Introduction

Annual club conventions are perhaps the single most important event of the year for most collecting clubs. Conventions shore up membership and can be used to recruit new members. They provide an atmosphere of "fraternity" and fellowship, as well as an educational component. They often command a sizeable commitment of manpower and a large portion of the annual budget. A club Convention eNews electronic newsletter will be used as one tool to allow convention chairmen to share ideas and suggestions which may help other club convention chairs.

Please note: In this section we are using the term "convention" in its broadest sense. Club-sponsored shows and other "convention-like" events are included in this area.

A Program Advisory Group is developing this program area and will continue to monitor, add to, and refine the information on an ongoing basis. Discussion Forums are available for collectors to gain more specific information from a variety of forum participants. A listing of Resources for this Program Area is provided, as well as a Reference Archive.

The primary purpose of the Association of Collecting Clubs (ACC) is to build coalitions between clubs, networking to share information for strengthening member clubs and better serving their memberships.