Introduction

Regardless of how popular a collecting area may be, often the success (or lack thereof) of a collecting club serving that area is closely related to club leadership. Additionally, this may have absolutely nothing to do with the abilities of the people in leadership positions, but more to do with leadership models. Does your club change leadership every year? Are club Bylaws or the Charter or Constitution "correct" for the situation? Is your club a candidate for considering an executive director? What role does the Board play? ...executive committee? ...other committees? Do all club leadership positions have clearly defined position statements? Is the club leadership and the general membership "on the same page?" These are some of the areas in which ACC plans to help clubs identify their strengths and weaknesses and to correct areas needing help.

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.