Press Release

September 2024

For Immediate Release

Contact: Jen Goulden, Chair
Braille Authority of North America
613-552-4191; chair@brailleauthority.org

BANA to Hold 2024 Fall Meeting October 26–28
Immediately After NBA Professional Development Conference

The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) will hold its 2024 fall meeting in Colorado Springs, CO, on October 26 through 28. The National Braille Association, a BANA member organization, is hosting the meeting following its annual professional development conference, which will take place October 23 through 25. The BANA meeting will be held in the conference hotel, which is The Antlers by Wyndham. It is located at 4 S. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903.

Items on the BANA Board’s fall agenda include a review of formal reports from BANA's technical committees, such as Nemeth, Chemistry, and Tactile Graphics, as well as its general committees and task forces, such as the BANA General Committee on UEB and the General Committee on Electronic Braille. BANA members will act on recommendations and will issue committee charges when appropriate.

Interested parties are invited to attend and observe the BANA Board’s fall 2024 face-to-face meeting. If you are interested in being an in-person observer, please contact BANA Chair Jen Goulden at 613-552-4191 or by email at chair@brailleauthority.org no later than October 11, 2024.

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.