It is governed by a voluntary unpaid national executive, elected by the membership.

Many recreational activities are organized, typically by public institutions, voluntary group-work agencies, private groups supported by membership fees, and commercial enterprises.

Burnett follows others, like C. M. Bowra, in suggesting that Sappho's circle was somewhat akin to the Spartan agelai or the religious sacred band, the thiasos, but Burnett nuances her argument by noting that Sappho's circle was distinct from these contemporary examples because " membership in the circle seems to have been voluntary, irregular and to some degree international.

The party holds that each state's membership in the Union is voluntary, this stance is known as the Compact theory.

* The Second Sickness Insurance Modification Law ( 1972 ), which linked the indexation of the income-limit for compulsory employee coverage to the development of the pension insurance contribution ceiling ( 75 % of the ceiling ), obliged employers to pay half of the contributions in the case of voluntary membership, extended the criteria for voluntary membership of employees, and introduced preventive medical check-ups for certain groups.

Although membership to the phyles in most cases is voluntary and not determined by an individual's ancestry or race, the cultural and class hierarchies established in the novel create a clear distinction between the " haves " and the " have-nots.

Such shame may not be psychologically damaging if the membership is voluntary and the rules of behavior were clear before the person joined.

In all communist countries, the transition to collective farming involved an element of compulsion, and the collective farms in these countries, lacking the principle of voluntary membership, can be regarded at best as pseudo-cooperatives.

Actual collection procedures vary from church to church, from the common, strictly voluntary practice of " passing the plate " in Catholic and mainline Protestant churches, to formal, church-mediated tithing in some conservative Protestant churches ( as well as LDS Church ), to membership fees as practiced in many Jewish congregations.

By definition, the difference between a confederation and a federation is that the membership of the member states in a confederation is voluntary, while the membership in a federation is not.

DAF membership was theoretically voluntary, but any workers in any area of German commerce or industry would have found it hard to get a job without being a member.

The membership, of about 50, includes youth leagues of political parties, trade unions, business associations, royal academies, voluntary defence organisations and others.

Furthermore, membership in some of them ( see the next section below ) is no longer voluntary, which is why some of them have omitted the word " association " and merely call themselves the " state bar " to indicate that they are the incorporated body that constitutes the entire admitted legal profession of a state.

The American Bar Association is the voluntary bar association with the largest membership.

In societies where classes have been abolished it is usually the result of a voluntary decision by the membership to form such a society, to abolish a pre-existing class structure in an existing society or to form a new one without any.

The church is financially supported by the state, but membership is voluntary.

In the United States, chambers do not operate in the same manner as the Better Business Bureau in that, while the BBB has the authority to bind its members under a formal operations doctrine ( and, thus, can remove them if complaints arise regarding their services ), the local chamber membership is strictly voluntary.

# The dairy cooperatives have also been instrumental in bridging the social divide of caste, creed, race, religion & language at the villages, by offering open and voluntary membership.

While membership was nominally voluntary, those who didn't join lost access to officially sponsored holidays and found it very difficult to pursue higher education.

In recent years the party has been in conflict with the British National Party over such issues as the BNP's attempts to present a more moderate image, such as shifting its policy from compulsory repatriation to voluntary and opening its membership to non-whites.

In addition to the voluntary corporations, every Finnish university student is also required to be a member of the general student corporation of the university, the Student Union ( ylioppilaskunta, studentkår ), which has the power to levy a membership fee.

Girl Guiding / Girl Scouting is a voluntary organisation that relies on over 100, 000 volunteers around the world to implement programs for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, and to give girls and young women support and leadership.

Unlike the American and Commonwealth War Graves Commissions, the German Commission is entirely voluntary and relies on gifts and collections to further its work.

It also relies greatly on Community and People Participation, which is the voluntary involvement of a group of people in a development activity with full knowledge of its purpose that will allow them to grow individually and as a community.

The project relies on the volunteer computing model using the BOINC framework where voluntary participants agree to run some processes of the project at the client-side in their personal computers after receiving tasks from the server-side for treatment.

It is a major funder and authority in cardiovascular research, education and care, and relies predominantly on voluntary donations to meet its aims.

The society relies on voluntary donations from the public through fundraising and other activities.

The event does not charge any admission or registration fee but relies on voluntary donations to meet expenditure.

