Author 1: John Maginnis Address: Mathematics Department, Kansas State University, 137 Cardwell Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 Author 2: Silvia Onofrei Address: Mathematics Department, University of California Riverside, 226 Surge Hall, Riverside, California 92521 Title: New collections of p-subgroups and homology decompositions for classifying spaces of finite groups Abstract: Let G be a finite group and p a prime dividing its order. We define new collections of p-subgroups of G. We study the homotopy relations among them and with the standard collections of p-subgroups. We determine their ampleness and sharpness properties. Preprint, October 1, 2005