During this time the ABA hosted a number of workshops around Australia to introduce the concept of how a Unified Braille Code would impact readers. In May 2005, the National Committee of the ABA agreed to adopt UEB as the code used in Australia. The transition was rapid and within a couple of years all students in Australia were using UEB exclusively. New Zealand soon followed with voting to adopt UEB in November 2005. Since then, all member countries of ICEB have adopted UEB, some sooner than others. The ability to purchase resources from overseas to supplement those produced in Australia or New Zealand is exciting. Slide 13 As we know, language is continually changing, and UEB needs to be continually monitored and adapted as changes arise and questions are asked. This is the responsibility of the ICEB Code Maintenance Committee chaired by Phyllis Landon from Canada. The committee corresponds via listserve. Each country has a voting representative as well as observers on this list. Leona Holloway is Australia’s voting representative, and each of the executive act as observers. New Zealand is also represented on this committee. As issues or suggestions arise with UEB they are debated and then voted upon. Final decisions are then ratified by the ICEB executive before being added to the Rules. Slide 14 A new exciting project of the Code Maintenance Committee is the revision of the Technical Guidelines. Bill Jolley of
During this time the ABA hosted a number of workshops around Australia to introduce the concept of how a Unified Braille Code would impact readers. In May 2005, the National Committee of the ABA agreed to adopt UEB as the code used in Australia. The transition was rapid and within a couple of years all students in Australia were using UEB exclusively. New Zealand soon followed with voting to adopt UEB in November 2005. Since then, all member countries of ICEB have adopted UEB, some sooner than others. The ability to purchase resources from overseas to supplement those produced in Australia or New Zealand is exciting. Slide 13 As we know, language is continually changing, and UEB needs to be continually monitored and adapted as changes arise and questions are asked. This is the responsibility of the ICEB Code Maintenance Committee chaired by Phyllis Landon from Canada. The committee corresponds via listserve. Each country has a voting representative as well as observers on this list. Leona Holloway is Australia’s voting representative, and each of the executive act as observers. New Zealand is also represented on this committee. As issues or suggestions arise with UEB they are debated and then voted upon. Final decisions are then ratified by the ICEB executive before being added to the Rules. Slide 14 A new exciting project of the Code Maintenance Committee is the revision of the Technical Guidelines. Bill Jolley of