Fall 2025

Braille Authority of North America: Fall 2025

Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 23, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Friday, October 24, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

 

Hosted by:

National Braille Press

Northeastern University

Curry Center, Room CSC 433

360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115

 

Meeting Minutes 

1. Call to Order: Jen Goulden

Board chair Jen Goulden called the meeting to order at 9:00AM on October 22. 

2. Welcome: Jen Goulden

Jen welcomed board representatives and observers to the fall 2025 board meeting.

3.    Welcome from our hosting organization: Brian Mac Donald, President and CEO 

Brian Mac Donald welcomed the board to Boston and shared some logistics. A tour will take place on October 23 in the morning.

4. Self-Introductions: Representatives and Observers

The following board members were in attendance:

  • Jen Goulden, CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind), Chair
  • Wendy Buckley, Perkins School for the Blind, Vice Chair
  • Marie Zaldivar, Alternate Text Production Center (ATPC)
  • Judy Dixon, American Council of the Blind (ACB)
  • Frances Mary (FM) D'Andrea, American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
  • Kyle DeJute, American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
  • Mary Nelle (MN) McLennan, Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER)
  • Tracy Gaines, California Transcribers and Educators for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CTEBVI)
  • Hollie Knight, Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI)
  • Tina Seger, Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  • Diane Spence, National Braille Association (NBA
  • Jennifer Dunnam, National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
  • Georgie Sydnor, National Braille Press (NBP)
  • Susan (Sue) Reilly, Administrative Assistant
  • Holly Bullock, associate member, Crawford Technologies
  • Aquinas Pather, associate member, Allyant
  • Amber Pearcy, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress (NLS), Secretary
  • Danette Johnson, Hadley, Treasurer
  • Emily Coleman, Associate Member Council of Schools and Services for the Blind (COSB)

Not in attendance:

The following attended the meeting as observers:

  • Callie Brusegaard, U.S. Representative to ICEB
  • Kim Charlson, Elizabeth White, Emma Bullock, Owen Hughes, Masha Sten-Clanton, Jessica Bahr

5. Board's Liability Statement: Amber Pearcy

Since Secretary Amber Pearcy was unable to attend the meeting because of the US government shutdown, Jennifer Dunnam, standing in as secretary, read the following statement: BANA indemnifies its Officers and Board of Directors and holds them harmless from all claims of every kind, including court expenses, attorneys' fees, and the claimed amount arising from the performance of their duties as Officers and Directors except for their own acts of dishonesty and gross negligence." (Adopted March 30, 1987) 

6. Agenda Approval: Jen Goulden

MSC FM D’Andrea moved and Georgie Sydnor seconded the motion to approve the meeting agenda. The motion carried.

7. Approval of Minutes: Amber Pearcy

MSC Wendy Buckley moved and Tracy Gaines seconded the motion to approve the minutes from the September 22nd board teleconference as corrected. The motion carried. 

8. Chair's Comments/To Do Items: Jen Goulden

Jen shared comments on logistics and other aspects of the meeting.

9. Braille Formats Technical Committee: Cindi Laurent

Hollie Knight delivered the report as circulated.

MSC Hollie moved and Georgie seconded the motion to change the disposition of Charge 475 to ongoing. The motion carried.

[Charge 475 (1/27/25): Keep the Ad Hoc Committee on Standardized Test apprised of any updates.

GC The board approves of the committee’s request to change the guidelines regarding nested format for exercise questions to align with the Nemeth Code ("Runover margins are determined individually for each item/question within an exercise set.")

MSC Hollie moved and FM seconded the motion to reappoint Randy Davis and Bre Brown to the Braille Formats committee for terms to end in 2027. The motion carried.

Braille Formats Revisited

Later in the meeting, the board returned to discussion of the Formats Committee’s proposal to change the intent and usage of guide dots. Cindi Laurent, chair of the committee, made herself available via zoom to answer questions from the board. An extended and thoughtful discussion ensued. Ultimately, the proposal was not accepted because of concerns about the importance of following print, about the proposal’s impact on the transcription of material that is meant to be read as columns, and more.

MSC Jennifer moved and Georgie seconded the motion to maintain the intent and usage of guide dots as they are currently. The motion carried.

The board asked that Hollie communicate the board’s reasoning to the committee as well as the very thorough discussion.

10. Nemeth Technical Committee: Dawn Gross

Jennifer Dunnam delivered the report as circulated. 

Charge 451 pertained to the errata that were published in August.

