[Nfbk] Braille Authority of North America Board Meeting

[Kevin Pearl]

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 8—10 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. If you are interested in observing the BANA meeting, please contact BANA Chair Frances Mary D’Andrea at 412-521-5797or by email at literacy2 at mindspring.com.

Saturday, November 9, 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, which is 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 specific time and room for the Open Forum will be announced in a press release and will be posted on the BANA website. To reserve your space at the Open Forum and to help ensure accurate counts for handouts, contact Frances Mary D’Andrea as indicated above.

Submitted by Mary Nelle McLennan, APH Representative and BANA Vice Chair
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