[Nfbnet-members-list] BANA Open Forum in Arlington, VA - April 13
David Andrews
dandrews at visi.com
Tue Mar 26 01:35:32 UTC 2013
>
>Press Release
>
>March 22, 2013
>
>For Immediate Release
>
>CONTACT: Frances Mary D'Andrea, Chair
>
>Braille Authority of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
>"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /> North America
>
>Phone: 412-521-5797
>
>Email: <mailto:literacy2 at mindspring.com>literacy2 at mindspring.com
>
>BANA to Hold Spring Open Forum at Arlington Public Library
>
>The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) will host an Open
>Forum on Saturday, April 13, at the Arlington Public Library in
>Arlington, VA. BANA invites all who are interested in braille and
>its future. Braille readers, teachers, and students as well as
>producers and distributors of braille are encouraged to join this
>round-table discussion.
>
>This venue will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss
>many aspects of braille and to learn more about the workings of
>BANA. Members of the BANA Board will discuss the planning underway
>for the transition to Unified English Braille (UEB). BANA is seeking
>input from the various communities involved in braille, and forum
>participants are invited to share their views and suggestions
>surrounding transition planning.
>
>The Open Forum will be held Saturday, April 13, from 10:30 A.M to
>12:00 noon at the Arlington Public Library, which is located at 1015
>N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201. A meet-and-greet time with
>snacks will begin at 10:00 A.M. To reserve your space at the Open
>Forum and to help ensure accurate counts for handouts, contact BANA
>Chair Frances Mary D'Andrea at 412-521-5797 or by email at
><mailto:literacy2 at mindspring.com>literacy2 at mindspring.com.
>
>The spring meeting of the BANA Board will precede the Open Forum and
>will be held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on April
>11 and 12.
>
>For additional resource information, visit
><http://www.brailleauthority.org/>www.brailleauthority.org
>
>The Board of BANA consists of appointed representatives from fifteen
>member organizations of braille producers, transcribers, teachers,
>and consumers.
>
>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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