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| | Voluntary Dental Plan,NALC,fehb,Federal Employee Dental Insurance,Letter Carriers,Dental & Vision |
 | | We consult The Paradise Valley Education Association and Support Employee Association their Voluntary Dental Insurance Plan. | | | After Open Season, The National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 576 voted to offer a second Non FEHB Voluntary Dental Plan to their Members and is extending an invitation to all NALC Branches to Participate. | | | A Quality of Care, Comprehensive Non FEHB National Association of Letter Carriers Dental Insurance Plan that can Stand Alone and be your Only Coverage, OR a Plan that Coordinates Benefits with Another and Pays In Addition, to Reduce Out of Pocket Expenses. |
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| | student union - definition of student union in Encyclopedia |
| | Usually, a cultural association, for example 文化会(bunka-kai), and sports association, for example 体育会(taiiku-kai), etc. is in the inside of a student body as autonomy organization. | | | Membership of a students' union is generally the default, but not mandatory. | | | At Swedish universities, students' unions are responsible for representing the students in evaluation of the education, and membership is mandatory. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/student_union
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| | Model Laws Financial Consumers' Association Act |
| | Upon the termination, dissolution, or winding up of the Association in any manner or for any reason, voluntary or involuntary, its assets, if any, remaining after the payment or provision for payment of all liabilities of the Association shall be distributed to, and only to, one or more charitable organizations. | | | No part of the income or assets of the Association shall inure to any of its members, directors, or officers, or be distributed to any of them during the life of the Association or upon its dissolution. | | | (10) in exchange for the provision of deposit insurance, it is appropriate for the federal government to require federally insured depository institutions to include in their mailings to depositors an insert informing the depositors about a financial consumers association. |
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| | CSA - Canadian Standards Association - Neutropenia Support Association Inc. |
| | The Standards Council of Canada is the coordinating body of the National Standards system, a federation of independent, autonomous organizations working towards the further development and improvement of voluntary standardization in the national interest. | | | The principal objectives of the Council is to foster and promote voluntary standardization as a means of advancing the national economy, benefiting the health, safety, and welfare of the public, assisting and protecting the consumer, facilitating domestic and international trade, and furthering international cooperation in the field of standards. | | | CSA - Canadian Standards Association - Neutropenia Support Association Inc. |
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| | CPCS - Philanthropy.org |
| | She has also served as President of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action; a member of the Editorial Board of VOLUNTAS; and a member of the informal planning group of the White House Conference on Philanthropy, which was held in October 1999. | | | Winner of the Distinguished Book Award of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 1994. | | | "Philanthropy in the Reagan Years," Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 18:3 (Fall, 1989). |
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| | "CTA Agreement" |
| | The Board and the Association agree that payroll deduction services which are within the control of the Board and accruing to employees, shall continue through this Agreement. | | | Unless stated to the contrary in other Sections of this Agreement, the amount deducted from the employee's salary shall be voluntary and no charge shall be made to the individual employee for these payroll deduction services. | | | To this end, the employee and his/her Association representative shall be afforded a reasonable amount of time to prepare and present responses/refutations concerning the pending disciplinary action and concerning the appropriateness of the proposed disciplinary action. |
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| | Neighborhood, Homeowners Associations - Tempe, Arizona |
| | A neighborhood association is a voluntary organization of residents who work together to improve and maintain the quality of life in their neighborhood. | | | Homeowners associations are corporations with formal bylaws - there is usually a governing board which hires a property management company to handle maintenance and enforcement issues | | | Homeowners associations have the legal authority to enact and enforce maintenance and design standards in addition to those established by City ordinances |
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| | Monitor Online - Voluntary Student Unionism – More to it than meets the eye |
| | The Minister for Education, Dr Brendan Nelson, attempts to justify "Voluntary Student Unionism" on the basis of promoting "freedom of association". | | | The amendments in the bill not only seek to prevent universal membership of students' associations, but also to prevent universities from requiring payment for any 'facility.... | | | Student associations, including the University of Canberra Students' Association, are integral to the life of a university. |
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http://www.canberra.edu.au/monitor/vc/vsu_Apr6_2005.htm
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| | David M. Williams on voluntary student unionism |
| | One cause I have been passionate about is making membership of student unions a voluntary matter, promoting freedom of association. | | | In May, the compulsory-funded Student's Association at the University of Newcastle made a protest rally on Liberal Senator John Tierney's office in Newcastle. | | | Of this, $153 goes to the Union building, $96 to the Sports Union, and $48 to NUSA, the student's association. |
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| | Canadian Standards Association (CSA) - Making Standards Work for People and Business |