MSC Jennifer moved and Wendy seconded the motion to change the disposition of charge 451 to “done.” The motion carried.

[Charge 451 (3/24/24): Work with Publications Committee to prepare the errata to the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Science Notation, 2022 and post it to the BANA website.]

MSC Jennifer moved and Kyle seconded the motion to approve the errata submitted by the committee and to charge the committee to work with publications to correct the few technical issues raised in the errata review. The motion carried.

GC: the shorter version of the errata is the one to be published

MSC Jennifer moved and Wendy seconded the motion to charge the Nemeth Committee to prepare the newly approved errata for posting. The motion carried.

MSC Jennifer moved and Wendy seconded the motion to reappoint Mary Denault, Allison O'Day and Susan Osterhaus to the Nemeth Technical Committee for terms to end in 2027. The motion carried.

GC Caryn Navy, Jacquie Walker & Lindy Walton were reappointed as consultants.

11. Tactile Graphics Technical Committee: Aquinas Pather

Diane Spence delivered the report as circulated.

MSC Diane moved and Jennifer seconded the motion to reappoint Aquinas Pather as chair of the Tactile Graphics Committee for a term to end in December 2027. The motion carried.

MSC Diane moved and Jenifer seconded the motion to reappoint Allison O’Day to the Tactile Graphics Committee for a term to end in 2027. The motion carried.

12. Ad hoc Committee on Standardized Tests: Kyle DeJute

Kyle DeJute delivered the report as circulated.

The committee requests a face-to-face meeting, to be paired with the spring 2026 board meeting, and with a rough budget of $10,000.

13. Music Braille Technical Committee: Jenny Wheeler

Hollie Knight delivered the report as circulated.

The report indicated that the committee is reviewing a request to add a single-word switch indicator to the music code. The board created a charge, to follow our process:

MSC Hollie moved and Georgie seconded the motion to charge the music committee to review the request submitted by a transcriber to add a single-word switch indicator to the music braille code. The motion carried.

GC The committee is reminded that the code is international, and also that any changes are to be approved by the BANA board.

MSC Hollie moved and Georgie seconded the motion to reappoint Melinda Hudson and Bill McCann to the Music Braille Committee for terms to end in December 2027. The motion carried.

14. Ad Hoc Committee on Chemistry: Cary Supalo

FM D’Andrea delivered the report as circulated.

MSC FM moved and Georgie seconded the motion to change the disposition of Charge 453 to “done”. The motion carried.

[Charge 453 (3/24/24): Provide the alt-text examples of the equations in the document; in the meantime, BANA will post the printable PDF and BRF to the website.]

MSC FM moved and Georgie seconded the motion that the errata document as presented by the committee be approved. The motion carried.

MSC FM moved and Jennifer seconded the motion that the chemistry committee work with the Publications Committee to prepare the errata document for posting on the Web site. The motion carried.

15. International Council on English Braille: Callie Brusegaard

Callie delivered the report as circulated.

The midterm meeting of the ICEB executive committee will take place August 10-14 at Perkins. The dates have changed because the World Cup occurs during the originally planned dates.

The ICEB Web site, built on the WordPress platform, went live on October 19th. A few fixes are pending; all are asked to allow a couple of weeks before reporting problems. 

A new edition of the ICEB newsletter will be out early next year.

16. Committee on Electronic Braille: Jennifer Dunnam

Jennifer delivered the report as circulated.

MSC Jennifer moved and Wendy seconded the motion to Change the disposition of charge 480 to “ongoing”. The motion carried.

[Charge 480 (5/8/25): Contact ViewPlus, Braille 2000, and other companies that create braille fonts to request that Unicode braille glyphs be added to their braille fonts.]

MSC Jennifer Moved and FM seconded the motion to reappoint Jennifer Dunnam, Judy Dixon, and Jen Goulden to the Electronic Braille Committee. The motion carried.

MSC Judy moved and Georgie seconded the motion to appoint Amber Pearcy to the General Committee on Electronic Braille. The motion carried.

Board members are asked to consider and recommend additional members who could contribute to this committee.

17. Strategic Imperatives Task Force: Mary Nelle McLennan

After lunch, Mary Nelle summarized the work on strategic planning leading up to the present.

The two strategic imperatives pertain to producing BANA publications in a timely manner, and considering what actions BANA should take to address perspectives and issues concerning two technical codes in the United States.

After discussion on these imperatives at the spring meeting, a group was appointed to gather information and make recommendations to the board.

