Talk:Voluntary association

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Spelling
I'd like to keep the spelling on this page consistent. Words such as organisation can appear with S or Z depending on which form of English is used. What precedent sets which form the page should use? Is it the version 1st used? Quotes aside what rules govern what is used? Ozdaren (talk) 03:05, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Why form an Association ?

 * for carrying out a common purpose; e.g. the aim of the Maharashtra Tennis association wishes to popularise the game

How to form an Association ?

 * Like minded persons have to get together to form an association

How do persons get together to form an association ?

 * Persons get together  to form a formal association by incorporating the body as a legal entity

Not true this is not necessary in many jurisdictions (unincorporated associations)

What legal entities are available for an association ?

 * A Society
 * A Company

Which legal should we use as a vehicle for running an association ?
One may chose the legal vehicle on the basis of one's unique requirements. The pros and cons are detailed below.. There are 3 formats of NGO's.
 * Section 25 Companies:
 * Procedure for Registration of Private Limited Company


 * Trusts: Trusts are more easy to form than society. Only 3 persons will do.


 * Societies: For society you will need at least 7 persons.
 * Easy Formation: Formation of a co-operative society is very easy compared to a joint stock company. Any ten adults can voluntarily form an association and get it registered with the Registrar of Co-operative Societies.
 * Open Membership: Persons having common interest can form a co-operative society. Any competent person can become a member at any time he/she likes and can leave the society at will.
 * Democratic Control: A co-operative society is controlled in a democratic manner.
 * Limited Liability: The liability of members of a co-operative society is limited to the extent of capital contributed by them. Unlike sole proprietors and partners the personal properties of members of the co-operative societies are free from any kind of risk because of business liabilities.
 * Procedure for Registration of a Society

Archive for a removed article (unincorporated association) which now redirects here
Well, a legal stub documenting a legal concept was just outright redirected here... neat, eh? Source: History of Unincorporated association --Kuzetsa (talk) 16:31, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

As noted in the RAS cited in the article, Section 252.001 of the Texas Business Organizations Code now provides such. Although arguably a better link would be to that section of the BOC itself: --BobC32 (talk) 07:37, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Association versus Organization and article value
Either "voluntary" should be dropped or what is used as reference should be explained. The reason: Employment for a given company in the United States is voluntary. WRT the work "association": The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is the voluntary, civilian branch of the United States Coast Guard. United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Association is a 501(C)3 recognized by the Internal Revenue Service.

-- Kernel.Package — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.122.82.150 (talk) 00:59, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Voluntary association != unincorporated association
This article needs to be more clear that these are not the same thing. In the literature, voluntary association is a very broad term which describes a type of organization, which is typically a membership group of individuals or businesses to advance a certain purpose (e.g., trade associations, learned scientific societies, civil rights groups such as the ACLU). In the United States, these organizations are quite often incorporated, particularly as 501(c) organizations. On the other hand, "unincorporated association" is a type of legal entity. Technically, an unincorporated association is probably always going to be treated as a partnership in the United States (see Unincorporated organizations at SmartBusiness); limited liability companies (LLCs) are also typically called unincorporated associations. Unfortunately, it is not enough for this article to simply clarify that these two are different. Lots of articles link to unincorporated association and end up here. I recommend splitting this apart again to have an article on "unincorporated associations" and have this one remain to discuss the primarily nonprofit, non-business focused voluntary associations. In the long-run, it may be better to use the more modern term of "common-interest association" instead of "voluntary association" to describe these associations.

If nobody objects, I'm going to recreate unincorporated association and move a lot of stuff over there. LLCs are a type of unincorporated association which are certainly not nonprofit. II | (t - c) 06:08, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Been kinda curious about the history here. Looking at older books such as Lewis Henry Haney's Business organization and combination, he talks about voluntary associations in the abstract to include corporations in general, which is technically correct (after all, one isn't usually forced to buy stock in a corporation). Also, Withington's Society in Early Modern England says on page 114 that 70% of his sample (certain title pages from 1500 to 1700) have "incorporated voluntary association". Other potential sources include:
 * A Historical Overview of Philanthropy, Voluntary Associations, and Nonprofit Organizations in the United States, 1600–2000.
 * Nonprofit Unincorporated Associations vs. Nonprofit Corporations (Texas Bar advice)
 * DOCTORING THE LAW OF NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS WITH A BAND - AID OR A BODY CAST: A LOOK AT THE 1996 AND 2008 UNIFORM UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION ACT
 * THE IMPLICATIONS OF FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS IN REPRESENTING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES AND OTHER UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS AND THEIR PARTNERS OR MEMBERS.  II  | (t - c) 00:40, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

City of Los Angeles v. _
There's a fascinating line in the article that says that California law allowed the Los Angeles D.A. to go after street gangs with suits with such names as "City of Los Angeles v. The Bloods and City of Los Angeles v. The Crips". This may well be true, but these particular names do not appear elsewhere on the web. Anyone have sources for this? If it it's true (and it's a strange thing to make up whole cloth) I assume the cases were filed under different names. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.18.194.224 (talk) 04:21, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Lead revision
"A voluntary group or union (also sometimes called a voluntary organization, common-interest association,[1]:266 or just an association) is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement, usually as volunteers, to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose." Not enter into an agreement. Should be enter an agreement. Gordon410 (talk) 20:10, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

It is or it is not...
The article reads

"Membership is not necessarily voluntary."

And its title is "Voluntary Associations"

You gotta be kidding!!!

George Rodney Maruri Game (talk) 03:01, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Life in association
Humans are very deficult to control Evan academically. Goal Builders Global Ltd (talk) 19:13, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

"Voluntary agency" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Voluntary agency and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 January 9 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 14:04, 9 January 2022 (UTC)