[nabop] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA to Hold Fall Meeting November 5 through 7, 2015

[Justin Young]

Hello:

I tried clicking on the email addresses for the Chair of BANA, but it
keeps saying link not valid.  I wanted to know if these meetings are
lived streamed to reach a broader audience base which includes
individuals who are interested, but unable to attend in person like
the Access Board has begun doing?

I really would like to hear the agenda items, but my schedule does not
permit me to travel to Illinois next week.

Thank you,

Justin Young

On 10/26/15, David Andrews via nabop <nabop at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>Press Release
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>>October 26, 2015
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>>For Immediate Release
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>>Contact: Jennifer Dunnam, Chair
>>Braille Authority of North America
>>612-767-5658
>><mailto:chair at brailleauthority.org>chair at brailleauthority.org
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>>BANA Held Its Third UEB Transition Forum in Louisville
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>>and Will Hold Fall Meeting November 5–7, 2015
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>>On October 7, 2015, Braille Authority of North
>>America (BANA) held its third UEB Transition
>>Forum, bringing together delegates from more
>>than 25 agencies and organizations from the
>>braille community. The forum was held in
>>Louisville, Kentucky, preceding the 147th Annual
>>Meeting of the American Printing House for the
>>Blind (APH). The centerpiece of the day was a
>>guest panel that addressed the incorporation of
>>UEB into assessment development by the nation’s
>>various assessment consortia. The agenda also
>>included updates and progress reports from forum delegates and the BANA
>> Board.
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>>The BANA Board, which meets face-to-face
>>semiannually, will hold its 2015 fall meeting
>>November 5–7 in Crystal Lake, Illinois. This
>>meeting will be hosted by Horizons for the
>>Blind, a BANA member organization. Meetings will
>>take place at the Horizons site, which is
>>located at Suite A-103, 125 Erick Street, Crystal Lake 60014.
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>>Items on the Board’s agenda include the
>>implementation of Unified English Braille (UEB)
>>as well as detailed updates on BANA’s numerous
>>ongoing projects. The Board will review formal
>>reports from all of BANA's technical committees
>>such as music, braille formats, math, and
>>tactile graphics, and its general committees and
>>task forces, such as the UEB Transition Task
>>Force and the BANA Publications Committee. BANA
>>will take action on recommendations when appropriate.
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>>As always, interested parties are invited to
>>observe the BANA Board meetings. If you are
>>interested in observing the BANA meeting, please
>>contact BANA Chair Jennifer Dunnam at
>>612-767-5658 or by email at
>><mailto:chair at brailleauthority.org>chair at brailleauthority.org.
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>>NOTE: This press release is available in HTML on
>>the BANA website at
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>>The Board of BANA consists of appointed
>>representatives from eighteen member
>>organizations of braille producers, transcribers, teachers, and consumers.
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>>The mission of the Braille Authority of North
>>America is to assure literacy for tactile
>>readers through the standardization of braille and/or tactile graphics.
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>>The purpose of BANA is to promote and to
>>facilitate the uses, teaching, and production of
>>braille. Pursuant to this purpose, BANA will
>>promulgate rules, make interpretations, and
>>render opinions pertaining to braille codes and
>>guidelines for the provisions of literary and
>>technical materials and related forms and
>>formats of embossed materials now in existence
>>or to be developed in the future for the use of
>>blind persons in North America. When
>>appropriate, BANA shall accomplish these
>>activities in international collaboration with
>>countries using English braille. In exercising
>>its function and authority, BANA shall consider
>>the effects of its decisions on other existing
>>braille codes and guidelines, forms and formats;
>>ease of production by various methods; and acceptability to readers.
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>          David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
> E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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