CUFF Contact Information

There are a number of ways to get in touch with CUFF members. The email addresses are given in a bot-proofed format to circumvent spam; you will have to insert the @ and dot.

Email Addresses

Main email contact:
This is the usually the best way to get a quick response to any general query you have about the group.
2010 board:
Email sent to this address goes to all five of the current CUFF board members.
2010 board member:
Goliath
2010 board member:
Lady Purple
2010 board member:
Tom

Email Mailing List

We maintain an email mailing list through Yahoo Groups. On this list, we post announcements about upcoming CUFF munches, meetings, orientations, and other open-to-the-public CUFF events. We also forward announcements from other BDSM-related groups and organizations.

To sign up for the Yahoo Groups mailing list, first ensure that your web browser is set to accept cookies. Go to this address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CUFF-CvilleBDSM/ and sign into or create your Yahoo account. You must tell Yahoo that you are an adult.

US Postal Service

The post office box is useful for renewing your membership, voting for the board by absentee ballot, or sending promotional material.

CUFF
P.O. Box 4815
Charlottesville, VA 22905

In Person

This is the general schedule of open-to-the-public CUFF events. Occasionally an event time or location will be changed; the Yahoo Groups mailing list given above provides the most up-to-date information about upcoming events. For driving directions to events, see the Directions page.

Schedule of CUFF Events
Event Location Day/Time
1st Sunday Munch Rapture First Sunday of each month, 6 p.m.
Monthly Meeting Club 216 Second Sunday of each month, 5 p.m. (new start time as of March 2010)
Roaming Munch (location varies) (day and time vary)
Prospective and New Member Orientation Club 216 Second Sunday of January, April, July, and October; 4 p.m.

Web Addresses

For completeness in printed copies of this page, the CUFF web address is http://www.cuff-va.com

CUFF is CUFFdeCville (individual) on FetLife and CUFF (group) on FetLife

Links to Resources

Member Sites

Faustopheles: http://www.mybdsm.com/pages/faustopheles/
Volumes of BDSM-related information. Many of the specific contacts are out of date.
Blue Ridge Leather: http://www.blueridgeleather.biz
Blue Ridge Leather makes and sells various leather crafts such as floggers, slappers, and restraints.

Affiliated Organizations

Club 216: http://www.club216.com
This is the local gay night club where we hold our monthly meetings.
NCSF: http://www.ncsfreedom.org
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) is an organization that advocates on behalf of alternative sexuality, including BDSM, polyamory, and swinging. CUFF is a supporting member of the NCSF.
UVA Queer Student Union: http://www.queeruva.com/
CUFF members have presented at the QSU on several occasions.

Reciprocal BDSM Groups

CUFF has established reciprocal arrangements with these groups. For details on our reciprocity policy, see Article XI of the CUFF Bylaws.

Black Rose (BR): http://www.br.org
Washington, DC
WHIP: http://www.w-h-i-p.us/index.php
Near Martinsburg, WV
TIED: http://tiedinva.com/
Tidewater/Virginia Beach, VA
Phyxios Mystique (formerly VA SOCKS): http://www.phyxiosmystique.com/
Richmond, VA
RELEASE: http://www.releaseva.com/
Richmond, VA

Other BDSM Groups in Region

Shenendoah Valley Fetish Community: http://fetlife.com/groups/4231 (requires FetLife account to view)
Staunton, VA
RODS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rodsfirststop/
Roanoke, VA
Crimson Phoenix: http://www.crimsonphoenixva.com/
Hampton Roads area, VA (Hampton/Newport News/Norfolk/Portsmouth/Virginia Beach)
SigMa: http://www.sigmadc.org/
Washington, DC
ASKNENC: http://www.asknenc.org/
Northeastern NC
CAPEX: http://www.capex.info/
Charlotte, NC
CLOAK: http://www.cloakgroup.com/
Charlotte, NC
La Fortress: http://www.lafortress.com/
Triad area, NC (Winston-Salem/Greensboro)
MaST: http://www.mast.net/chapters/triad/index.htm
Triad area, NC (Winston-Salem/Greensboro)
SSCN: http://www.sscn.org/
Durham, NC
TMG: http://www.tmg-nc.org/
Raleigh, NC

BDSM and Sexuality Information

A Brief Introduction to BDSM: http://www.xeromag.com/fvbdsm.html
BDSM resource site created by Franklin Veaux
Lolita's Predictions & Predilections: http://lolitawolf.blogspot.com/
BDSM sex educator and author Lolita Wolf blogs about her experiences and tracks current happenings in the BDSM community
BDSM Emblem Project: http://emblemproject.sagcs.net/
Describes the history and meaning of the BDSM Emblem.
International Foundation for Gender Education: http://www.ifge.org/
Advocacy organization for gender expression
Society for Human Sexuality: http://www.sexuality.org/
A general sexuality resource site
San Francisco Sex Information: http://www.sfsi.org/
An organization that provides anonymous sex information and referrals by phone and email.
Greenery Press: http://www.greenerypress.com/
Publishes a large number of educational books on BDSM and kink.

Presenters at CUFF Meetings

SnoweyTiger: http://fetlife.Com/users/28812 (requires FetLife account to view)
Presentation by SnoweyTiger from Richmond Violet Wand, 2010AUG
Sarah Sloane: http://www.sarahsloane.net/
Advanced Needle Play and Play Piercing, 2010JUN
RopePleasures: http://fetlife.com/users/20297 (requires FetLife account to view)
Presentation by RopePleasures of RELEASE Basic rope work, 2010MAR
Sarah Sloane: http://www.sarahsloane.net/
Polyamory – A View From The Trenches, 2010FEB
Auburn Goddess: http://www.auburngoddess.com
Presentation by Auburn Goddess and Her Devious. The Derriere Diaries: Adventures in Anal Play, 2009JUL
Nefarious: http://fetlife.com/users/63762 (requires FetLife account to view)
Presentation by Nefarious of Raleigh-Durham, NC. Takedowns: Not Just Stomp Them And Whomp Them!, 2009MAY
MASTER LARRY AND slave barb: http://www.internationalmasterandslave2007.com/
Master Larry and slave barb were INTERNATIONAL MASTER & slave 2007. Flexibility And Sustainability in Master/slave Relationships, 2007NOV
HouseofNRG: http://www.houseofnrg.net/ (dead link?)
Presentation by Nefarious and Zita of Raleigh-Durham, NC. Decorative Rope Bondage, 2007JUL
Mary Motley Kalergis: http://www.mmkphoto.com/
Charlottesville area photographer Mary Motley Kalergis discussed her photgraphs from the American Brotherhood Convention and the Mid-Atlantic Leather Convention. The photos were on display at Club 216 as part of Charlottesville's Festival of the Photograph. Also see http://www.sugarday.com/. "Leather Family" Photographs, 2007JUN