[nabs-l] BANA still considering abolishing the Nemeth braille code

[Carly]

Hi, Joshua,

That sounds perhaps a worthwhile gesture, in the event of there not 
being  significant capital, behind this braille unification 
bullshit... We might  accept a fact that we might be, nice and 
outnumbered, in this. . The locals seem to really dig mediocrity. I 
guess you can just refuse to learn it, that's what I plan to do. 06 
PM 9/10/2011, Joshua Lester wrote:
>Carly, it's shameful.
>I E-mailed the chairman of the resolutions committee.
>Hopefully, I'll hear something.
>Blessings, Joshua
>
>On 9/10/11, Carly <carlymih at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi, Joshua,
> >
> > I'm with ya, brother!
> >
> > The example of that BANA attempt att braille I saw, struck me as
> > being totally watered down and very much removed from the code I know
> > and love so very deeply. In fact, my Not being able to find meaning
> > within the sensual, bumps does not make me love braille any less.
> > 2011, you wrote:
> >>I'm all for a unified Braille code.
> >>That code, is the Nemeth Code!
> >>Leave it alone!
> >>Blessings, Joshua
> >>
> >>On 9/10/11, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
> >> > [Blindmath] BANA still considering abolishing the Nemeth braille code
> >> > Susan Jolly easjolly at ix.netcom.com
> >> > Fri Sep 9 17:10:37 CDT 2011
> >> >
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> >> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > I have just recieved my copy of the Summer 2011 Bulletin of the National
> >> > Braille Association (NBA) which is the professional organization
> >> > providing
> >> > continuing education to both paid and volunteer braille
> >> transcribers here in
> >> > the United States. The President's Message states, "At some point in the
> >> > near future, the braille powers-that-be will make a decision
> >> about a unified
> >> > braille code for the English-speaking worlds--a code that will combine
> >> > literary and technical transcriptions under one set of rules and
> >> > constructions."
> >> >
> >> > Elsewhere in this issue of the Bulletin, the NBA representive to
> >> the Braille
> >> > Authority of North America (BANA) writes that the BANA "Education and
> >> > Outreach committee is still reviewing the possibility of a universal
> >> > code."
> >> > Note that the next meeting of BANA will be held November 3-6, 2011 and
> >> > will
> >> > be hosted in the Baltimore area by the NFB.
> >> >
> >> > If you believe as I do that the BAUK-like representation of maths in the
> >> > current proposals for a unified code are significantly inferior to the
> >> > Nemeth code's representation of mathematics, you might want to take
> >> > action
> >> > now.
> >> >
> >> > Wouldn't it be ironic if the US were to abolish the use of the Nemeth
> >> > code
> >> > just as it is being widely adopted in countries such as India and
> >> > Indonesia
> >> > which have larger populations of braille users?
> >> >
> >> > Sincerely,
> >> > SusanJ
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> 
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