Talk:Voluntary association

message: 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)
thread_title: Spelling

message: 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)
thread_title:  Archive for a removed article (unincorporated association) which now redirects here 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Association versus Organization and article value 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Voluntary association != unincorporated association 

message: 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)
thread_title:  City of Los Angeles v. _ 

message: "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)
thread_title:  Lead revision 

message: 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)
thread_title:  It is or it is not... 

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

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Voluntary agency and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 January 9#Voluntary agency 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)
thread_title:  "Voluntary agency" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]