[Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: [Md-sligo] FW: [napub] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BAN...
Blindhands at aol.com
Blindhands at aol.com
Wed Sep 28 19:05:16 UTC 2011
Terry are you planning on attending?
Is anyone down in the Baltimore area planning on going to these meetings
that are here on the list?
I would be interested to know what is discussed.
Joyce Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
Blindhands at AOL.com
In a message dated 9/28/2011 2:58:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Terry.Powers at nih.gov writes:
Debbie is my chapter leader and she checks braille books for errors, for
NLS.
See below.
Terry
-----Original Message-----
From: Brown, Debbie [mailto:dabro at loc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 2:34 PM
To: Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland
Subject: [Md-sligo] FW: [napub] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA Announces Fall
Meeting in Baltimore
The Thursday evening meeting would be the best to go to because it is an
open meeting.
Debbie
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Of David Andrews
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:30 AM
To: Brown, Debbie; napub at nfbnet.org; promotion-technology at nfbnet.org
Subject: [napub] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA Announces Fall Meeting in
Baltimore
>[]
>
>Press Release
>September 2011
>
>For Immediate Release
>
>CONTACT: Judy Dixon, Chair
>
>Braille Authority of North America
>
>Phone: 202-707-0722, Email: jdix at loc.gov
>
>
>
>BANA Invites Guests to Fall Board Meeting in Baltimore
>
>
>
>The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) will hold its second
>semiannual meeting on November 3-6, 2011, in Baltimore, MD. This
>meeting is hosted by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), a BANA
>member organization.
>Meetings on November 4 and 5 will take place at the NFB headquarters on
>Friday and Saturday. The NFB headquarters is located at 200 East Wells
>Street. BANA's final session will be held Sunday morning, ending at
>noon, at the Baltimore - Inner Harbor Holiday Inn. The hotel is located
>at 301 W. Lombard Street.
>
>
>
>BANA will host an Open Forum on Thursday, November 3, at 6:00 P.M. at
>the NFB headquarters. This forum provides an opportunity for
>participants to learn more about the workings of BANA and to provide
>feedback to the Board about braille. BANA Board members want to hear
>participants' views about issues surrounding braille and its future.
>Braille readers, teachers, and producers of braille are encouraged to
>take advantage of this opportunity to participate in a round-table
>discussion and to engage in a dialogue with the members of the BANA
>Board. To reserve your space at the Open Forum and to help ensure
>accurate counts for handouts, contact Judy Dixon at 202-707-0722 or
>jdix at loc.gov.
>
>Guests are invited to attend the BANA Board meetings and to observe the
>deliberations. Items on the Board's agenda include reports from all of
>BANA's committees as well as from September's World Congress Braille21
>conference in Leipzig, Germany. Discussions will include the revision
>of the formats guidelines publication and the guidelines for knit and
>crochet, which have been submitted for approval. Space is limited. To
>reserve a seat, please contact BANA Chair Judy Dixon.
>
>For additional resource information, visit
><http://www.brailleauthority.org/>www.brailleauthority.org
>
>
>
>The mission and purpose of the Braille Authority of North America are
>to assure literacy for tactile readers through the standardization of
>braille and/or tactile graphics. BANA promotes and facilitates the use,
>teaching, and production of braille. It publishes rules, interprets,
>and renders opinions pertaining to braille in all existing codes. It
>deals with codes now in existence or to be developed in the future, in
>collaboration with other countries using English braille. In exercising
>its function and authority, BANA considers the effects of its decisions
>on other existing braille codes and formats; the ease of production by
>various methods; and acceptability to readers.
>
>
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