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• Webinar: "The History of Upholstered Furniture"

  • When
    April 13, 2021
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    1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Gareth Rees, course writer/principle tutor with Upholstery Education, Master Upholsterer, and co-owner/principle tutor of The British School of Upholstered Furniture, joins us for the "The History of Upholstered Furniture". 

  Watch your email for the opportunity to register for this event. Registration information for the webinars is emailed to members two weeks prior to the event, so be sure to sign up. All webinars are hosted through Zoom, so members will need to download the Zoom client (free) to participate. 

  Zoom allows participants to view the webinar as well as ask questions real-time. Each webinar is recorded and made available for members to view for at least one month after the original broadcast date.

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• Membership Committee Meeting

  • When
    April 20, 2021
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    6:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Meeting of the NUA Membership Committee

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• Volunteer Committee Meeting

  • When
    April 23, 2021
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    5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Monthly meeting of the Volunteer Committee, led by Carla Pyle, over Zoom

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• Community Meeting: "The Oldest Piece of Furniture I Re-Upholstered" Share

  • When
    April 27, 2021
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    1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  "The Oldest Piece of Furniture I Re-Upholstered" Share!

  After NUA members learned about the history of furniture at this month's webinar, let's talk about any historical pieces that you've re-upholstered! Share pics of your work. Share the stories of these older pieces. Share what that chair could say if it could talk. Share any steps you needed to take for restoration.

  Let's share stories of the older pieces of furniture you've restored at this month's Community Meeting. 

  Join us April 27th at 1 pm ET for a discussion. Open to members and non-members.

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• (Public) Webinar: "To Burn or Not to Burn: New Federal Flammability Law for Upholstered Furniture and What it Means for Your Company" presented by Neal Cohen Law LLC | Consumer Product Safety Law

  • When
    May 11, 2021
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    1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  40 years in the making, with the federal government first beginning work on this project in 1968, the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act (SOFFA) will finally go into effect June 25, 2021.

  Signed into law in December 2020, this law, known as the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act (SOFFA), nationalizes the 2013 version of California’s Technical Bulletin 117. Join IFAI and product safety attorney and former CPSC official, Neal Cohen, who will explain the federal requirements of the new law, its origins, and – importantly – best practices and what to expect from CPSC and in the marketplace.

  (NUA Members, see the "Members Only" event on the calendar to get free registration to this event.)
  

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• Membership Committee Meeting

  • When
    May 18, 2021
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    6:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Meeting of the NUA Membership Committee

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• Community Meeting: How will the new Fire Safety Regulations affect your business?

  • When
    May 25, 2021
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    1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  How will the new Fire Safety Regulations affect your business?

  Let's discuss how the new fire regulations will affect your business. Are there any changes that you'll be making? Any questions the NUA can pass along for clarification?

  Join May 25th at 1 pm ET for a discussion. 

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• Community Meeting: Summer Series on Work Flow (Part 1 of 2)

  • When
    June 22, 2021
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    1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Summer Series on Work Flow (Part 1 of 2)

  Let's discuss methods businesses use to keep track of their incoming projects. Do you use a bulletin board? software? a series of post-it notes?

  This is the first part part of the discussion of Work Flow in your Upholstery Business.

  Join us June 22 at 1 pm ET. 

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• Community Meeting: Summer Series on Work Flow (Part 2 of 2)

  • When
    July 27, 2021
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    1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Summer Series on Work Flow (Part 2 of 2)

  Let's discuss scheduling changes. How do you prioritize? How do you handle backordered fabric or foam? How do you re-schedule someone that hasn't made a fabric decision? This is the second part of the discussion of Work Flow in your Upholstery Business.

  Join us July 27 at 1 pm ET.

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• Webinar: "What is Means to be a Maker" with author and craftsman, Nick Kary

  • When
    September 14, 2021
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    1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Please join us on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at 1 pm EST as we speak with Nick live and discuss with him his deep understanding of what it means to be a maker. You are certain to leave inspired! If you would like to listen to an excerpt of his book, Material: Making and the Art of Transformation, or purchase a copy for yourself before the webinar visit this website https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/material/. 

  Nick Kary was born in Vienna Austria in 1961. He has lived in the UK for most of his life and has worked as a furniture designer and maker in London, Mexico and Devon since 1987. Over the last 10 years, he has split his time between making, teaching, and writing. He is a visiting lecturer at the Schumacher College in Devon and an associate lecturer at Plymouth University. He also runs furniture-making workshops at The Brake creative center in South Devon. Material is his first published work (2020) and expresses his love and interest in the relationship between humans and the natural world through our inclination to make.

  
  

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