| | Some standards (for example, industrial eye and face protectors) are referenced in federal or provincial legislation and are mandatory in certain jurisdictions; others are voluntary. | | | Whether a standard is mandatory or voluntary, compliance makes good business sense, especially where it is important to show due diligence against workplace hazards. | | | Each standard undergoes a rigorous review by a committee of industry experts, user representatives and regulators. |
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| | CSA - Canadian Standards Association - Neutropenia Support Association Inc. |
| | It is a not-for-profit, nonstatutory, voluntary membership association engaged in standards development and certification activities. | | | The Canadian Standards Association (CSA), under whose auspices this National Standard has been produced, was chartered in 1919 and accredited by the Standards Council of Canada to the National Standards system in 1973. | | | Since 1919, the Association has developed the necessary expertise to meet its corporate mission: CSA is an independent service organization whose mission is to provide an open and effective forum for activities facilitating the exchange of goods and services through the use of standards, certification and related services to meet national and international needs. |
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| | The UK Voluntary Sector |
| | National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (NACVS) | | | The voluntary sector's contribution to GDP accounts for £5.4 billion | | | Grants and donations from other voluntary organisations account for 7.6% (£1.2 billion.) Government contracts and grants provide 28.34% (£4.4147 billion.) |
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| | Free Pint No.94 - Voluntary Sector and Photography Resources |
| | Bassac (the British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres) is a membership organisation for voluntary groups involved in community development. | | | Whereas that article was a brief overview, this looks in a little more depth at some of the sites that deal in particular with funding, IT and management - all areas of current concern for the voluntary sector. | | | Finally, this is not strictly a voluntary sector resource, but it can be useful none-the-less (perhaps for training) and has an uncanny knack of being rather closer to the truth than is comfortable - . |
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| | Voluntary Student Unionism |
| | It is also true that student associations do not always administer their services as well as they might, but this is an argument for better control over how money is spent and decisions are made, not the total abolition of fees. | | | Student organisations will be free to charge fees, but they will have to be voluntary and will have to be collected by the organisations themselves. | | | student 'unions' are not like labour unions, so the freedom of association argument is not relevant |
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| | Insurance: Specialist Insurance Intermediariy for Voluntary Sector Organisations |
| | LADBROOK has been closely associated with the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (NACVS) for a number of years and we arrange all types of insurance for small and large voluntary and community groups within the United Kingdom. | | | LADBROOK is a specialist insurance intermediary for Voluntary Sector Organisations. | | | Insurance: Specialist Insurance Intermediariy for Voluntary Sector Organisations |
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| | Voluntary Student Unionism |
| | The legislation stipulates that membership of a student association is to be voluntary and that no student is to be required to pay any subscription or fee that is not directly related to an educational course. | | | In Western Australia the Voluntary Membership of Student Guilds and Associations Act was passed by the State Parliament in December 1994. | | | The Act provides that the governing body of any Victorian post-secondary educational institution must not require any student to be a member of an organisation of students, or to pay a compulsory fee for membership of such an organisation. |
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| | AUSTRALIANS: Voluntary Student Unionism - ateaseweb.com mb |
| | and seriously, make it voluntary and only a very small percentage of people will actually pay, which will mean that the fees will probably have to be raised, which will make people even less likely to pay... | | | Education Minister Brendan Nelson has introduced a bill to parliament to abolish student unions' compulsory collection of fees at universities and make student union membership voluntary. | | | He told parliament that students at Australia's higher education institutions were denied the right of freedom of association but the proposed law would give them choices. |
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| | VSU It's all about you. |
| | The case for voluntary student unionism is based on the belief that the best person to decide on whether or not to join a student organisation is you. | | | Students are intelligent enough to decide for themselves whether they should pay for the sort of services the Union, Guild and Sports Association provide. | | | At this website, we aim to give the case for Voluntary Student Unionism a fair go. |
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| | UoM Council opposes Govt plans for new laws on VSU : UniNews : News : The University of Melbourne |
| | The Higher Education Support (Abolition of Compulsory Up-front Student Union Fees) Bill 2005 – the voluntary student unionism (VSU) legislation – is expected to pass through the Senate after 1 July 2005 and to apply from 2006. | | | This fee allows the Melbourne University Student Union Limited to provide services and facilities for the University’s more than 30,000 undergraduates, the University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association to tailor services for 9000 postgraduates, and Melbourne University Sport (MUSport) to provide superb facilities for around 10,000 club and MUSport members and 36,000 casual visitors in 2004. | | | From 2006, the VSU legislation will prevent the University collecting the Amenities and Services Fee, which this year provided $12.68 million to support a wide range of services and facilities. |