After more discussion at this fall meeting, the following was agreed:

GC BANA’s statement on braille codes from 2015 will be placed on the UEB information page. It will include the lead-in sentence, “the following statement was approved by the BANA board in 2015.”

MSC Jennifer moved and Georgie seconded the motion to charge the strategic imperatives task force to review the strategic imperatives and provide recommendations to the board, concluding its work by the spring 2026 board meeting. The motion carried.

18. Report of General Committee on Unified English Braille: Wendy Buckley

Wendy Buckley delivered the report as circulated.

MSC Wendy moved and Georgie seconded the motion to discard charge 388. The motion carried.

[Charge 388 (11/8/20): Review the UKAFF revision to their math guidance document once it is available and make a recommendation to the Board on any action needed to be taken by BANA.]

MSC Wendy moved and Mary Nelle seconded the motion to change the disposition of Charge 479 to “ongoing.” The motion carried.

[Charge 479 (5/8/25): Monitor the resources listed on the BANA website under the UEB Information section to keep them current.]

MSC Wendy moved and Georgie seconded the motion to reappoint Wendy Buckley (Chair), Darleen Bogart, Callie Brusegaard, Frances Mary D'Andrea, Kyle DeJute, Jennifer Dunnam, and Jen Goulden to the General Committee on Unified English Braille for the upcoming calendar year. The motion carried.

Earlier this year, the committee reviewed the document on math terminology and determined that an update is not necessary at this time.

MSC Wendy moved and Georgie seconded the motion to change the disposition of charge 478 to done. The motion carried.

[Charge 478 (1/24/25): Review the position statement terminology UEB Math/Science and UEB with Nemeth for potential revisions.]

19. Publications Committee: Mary Nelle McLennan

Mary Nelle indicated that work is ongoing to update the BANA publication authoring guidelines, to make sure that the technical specifications are helpful in creating the documents.

Discussion occurred about the benefits and complexities of having templates for authoring committees to use for starting the creation of their documents. Exploration of this issue will continue.

MSC Mary Nelle moved and Georgie seconded the motion to reappoint Mary Nelle McLennan (Chair), Jen Goulden (Co-chair), Patricia D/Ascenzo, Holly Bullock, Brenda Loughrey, and Tina Seger to the Publications Committee for the upcoming calendar year. The motion carried.

MSC Jennifer moved and Mary Nelle seconded the motion to charge the Publications Committee to work with the Nemeth Committee to prepare the newly approved errata for posting. The motion carried.

MSC Jennifer moved and Kyle seconded the motion to charge the Publications committee to work with the Chemistry committee to prepare the newly approved Chemistry errata document for posting. The motion Carried.

20. Ad Hoc Committee on Braille Signage and Labeling: Kim Charlson

GC The board thanks Walter Childs, Miriam Dixon, and Eugene Lozano for their service on the signage committee.

MSC Judy moved and Georgie seconded the motion to reappoint Kim Charlson (Chair), Wendy Buckley, Judy Dixon, and Debbie Gillespie (Consultant) to the Ad Hoc Committee on Signage and Labeling for the upcoming calendar year. The motion carried. 

Jen remains the board liaison for the committee, and the committee has been placed into a kind of “maintenance mode”.

Regarding charge 346 about revision of the architectural code, Kim indicates that although there are people on the committee with expertise and contacts, now is not the time to knock on the door of regulatory agencies. This will be left as a charge for the committee, to be addressed when the time is right. There was discussion of what status to give this charge, in light of the fact that it is awaiting something. [See charge on “waiting” status in the Bylaws committee section of these minutes]

On charge 416 about the size and spacing of braille, the National Library Service is updating their spec 800, which is related to this issue. The update may be released in the next few months, so the position paper will be completed after this specification is released.

MSC Judy moved and Georgie seconded the motion to charge the outreach committee to Create a short position paper using the signage guidelines as a basis with important points for signage companies to follow. The motion carried. 

Judy mentioned that Bookshare is circulating a survey about its braille offerings. Bookshare will send Jen a link to the survey, and she will then send it to BANA-Announce.

 

Board members took a tour of National Braille Press on Thursday morning. Later in the meeting, NBP representative Georgie Sydnor discussed the pre-press section, including transcribing, proofreading, and tactile graphics. She stressed that there are blind employees at every area in NBP’s pre-production process. Methods for recruiting blind people in employment at various companies were discussed.

