The Power you did not know you have...
PMA Power is a project of David vs Goliath Ministries. This project focuses on education and consulting in order to ensure participating members have the information needed to make an informed decision about the protections available to private business and private activities. PMA Power offers training courses that will take participating members through the basics of setting up a Private Membership Associations to becoming a Certified PMA Advisor who will then act as independent consultants. PMA Advisors have the training and resources needed to ensure that participating members have everything they need to make informed decisions about the structure of their own Private Membership Association (PMA).
This Worldwide Certification is given in recognition of excellence, based on the following:
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A Worldwide Certification has been awarded to the PMA Power's courses based on the following criteria:
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Here is a collection of some of the sayings from PMA Power's founder:
Constitution Coach. Founder of PMA Power
PMA Power is a part of David vs Goliath Ministries and teaches how to keep your business and activities a matter of a private contractual obligation.
PMA Power is a part of David vs Goliath Ministries and teaches how to keep your business and activities a matter of a private contractual obligation.
From the website
"Should you decide the PMA or unincorporated Ministry is the best option for you, the PMA Advisors can assist you with properly preparing your founding documents to establish your PMA/Ministry. Proper preparation may be the most important decision you'll make related to the PMA/Ministry. Every protection you have the ability to invoke will be determined by the wording within your founding documents and every protection you give up will also be determined by the wording of your founding documents. Make sure these are drafted properly to maximize the protections you're putting in place."
Do the course, "How to Start Your Own PMA."
"As more people are being trained to assist others in learning about the private domain, and helping others to properly establish their own private associations and private social clubs we want to ensure you have access to them so you can be comfortable in knowing these advisors are more than capable of assisting you in protecting your own business or activities. Our advisors can provide you with all of the information you need to determine which type of private association, faith based association, or ministry can afford the most protections for your specific activities. Feel free to reach out to whichever PMA Advisor you feel most comfortable with and you can be assured all of our Advisors are fully capable of helping you."
- David Edwards (Founder of PMA Power)
A PMA is a Private Membership Association. The various types of private associations operate in a manner as to keep private business and private activities a private contractual matter between the association and the members. Keep in mind that law says "no state can pass any law that impairs the obligation of contract". The association is founded upon the principle that we have an unalienable right to associate. The Supreme Court has always held that the right to associate is synonymous with the right to assemble. An association is simply a group of men and women collectively exercising their right to associate in private.
Private Associations are commonly known as Private Membership Association, Private Education Association, Private Health Association, Private Ministerial Association (Faith based organization or FBO), Private Drinking Club, Private Social Club, Private Fraternal Organization, Home Owner Association, and others. Regardless of the style of private association, they are all forms of a PMA since you technically don't have an association without members to associate anyway.
Examples may be, Drinking is allowed inside “private clubs” in “dry counties” in states of The united States of America where the sale of alcohol to the public is restricted or illegal; smoking is allowed inside “cigar bars” or "private clubs" in states having public laws prohibiting smoking in government buildings and in buildings open to the public; What may be illegal activity under statutes or public law are completely lawful activities in private. Those private venues have the same protections as private activities within your own home and those activities are governed by your own rules, not public law.
The short answer is No. The protections your association has the ability to invoke will be determined by your founding documents. Likewise, all of the protections that are waived or surrendered, either knowingly or unknowingly will be determined within your founding documents. Documents that are not properly drafted, such as statutory compliant documents, will forfeit some or all of your private domain protections. Unfortunately most associations are founded as "statutory compliant" all because of what the founders of the association didn't know at the time the association was formed. There is no more important decision you'll make than the preparation of your founding documents. That is where you will secure or give up your protections of the private domain.
There are several pathways:
1. Refer to the website at https://www.getyourpma.com.
2. Speak to a Certified Advisor. You can select an Advisor for our Directory
of Certified Advisors.
3. Do the course, "A Beginners Guide to Starting your own PMA," at https://courses.thenextsky.net/courses/my-pma
You can join our community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/PrivateAssociation. You will find a wealth of information there.