Collecting groups are a very important segment of our antiques, art & collectibles community. They exist to help collectors. For many collecting areas, these clubs - and their members - represent the knowledge base for the collecting area that group supports. They provide connections to other collectors, and friendships that can last a life time.

Many of our clubs are having serious problems with declining participation and are experiencing aging memberships. On the other hand, we have more new collectors...and young collectors...today than ever before - many who are unfamiliar with collecting clubs and what they have to offer. Our collecting clubs need to reach new audiences of collectors. They need to experiment with creative networking between clubs. They need to take a serious look at their club management structure, their publications, conventions and shows and membership servicing. To reach new collecting audiences, they just can't continue to operate "as usual" in our rapidly changing collecting world.

This is what the Association of Collecting Clubs is all about - supporting clubs and club leadership in areas like club promotion, membership recruitment, membership retention, reaching new audiences, strengthening conventions, improving club publications and websites, new leadership models, networking, working with younger collectors. and club management.

The Partnership Program is the backbone of the Association of Collecting Clubs. We invite you to become an ACC Partner and help us in our support of collecting groups of all types. Read about our Partnership Program options on the http://collectors.org website.

Becoming a Partner at the $100 or $500 level provides a complimentary booth in the new Collectors Trade Show on the ACC website - a virtual trade show with booths for all kinds of products and services of interest to clubs and to collectors. We need your support and would welcome you as a new ACC Partner.

We look forward to hearing from you.