[Nfbk] Fwd: Open Forum Reminder

[Cathy Jackson]

If you are interested in attending the BANA open forum on Saturday morning read the following.
Cathy

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> From: Jennifer Dunnam <jennifer.dunnam1829 at gmail.com>
> Date: November 4, 2013, 3:29:08 PM EST
> To: Cathy Jackson <cathyj1949 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Open Forum Reminder
> 
> Cathy,
> 
> Could you remind your folks about the following, particularly the Open
> Forum on Saturday morning? Thanks.
> 
> BANA to Hold Fall Board Meeting in Louisville, KY
> The Braille Authority of North America (BANA), which meets
> face-to-face semiannually, will hold its 2013 fall meeting November
> 8­10 in Louisville, KY. This meeting will be hosted by the American
> Printing House for the Blind (APH), a BANA member organization.
> Meetings on Friday, November 8, will take place at APH, which is
> located at 1839 Frankfort Avenue. Meetings on November 9 and 10,
> including an Open Forum to which the community is invited, will be
> held at the Hyatt Regency Louisville, located at 311 South Fourth
> Street.
> As always, interested parties are invited to observe the BANA Board
> meetings. Items on the Board’s agenda include reports from all of
> BANA's technical committees such as music, math, foreign language, and
> tactile graphics. In-depth reports will be presented by the Unified
> English Braille (UEB) Task Force, the Publications Committee, and the
> Braille Research Committee. If you are interested in observing the
> BANA meeting, please contact BANA Chair Frances Mary D’Andrea at
> 412-521-5797 or by email at
> <mailto:literacy2 at mindspring.com>literacy2 at mindspring.com.
> 
> Saturday morning, November 9, from 10:00 till 11:30, BANA will host
> an Open Forum that provides a venue for participants to discuss
> braille with the Board and to learn more about the workings of BANA.
> Members of the BANA Board will share the evolving plans for the
> transition to UEB and will report on the UEB Transition Forum being
> held in October. Open Forum participants are encouraged to discuss
> their views and suggestions surrounding braille and its future.
> Braille readers, teachers, and students as well as producers and
> distributors of braille are encouraged to take advantage of this
> opportunity to participate in a round-table discussion with the
> members of the BANA Board. The Open Forum will be held in the
> Gulfstream room at the Hyatt Regency Louisville. To reserve your space
> at the Open Forum and to ensure accurate counts for handouts, contact
> Frances Mary D’Andrea as indicated above.
> NOTE: This press release is available in HTML on the BANA website at
> <http://www.brailleauthority.org/pressreleases/pr-2013-10-12.html>http://www.brailleauthority.org/pressreleases/pr-2013-10-12.html.
> 
> For additional resource information, visit
> <http://www.brailleauthority.org>www.brailleauthority.org
> The Board of BANA consists of appointed representatives from
> seventeen member organizations of braille producers, transcribers,
> teachers, and consumers.
> The mission of the Braille Authority of North America is to assure
> literacy for tactile readers through the standardization of braille
> and/or tactile graphics.
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