The International Council on English Braille’s UEB Code Maintenance Committee is responsible for reviewing and further developing Unified English Braille and its official documentation.

Australia’s Kathy Riessen has been appointed as the new Chair of the UEB CMC from 1 June 2020. Kathy brings to the role 30 years of experience in braille transcription of literary material, mathematics, music and languages. She loves solving technical braille problems and has generously shared her know-how and solutions through numerous workshops. She was co-editor of the UEB Australian Training Manual, which forms the basis of UEB Online, created ABA’s Guidelines for Foreign Language Materials, and contributed to ABA’s Australian Braille Formatting Guidelines, ABA Braille Music Addendum and DBT Producer’s Manual. We wish Kathy the very best in her new role.

Australia’s thanks are extended to Phyllis Landon, who has stepped down from the role of CMC Chair after ten years, for the amazing amount of work she has dedicated to braille and for her sensitive and sensible leadership through many tricky issues.
Thanks also to Australia’s Bill Jolley, who has contributed his braille technical knowledge as an invited expert to the CMC. He has stepped down from this position, which will now be filled by Phyllis.

We look forward to the next four years of UEB code advancement.