scott and Williams made the necessary layout revisions for the e- reader. The e-reader is enhanced with special content not included in the hardcover book. It features an exten- sive reference section that contains data and facts on many items of inter- est in table format. Williams’s painstaking efforts to compile this information led to the initial reference section draft that con- tains various listings including, but not limited to, Grand ‘Chapter Meetings, Grand Polemarchs, Grand Chapter officers, National awardees, and Prov- ince Polemarchs, to name a few. Scott
Unique photographs not owned by the Fraternity were selected, and
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