For a Mage who relies on the voluntary cooperation of other-planar entities, as opposed to coercive tactics of any kind, there are advantages such as never needing to protect oneself against the deceptions and treacheries of these creatures, but at the same time, the cost in energy for acquiring that voluntary cooperation is correspondingly higher.

The SIF is independent of all political parties and relies entirely on voluntary subscriptions and donations.

There is some indication from a limited number of interviews with members of the population that the element of power, primarily the voluntary influence of non-authoritative power, has been exerted on actors in the system, particularly in regard to mate selection.

Anarcho-capitalists argue for a society based on the voluntary trade of private property and services ( in sum, all relationships not caused by threats or violence, including exchanges of money, consumer goods, land, and capital goods ) in order to minimize conflict while maximizing individual liberty and prosperity.

In 1981, the fourth session of the Fifth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China adopted the " Resolution on the unfolding of a nationwide voluntary tree-planting campaign ".

AA groups are self-supporting, relying on voluntary donations from members to cover expenses.

The place had been transformed on a voluntary basis by the population of Paris itself, in what was recalled as the Journée des brouettes (" Wheelbarrow Day ").

The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies administers a voluntary accreditation program for law enforcement agencies.

Vows of chastity can also be taken by laypersons, either as part of an organised religious life ( such as Roman Catholic Beguines and Beghards ) or on an individual basis: as a voluntary act of devotion, or as part of an ascetic lifestyle ( often devoted to contemplation ), or both.

Corporations can be " dissolved " either by statutory operation, order of court, or voluntary action on the part of shareholders.

The voluntary in this type of meet is always worth a DD ( Degree of Difficulty ) of 2. 0 even if the real DD is worth more or less on a DD sheet.

Whereas Socrates was eventually put on trial and executed as a corrupting influence, Euripides chose a voluntary exile in old age, dying in Macedonia.

Hayek argued that all forms of collectivism ( even those theoretically based on voluntary cooperation ) could only be maintained by a central authority of some kind.

The coalition parliament was rigged on this fateful 23 March 1933 by defining the absence of arrested and murdered deputies as voluntary and therefore cause for their exclusion as wilful absentees.

It also has a hacker ethic, based on the idea that writing software and sharing the result on a voluntary basis is a good idea, and that information should be free, but that it's not up to the hacker to make it free by breaking into private computer systems.

Thousands of scientists and other experts contribute ( on a voluntary basis, without payment from the IPCC ) to writing and reviewing reports, which are reviewed by representatives from all the governments, with summaries for policy makers being subject to line-by-line approval by all participating governments.

Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, Proponents of anarchism, known as " anarchists ", advocate stateless societies based on non-hierarchical voluntary associations.

With this research on why employees engage in OCBs comes the debate among I – O psychologists about the voluntary or involuntary nature of engaging in OCBs.

Anarchist communism ( also known as anarcho-communism and occasionally as free communism or libertarian communism ) is a theory of anarchism which advocates the abolition of the state, capitalism and private property ( while retaining respect for personal property ), and in favor of common ownership of the means of production, direct democracy and a horizontal network of voluntary associations and workers ' councils with production and consumption based on the guiding principle: " from each according to his ability, to each according to his need ".

Troops to Korea were selected on a voluntary basis.

Anarchist communism ( also known as anarcho-communism and occasionally as free communism ) is a theory of anarchism which advocates the abolition of the state, markets, money, capitalism and private property ( while retaining respect for personal property ), in favor of common ownership of the means of production, direct democracy and a horizontal network of voluntary associations and workers ' councils with production and consumption based on the guiding principle: " from each according to his ability, to each according to his need ".

On occasion, opposing trade unions clashed on this day, so in 1972, Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley promoted Labour Day as a showcase for the importance of labour to the development of Jamaica, and a day of voluntary community participation to beneficial projects.

In Berghuis v. Thompkins, the Court held that unless a suspect actually states that he is relying on this right, his subsequent voluntary statements can be used in court and police can continue to interact with ( or question ) him.

Many of these activities are done on a voluntary basis, and some are sponsored by the Mozilla Foundation.

The defence of diminished responsibility in section 2 ( 1 ) of the homicide act would reduce the conviction to voluntary manslaughter with more discretion on the part of the judge in regards to sentencing.

None of this had been included on financial disclosure forms ; the non-reporting of loans under $ 10, 000 in liability was in violation of a voluntary agreement the White House had made in 1982, while not reporting more valuable loans or clothes not returned was a possible violation of the Ethics in Government Act.