From dandrews at visi.com Sun Dec 23 16:06:51 2018 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 10:06:51 -0600 Subject: [nabop] BANA Elects Officers for 2019, Welcomes New Board Member Message-ID: > > > Press Release > > > >December 2018 >For Immediate Release > >Contact: Jennifer Dunnam, Chair > >Braille Authority of North America > >410-659-9314 extension 2427 >chair at brailleauthority.org > > > >BANA Elects Officers for 2019, Welcomes New Board Member > > > >The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) >held its fall 2018 meeting November 1-3 at the >Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in Salt >Lake City, Utah. The meeting was hosted by the American Council of the Blind. > >During its three-day meeting, the BANA Board >reviewed semiannual reports from its eighteen >general and technical committees???each of which >works on specific charges from the Board?and >acted on recommeendations from these committees. >Portions of the Thursday and Friday meetings >were dedicated to further development of BANA's >strategic planning and the steps that will implement this planning. > >Cynthia Skandera, Horizons for the Blind >representative, was welcomed as BANA???s newest Board member. >The Board established the 2019 budget and >elected officers for 2019. The elected officers are: > >Chair: Jennifer Dunnam (National Federation of the Blind); >Vice-chair: Tamara Rorie (National Library Service); >Secretary: Dawn Gross (Alternate Text Production >Center of the California Community Colleges); >Treasurer: Jessica Rivera (Associated Services for the Blind). >Frances Mary D'Andrea serves as BANA's Immediate Past Chair. > >BANA???s next meeting will be held May 2-4, >2019, in Toronto, Canada, and will be hosted by >CNIB (the Canadian National Institute for the Blind). > >NOTE: This press release is available in HTML on >the BANA website at >http://www.brailleauthority.org/pressreleases/pr-2018-12.html. >