21. Digital Assets Committee: Sue Reilly

Sue Reilly delivered the report as circulated.

At the time of this meeting, user acceptance testing of the upgraded web site is underway and is slated to end on October 31, barring any problems.

MSC FM moved and Wendy seconded the motion to change the disposition of charge 482 to ongoing. The motion carried.

[Charge 482 (5/8/25): Research the best options for optimizing BANA's email communications.]

MSC Jennifer moved and Wendy seconded the motion to reappoint Sue Reilly, (Chair), Jennifer Dunnam, Jen Goulden, Mary Nelle McLennan, and Tina Seger to the General Committee on Digital Assets for the upcoming calendar year. The motion carried.

22. Bylaws Committee: Jennifer Dunnam

Amendments to the Bylaws, pertaining to charge 484, were submitted 30 days in advance and reviewed at the meeting.

MSC Jennifer moved and Diane seconded the motion that the bylaws amendments be approved as presented. The motion carried.

MSC Jennifer moved and Kyle seconded the motion that the disposition of Charge 484 be changed to “done.” The motion carried.

[Charge 484 (5/8/25): Add the recommendations regarding adjusted timing of appointments requests and considerations to the BANA Policies.

The committee noted that BANA was incorporated in D.C. which imposes a 5-year maximum term length; the committee advised that the BANA board should not remove the appointment requirements for organizational representatives.

MSC Jennifer moved and Georgie seconded the motion that the disposition of Charge 486 be changed to “done”. The motion carried.

[Charge 486 (5/8/25): Work to eliminate term limits for board members.]

Discussion of “rulings by committee” resulted in a sense that a good “first step” in clarifying rulings by committee is to separate them from other types of questions.

MSC Jennifer moved and Georgie seconded the motion to revise the cover letter and related forms to separate the “rulings by committee” from questions the committee receives. The motion carried.

MSC Jennifer moved and Wendy seconded the motion that the disposition of charge 487 be changed to “done.” The motion carried.

[Charge 487 (5/8/25): Consider a clarification to the definition of rulings by committee.

A method of incorporating the approved communication procedures with ICEB reps into the BANA policies was proposed and met with approval.

MSC Jennifer moved and Georgie seconded the motion that the disposition of charge 489 be changed to “done.” The motion carried.

[Charge 489 (8/2025): to incorporate the already-board-approved ICEB process into the BANA policies.]

The committee noted that the BANA bylaws include an explicit decision-making mechanism for technical committees, but none for other types of committees or task forces.

MSC Jennifer moved and Georgie seconded the motion to charge the bylaws committee to add provisions for decision-making in task forces or other types of committees when consensus cannot be reached. The motion carried.

MSC Jennifer moved and Tracy seconded the motion to charge the bylaws committee to expand the definition of the “waiting” disposition for committee charges. The motion carried.

MSC Jennifer Moved and Georgie seconded the motion to Reappoint Jennifer Dunnam (Chair), Jen Goulden, Mary Nelle McLennan, and Sue Reilly (Admin Assistant to committee) be reappointed to the Bylaws Committee for the upcoming calendar year. The motion carried.

23. Board Orientation Materials: Jen Goulden

A lengthy discussion took place about how to conduct orientation for new members of the board. Suggestions included pairing new members with mentors, having a handbook, creating a shorter document with pointers to more details, creating a thorough outline to be used by someone conducting an in-person orientation, etc.

GC An orientation document should not restate the policies and bylaws.

MSC Jennifer moved and Georgie seconded the motion to charge the bylaws committee to add assignment of mentors to new board members to the chair responsibilities. The motion carried.

24. General Committee on Languages Other Than English: Jen Goulden

Jen Goulden delivered the report as circulated.

There is no plan or path at this time for an updated version of World Braille Usage, and it is uncertain which is the responsible entity for doing such an update. If and when this changes, the committee’s role relative to the document can be re-established.

MSC Jennifer moved and Judy seconded that charge 483 be discarded. The motion carried.

[Charge 483 (5/8/25): Monitor developments in the World Braille Usage 2013 document.]

MSC Kyle moved and Wendy seconded the motion to reappoint Jen Goulden (Chair), Jennifer Dunnam, and Sarah LaRose to the General Committee on Languages Other than English committee for the upcoming calendar year. The motion carried.

25. BANA Appointments Committee: Tracy Gaines

Sue will make the updates to the Google form per the changes made to the appointments process (as discussed by the Bylaws committee).

