[nabs-l] [Blindtlk] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA Meeting Report Release

[Chris Nusbaum]

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From:=20David=20Andrews=20<dandrews at visi.com
Subject:=20[Blindtlk]=20Fwd:=20[BANA-Announce]=20BANA=20Meeting=20Report=20=

Release
Date=20sent:=20Tue,=2003=20May=202011=2004:46:41=20-0500



Press=20Release

April=202011

For=20Immediate=20Release

CONTACT:=20Judy=20Dixon,=20Chair

Braille=20Authority=20of=20<?xml:namespace=20prefix=20=3D
st1=20ns=20=3D=20"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"=20/>North=20
America

Phone:=20202-707-0722,=20Email:=20jdix at loc.gov



BANA=20Dialogues=20about=20Braille=20at=20Spring=20Board=20Meeting



The=20Braille=20Authority=20of=20North=20America=20(BANA)
held=20its=20spring=20meeting=20on=20April=201=20=96=203,=202011,=20in
Cincinnati,=20Ohio.=20=20This=20meeting=20was=20hosted=20by=20The
Clovernook=20Center=20for=20the=20Blind=20and=20Visually
Impaired=20(CCBVI),=20a=20BANA=20member=20organization.



The=20Board=20Meeting=20was=20preceded=20by=20its
traditional=20open=20forum=20on=20the=20evening=20of
Thursday,=20March=2031,=20at=20the=20Hyatt=20Regency.=20=20This
round-table=20meeting=20provided=20an=20opportunity=20for
participants=20to=20learn=20more=20about=20the=20workings=20of
BANA=20and=20to=20offer=20feedback=20about=20issues=20surrounding=20braille=
=20and=20
its=20future.



The=20BANA=20Board=20welcomed=20two=20new=20participants.
Friday=20morning,=20at=20the=20opening=20session=20of=20the
business=20meeting,=20Chair=20Judy=20Dixon=20introduced
Kim=20McEachirn,=20Clovernook=92s=20new=20representative
to=20the=20BANA=20Board.=20=20Later=20in=20the=20business
meeting,=20the=20Board=20voted=20unanimously=20to=20accept
the=20application=20of=20Crawford=20Technologies=20to=20join
BANA=20as=20an=20associate=20member.=20=20Congratulations=20to
both=20Mr.=20=20McEachirn=20and=20Crawford=20Technologies.



Topics=20on=20the=20agenda=20included=20tactile=20graphics,
foreign=20language=20braille,=20strategic=20planning,
and=20the=20recent=20review=20of=20the=20formats=20guidelines.
Pete=20Osborne,=20Chair=20of=20the=20United=20Kingdom
Association=20for=20Accessible=20Formats=20(UKAAF),
attended=20the=20full=20meeting=20and=20provided=20a=20helpful
international=20perspective.=20=20UKAAF=20was=20formed=20in
2009=20when=20the=20Braille=20Authority=20of=20the=20United
Kingdom=20merged=20with=20two=20other=20industry=20organizations.

The=20Board=20participated=20in=20lengthy=20and=20thoughtful
deliberations=20as=20they=20explored=20the=20evolving=20ways
in=20which=20braille=20is=20produced=20and=20used.=20=20These
essential=20considerations=20have=20been=20spurred=20by
the=20rapid=20changes=20and=20impact=20of=20technology=20as
well=20as=20the=20escalation=20of=20changes=20in=20print=20materials.



The=20Board=20approved=20a=20code=20change=20recommended=20by
the=20Braille=20Mathematics=20Technical=20Committee.
This=20change=20to=20Rule=20XXV=20Sections=20191a(v)=20and
191b(vi)=20in=20the=20Nemeth=20code=20is=20effective=20as=20of
April=203,=202011.=20=20The=20change=20=96=20which=20is=20posted=20at
<http://www.brailleauthority.org/nemethupdates2011/rule25/index.h
tml>http://www.brailleauthority.org/nemethupdates2011/rule25/inde
x.html
=96

eliminates=20the=20blank=20line=20between=20a=20cell-5
heading=20and=20directions=20that=20immediately=20follow=20the=20heading.



For=20additional=20information=20and=20resources,=20visit
<http://www.brailleauthority.org/>www.brailleauthority.org



The=20mission=20and=20purpose=20of=20the=20Braille=20Authority
of=20North=20America=20are=20to=20assure=20literacy=20for
tactile=20readers=20through=20the=20standardization=20of
braille=20and/or=20tactile=20graphics.=20=20BANA=20promotes
and=20facilitates=20the=20use,=20teaching,=20and
production=20of=20braille.=20=20It=20publishes=20rules,
interprets,=20and=20renders=20opinions=20pertaining=20to
braille=20in=20all=20existing=20codes.=20=20It=20deals=20with
codes=20now=20in=20existence=20or=20to=20be=20developed=20in=20the
future,=20in=20collaboration=20with=20other=20countries
using=20English=20braille.=20=20In=20exercising=20its
function=20and=20authority,=20BANA=20considers=20the
effects=20of=20its=20decisions=20on=20other=20existing
braille=20codes=20and=20formats;=20the=20ease=20of
production=20by=20various=20methods;=20and=20acceptability=20to=20readers.

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