Copied below is the press release mentioned in the subject line. At this meeting we will be voting on the UEB. For those of you who might want to look at what we know about UEB you could go to the BANA website and click on the links for UEB information and also look at the Research link. The website is www.brailleauthority.org<http://www.brailleauthority.org/> Though this group in particular would be interested in this. Press release below: Press Release September 2012 For Immediate Release CONTACT: Frances Mary D’Andrea, Chair Braille Authority of North America Phone: 412-521-5797 Email: literacy2@mindspring.com<mailto:literacy2@mindspring.com> BANA to Hold Fall Board Meeting in Los Angeles The Braille Authority of North America (BANA), which meets face-to-face semiannually, will hold its fall meeting on November 2–4, 2012, in Los Angeles, CA. This meeting is hosted by the Braille Institute of America (BIA), a BANA member organization. Meetings on November 2, including an Open Forum, will take place at the BIA, which is located at 741 North Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, CA. Meetings on November 3 and 4 will be held at the Los Angeles Marriot Burbank Airport Hotel and Convention Center located at 2500 North Hollywood Way in Burbank. BANA will host an Open Forum on Friday morning, November 2, from 10:00 AM until 12:00. The first half-hour will be an informal reception with coffee provided. This forum is the venue for participants to ask questions and discuss braille with the Board and to learn more about the workings of BANA. Members of the BANA Board 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 with the members of the BANA Board. To reserve your space at the Open Forum and to help ensure accurate counts for handouts, contact Frances Mary D’Andrea at 412-521-5797 or by email at literacy2@mindspring.com<mailto:literacy2@mindspring.com>. 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 committees as well as votes pertaining to the future of braille codes in the United States. One direction under consideration is the adoption of Unified English Braille while maintaining the Nemeth Code. To reserve a seat as an observer, please contact BANA Chair Frances Mary D’Andrea. For additional resource information, visit www.brailleauthority.org<http://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. Diane P. Wormsley, Ph. D. Brenda Brodie Endowed Chair Professor of Special Education in Visual Impairment Editor in Chief, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness North Carolina Central University 2085 H.M. Michaux, Jr. School of Education 700 Cecil Street Durham, NC 27707 Phone: 919-530-7693 Fax: 919-530-5353 Email: dwormsley@nccu.edu ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________