Sue will also change the report form so that the correct link for the Request for Composition will appear, rather than the Application link.

MSC Tracy moved and Georgie seconded the motion to reappoint Tracy Gaines (Chair), Kyle DeJute, and Amber Pearcy to the Appointments Committee for the upcoming calendar year. The motion carried.

26. General Committee for Review Process: Kyle DeJute

There was nothing to report at this time because no documents came before the committee for review.

MSC Wendy moved and Kyle seconded the motion to reappoint Kyle DeJute (Chair), Frances Mary D'Andrea, Jennifer Dunnam, Jen Goulden, and Diane Spence to the Review Committee for the upcoming calendar year. The motion carried.

27. Outreach Committee: Marie Zaldivar

Marie Zaldivar delivered the report as circulated.

Our page has 23,000 views on Facebook, and many followers. The highest percentage of views are photos. Links reposted are 13.5 percent of views, and text is 4%. 79.6% of the views are from people who do not follow us. 24.4% of the views are from current followers. 577 people are subscribed to BANA-announce, and we have 383 followers on X. 

MSC Judy moved and Georgie seconded the motion to charge the outreach committee to explore the possibility of Holding open forums by zoom for stakeholders to discuss braille issues of interest relevant to them. The motion carried. 

MSC Marie moved and Georgie seconded the motion to reappoint Marie Zaldivar (Chair), Jen Goulden (Liaison to Publications Committee), Judy Dixon, Tracy Gaines, Amber Pearcy, and Sue Reilly (committee Admin Assistant) to the Outreach Committee for the upcoming calendar year. The motion carried.

MSC Marie moved and Tina seconded the motion to appoint Georgie Sydnor to the outreach committee. The motion carried.

28. International Initiatives

Judy reported that the members of the World Braille Council have been sent a letter thanking them for their service. The Council may be reconstituted at some point.

Callie reported that ICEBVI have done a soft launch of their braille campaign, more braille more empowerment. They have a campaign web site and email address to strengthen their global commitment to braille. ICEBVI is an international organization which is separate from AER.

Jen reported that, a few weeks ago, the Braillists’ Foundation conducted a webinar on updates in iOS; Matthew Horspool was the presenter, and it will appear in their podcast feed soon. They also offer zoom courses to teach adult braille readers. They have a stripped-down version of a traditional course from the UK.

Callie announced that the three braille training program grants for educators in the US were ended. AER and others are working to try to save the funding. 

BANA had signed on to a letter from AER calling for the decision to be reversed, but the appeals 

were denied without hearings. 

Staff of the Office for Special Education and Rehabilitative services have been decimated; this affects Office of Special Education Programs and the Rehabilitation Services Administration.

29. Secretary's Report: Amber Pearcy

There were no additional reports beyond the minutes from the previous meeting discussed earlier.

30. Awards Committee: Frances Mary D’Andrea 46

No award will be presented this year due to lack of nominations.

The committee report requests that the words “or guidelines” be added to the language of the award criteria, to clarify that those eligible have an impact on guidelines as well as codes.

MSC FM moved and Georgie seconded the motion that the language of the criteria for the Darleen Bogart Braille Excellence Award be changed to add “or guidelines” in two places. The motion carried.

MSC Jennifer moved and Georgie seconded the motion to charge the Bylaws committee to incorporate the newly approved language adding “or guidelines” to the Awards criteria into the BANA policies. The motion carried.

MSC Diane moved and Tracy seconded the motion to appoint Judy Dixon as the chair of the Awards Committee for a term to end in December of 2027. The motion carried.

MSC FM moved and Georgie Seconded the motion to reappoint FM D’Andrea, Amber Pearcy, Darleen Bogart, and Dawn Gross to the awards committee for terms to end in December of 2027. The motion carried.

Board members should bring recommendations for a member of another BANA committee to appoint to the awards committee, so that an appointment can be made at the December teleconference.

31. BANA's Archives: Frances Mary D'Andrea

FM delivered the report as circulated. 

Sue and FM will make sure FM has all of the teleconference meeting minutes for preservation in the archives.

MSC FM moved and Judy seconded the motion to change the disposition of charge 474 to ongoing. The motion carried.

[Charge 474 (10/26/24): Ensure that any missing minutes are printed and sent to the archives at APH.]

MSC FM moved and Georgie seconded the motion to reappoint Frances Mary D'Andrea (Chair), Judy Dixon, and Jennifer Dunnam to the Archives committee for the upcoming calendar year. The motion carried.

