What do you guys think about this?
No association. No formality. No governing body. No central control. It all would go against the foundation tenets of Bitcoin. The trade off for that freedom is that there is no single message to refute the FUD or bad press. That's OK. It's the individual adoption of each us that stands up against the negative press. Our individual action gives the community strength.
This is the answer I would have said also. Anyway, no need to do that apparently. Trying to put bitcoin in a box is a step backward from the original vision of the great Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin became famous and trusted as it is right now. Why try to disrupt the growth with an association? That is trying to reshape bitcoin, which is not good at all.