A study was conducted to define a set of alternative organizational models to help overcome current obstacles to Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) membership and set the stage for maximum utilization of the cost efficiencies and program improvement benefits of collaborative curriculum development. The methodology included examination of the current situation of consortium characteristics, organizational structures, and membership. Membership patterns and organizational changes of vocational consortia were studied and interviews were conducted with consortia directors. A set of organizational models was derived from the literature. V-TECS was examined from an historical perspective and detailed in the context of other consortium models. Seven alternative models of membership were extrapolated from the 16 possible alternatives. Each was examined in terms of a rationale for the model, results of implementation, costs and resulting products if the plan were implemented with the current categorical number of states, and a comparison of the proposed plan outcomes with the current outcomes. (Charts of alternatives are provided.) One model was recommended as meeting minimum criteria and deviating least from the current model. (Consortium abstracts and comparison charts are appended.) (YLB)