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[Blindhands at aol.com]

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


-----Original Message-----
From:  napub-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:napub-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
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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