32. Membership Committee: Tracy Gaines

An in camera session regarding membership applications was held as the first item on the agenda for Friday morning, with the following results:

MSC Tracy moved and FM seconded the motion to accept the Foundation for Blind Children as a full member of the Braille Authority of North America. The motion carried.

This organization is under the “combination” category of membership as defined in BANA Bylaws 3.1.2.

33. Certificates of Appreciation: Mary Nelle McLennan

The older certificates are still in the process of being completed.

Jen will discuss with Amber/NLS how the certificates can be completed. Certificates will be sent to Gene Lozano, Miriam Dixon, and Walter Childs.

34. Nominations Committee: Frances Mary D’Andrea

FM presented the report as circulated. 

Danette Johnson was ineligible to stand for election as treasurer as she is approaching the completion of her fifth term. All expressed their appreciation for her excellent work as treasurer.

MSC FM moved and Judy seconded the motion to elect the following slate of officers by unanimous ballot: Chair: Jen Goulden (year 5); Vice chair: Wendy Buckley (year 2); Secretary: Amber Pearcy (year 4); Treasurer: Marie Zaldivar (year 1). The motion carried.

MSC Jennifer moved and FM seconded the motion to reappoint FM D’Andrea (chair), Judy Dixon, and Tracy Gaines to the nominating committee for the upcoming calendar year. The motion carried.

35. Press Releases: Wendy Buckley

Vice Chair Wendy Buckley led a discussion of possible items to be included in the Contents of the press release to follow this meeting. The press release will be issued soon.

36. Treasurer’s Report: Danette Johnson

In Danette’s absence, Sue Reilly delivered the treasurer’s report, beginning with statement of activities. 

It appears that a financial review may not have been completed this year; this will be revisited at the December teleconference.

MSC Judy moved and Kyle seconded the motion to amend the 2025 budget to include $500 under miscellaneous expenses, for transportation between the hotel and meeting location for the fall board meeting. The motion carried.

MSC Jennifer moved and Wendy seconded the motion to amend the 2025 budget to add approximately $15,000 under the “Admin Fees” line item to cover payments for upgrades to the web site.

The 2026 budget proposal was then reviewed and revised line by line.

Some expenses previously categorized under the digital assets and outreach committees were moved under “admin fees” to consolidate all of the items related to software subscription, web upgrades, and the like.

For the ICEB midterm executive meeting in 2026, the board discussed funding the expenses for the US representative to the ICEB Executive committee, the US representative to the Code Maintenance Committee, one of the special members of the executive committee, and $2,000 toward hosting the meeting. The budget was set accordingly.

MSC Kyle moved and Wendy seconded to accept the 2026 budget proposal as amended. The motion carried.

37. Spring 2026 Meeting: Frances Mary D’Andrea

The meeting will be hosted by AFB at the University of Pittsburg, at the school of education in the fifth-floor conference room. The dates are May 11th-13th, with May 13th as the half day. Lodging will be at the Hilton Garden, $151 a night with breakfast included, within walking distance of the meeting location and many restaurants. The hotel has a van which they will make available twice a day. 

38. Upcoming Zoom Meetings: Jen Goulden

The next zoom meeting will take place December 15th.

39. Future Spring and Fall meetings:

Fall 2026: CIDI: When the dates for NBA are set, then Hollie will send some proposed dates. 

FBC will be slotted into where Hadley is currently in the rotation and will be asked if this works for them.

Spring 2027: CTEBVI 

Fall 2027: Hadley 

Spring 2028: ATPC 

Fall 2028: ACB 

Spring 2029: CNIB 

Fall 2029: Clovernook 

Spring 2030: NFB 

Fall 2030: NLS 

Spring 2031: Perkins 

Fall 2031: NBA 

Spring 2032: APH 

Fall 2032: AER

40. Directory Update: Sue Reilly

Sue will send out a new directory with the new changes when she arrives home from the meeting.

41. BANA's Listservs: Sue Reilly

Sue continues to keep the listservs up to date. She will do a check to make sure that everyone is on the lists they should be on.

There are over 500 people on BANA-Announce, which is handled through MailChimp rather than Groups.io.

42. Around the Table: Organization Updates (time permitting)

Members provided brief updates about the activities of their organizations.

43. Adjournment: Jen Goulden

Jen offered thanks to Georgie Sydnor and National Braille Press for their hospitality as hosts of this meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 11:21AM.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Jennifer Dunnam