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| | National Association of Manufacturers |
| | The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is a voluntary business association of more than 14,000 member companies (including more than 10,000 small and mid-sized manufacturers) and 350 member associations serving manufacturers and employees in every industrial sector and all 50 states. | | | The NAM strongly supports a unified approach to all requirements for patentability, particularly the requirements of what should be in the patent disclosure. | | | Prior to the enactment of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, NAM had proposed that this change should be made only as part of a broadly based international harmonization agreement whereby other countries also would make improvements in their respective patent systems. |
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| | Canadian Voluntary Privacy Codes |
| | These organizations include the Canadian Association of Internet Providers, the Canadian Bankers Association, the Canadian Marketing Association, the Canadian Medical Association, and the Insurance Bureau of Canada. | | | One that has been particularly influential is the code developed by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA): its Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information. | | | Several organizations have developed voluntary privacy codes based on the CSA principles. |
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| | If it's not one thing . . . - About the University - The University of Sydney |
| | Just as the debate over full fee places was bedevilled by deliberately misleading populist slogans, so too is voluntary student unionism (VSU) promoted on specious grounds. | | | To threaten their existence by moving to voluntary fee-for-service is to take a narrow-minded view of university education which would be, in my opinion, fundamentally selfish and instrumental. | | | The third leg of student organisational support is provided by the SRC (Students' Representative Council) for undergraduates and SUPRA (Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association) for graduate students. |
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| | Ideas :: Homepage :: International Development Education Association of Scotland |
| | By raising awareness of global concerns and illustrating the potential for change, the IDEAS network aims to influence those in all sectors of formal and informal education and life long learning including teachers, policy makers, youth and adult education workers and a range of voluntary and statutory organisations.. | | | Development Education and Global Citizenship are the processes that foster knowledge, skills and attitudes which promote justice and equality in a multicultural society and interdependent world. | | | (IDEAS) is a network of over 40 organisations and individuals involved in Development Education and Education for Global Citizenship across Scotland. |
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| | The Consumers Association of WA (Inc) |
| | The Consumers’ Association is a non-profit, voluntary organisation run by consumers for consumers. | | | We act as a watchdog body for Government legislation; attend meetings with industry and government to put forward our views; write submissions; and represent consumers on a number of boards, tribunals and committees. | | | We focus on a wide range of Western Australian and Australian issues that impact on people living in Western Australia. |
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| | CO-OPERATION - LoveToKnow Article on CO-OPERATION |
| | Coming to more purely voluntary associations, co-operative workshops are recorded, retail co-operation was practised in Scotland from the middle of the I8th century, while in England shops not unlike co-operative stores, but without the democratic element, were in one or two instances set up by benevolent individuals. | | | their employees are admitted to share in profits, and may become members, whereby they are further admitted to share in capital and control. | | | This is not usually paid in cash, but credited to the employees as share capital, whereby all may become members. |
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| | BHA: Introduction |
| | The Association is a voluntary organisation for all people, whether professional or amateur historians, who have an interest in the past. | | | The Beckenham and Bromley branch of the Historical Association is one of an international network of branches, and is located in the United Kingdom. | | | The Historical Association itself was founded in 1906, with the Beckenham and Bromley branch being set up in 1947. |
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| | Petroleum Industry Background on Issues |
| | Finally, CAPP wants any commitment to reduce emissions to be purely voluntary and regulated by the oil corporations themselves. | | | Recently, CAPP has been pressuring policymakers not to implement the Kyoto Protocol on carbon dioxide emissions. | | | If the true social and environmental costs of oil consumption were factored in, and all government subsidies for oil corporations were removed, most world trade would grind to halt, and so would global warming. |
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| | Public-Safety and Internet Leaders Connect on 911 - Government Technology |
| | By this agreement, NENA and the Internet communications industry have demonstrated the ability for public safety and industry to work together effectively on a voluntary basis, forging an agreement on 911 that will protect the interests of consumers, businesses and emergency personnel. | | | A not-for-profit corporation, the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) is dedicated to the study, advancement and implementation of 9-1-1 as America's universal emergency number. | | | WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and members of the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) industry have forged an agreement on key elements for providing emergency 911 service to VoIP users. |
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