Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of Probation Officers, said the idea of mentors was "excellent" but he thought it would never happen because so many prisoners were released every year.
Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the British Medical Association, said the policy appeared to "further establish the idea of healthcare as a commodity", which would not be in patients' "best interests".
Eric Leenders, of the British Bankers' Association, told the BBC that banks did have a clear idea of how much their services cost, but the industry would welcome a "healthy, open discussion".
Business groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers would normally jump at the idea.
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The silent march was the idea of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's president, Benjamin Todd Jealous, who aimed to invoke a quiet protest down Fifth Avenue in 1917 that was meant to draw attention to race riots in East St.
Peter Judge, chief executive of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association, said it would be several hours before they could get a better idea of how serious her condition is.
But Frederic Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, said it was a "disastrous idea".
Mark Frankel, an expert on ethics and law at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, said the idea sounds promising, but it remains to be seen if the new standards are a significant improvement over existing laws.
Professor David Booth, Dr Peter Macreadie and Ashley Fowler have formed the Decommissioning Ecology Group to promote consideration of the idea, which Professor Booth took to the national congress of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association in Perth this week.
The idea for the key came from the Royal Association of Disability and Rehabilitation, aka Radar.
This idea has already been adopted by the National Association of Securities Dealers and other self-regulating bodies that govern Wall Street.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said that while it welcomed the idea of change, it was concerned about whether enough resources would be pumped into supporting the new system.
The Federation of Small Business and the Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association support the idea which could potentially put more money in the pot to help give small businesses rates relief.
Through the research you're bombarded by myriad influences: anything from snapshots that someone took to anecdotal stories in magazines of the time to random pictures that spark an idea or association in your head.
The idea behind NCRC, which has been endorsed by the American Association of Community Colleges, is to make it easier for employers to assess the skills of potential employees.
"Without the full co-operation of the banking sector, the government's big idea is impractical, " Stuart Cliffe director of the National Association of Bank and Insurance Customers (NABIC) told BBC News Online.
The president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Fredric Rolando, said the cutback is "a disastrous idea that would have a profoundly negative effect on the Postal Service and on millions of customers, " particularly businesses, rural communities, the elderly, the disabled and others who depend on Saturday delivery for commerce and communication.
The idea has sparked little more than criticism, particularly from the National Association of Theatre Owners, the largest exhibition trade organization in the world, which represents more than 29, 000 movie screens including those of Viacom and CBS parent, National Amusements, and the Regal Entertainment Group.
Dancing is a bad idea even on the ground, said Veda Shook, president of the Association of Flight Attendants.
But Campfire Association Zimbabwe - which advocates being able to make a living from wildlife - supports the idea of legalising the trade, saying it is time efforts looked at untested measures as opposed to the current ones which are not always effective.
Katharine Giovanni, founder and chairman of the International Concierge and Lifestyle Management Association, recalls how she at first dismissed a colleague's idea for a service targeted to students.
For example, the company's argument rests partly on the idea that disclosing a customer's name would impinge on the First Amendment right of free association.
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