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NADRA
Agenda:
- Call to order
- Reading of the Anti-Trust Statement
- Welcome / Introductions
- Update on NADRA Happenings including:
- 2016 National Deck Competition Winners
- Bruce will be updating everyone on the local Deck for a Soldier® build
- Update on IDEA's Show (NJ)
- Christmas Party
- CPAC
- Latest from public comments on the code hearings in Kansas
- Closing Comments
- Adjournment
*This meeting is $15 for current NADRA members, $20 for non-members.
- Dinner is provided.
- Drinks are available for purchase.
Click here to register.
NADRA
 NADRA's Deck for a Soldier® program is proud to announce its’ latest endeavor with an all new Deck for a Hero® build in Georgia! Area volunteers are requesting material and labor pledges for this project. The recipients are a family who had three biological children and adopted two more children. They have just recently adopted five more children who lost their parents and their church was planning to send them to three separate homes. These kind people, who run a non-profit organization to help Orphan and Foster children, could not find it in their heart to allow this to happen. Please help NADRA build a fairly basic deck and stairway which will allow these ten children and parents some additional outdoor space. To make a pledge, please fill out the official pledge form here.
NADRA
Special Note to All Interested Parties:
The Consumer Product Awareness Committee (CPAC) was created to work in conjunction with NADRA and NTA to develop and implement an association sponsored labeling program for deck board products, which are already in a certification program. This labeling program will be based on the Consumer Product Awareness Specification (CPAS), which is currently under development.
The overall intent of this program is to provide the consumer with simple, straight-forward information to assist in their deck board selection and to provide the industry with a standardized rating system for aspects of particular interest to consumers which are beyond the requirements of a certification program.
The notes below from the most recent CPAC meeting and all future notes from the CPAC meetings will be provided to NADRA membership to allow any interested parties to provide data, ideas, or input to facilitate the creation of the CPAS with the best information possible to benefit the deck board industry. Thank you in advance for your support, which will be very beneficial to the continued advancement of this program. Read notes here.
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NADRA
 NADRA New Jersey volunteers are still looking for additional material, labor and especially, monetary pledges, for the upcoming Deck For A Soldier® project in New Jersey. We do have quite a few decking material pledges but are still in need of some items like hardware, a sliding door, money for permit fees and builders to help with the labor. This build is for a young soldier who did two tours of duty and was severely hurt in a motorcycle accident after he returned home. We are planning to start this build in mid - late December. We are looking for material and labor donations to help with this project. If you would kindly go to the NADRA website and fill out the online pledge form, it would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Bruce Verblaauw
NADRA Deck for a Soldier®/Deck for a Hero® Committee Chair
NADRA
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