Our FC is very wary and adamant against merging into another FC, as we do like our lax autonomy (and we're quite proud of our broken hearted unicorn crest cause its so silly looking). While not opposed to absorbing another FC, we're also wary about bringing in a large group of players we don't know.

However, perhaps a good start would be for us to share a linkshell, in a sense becoming allied FCs. Although our resources would remain seperate, we'd both benefit from having more players to call upon for different things.
We also run different events every so often like treasure hunt parties and what not. I'm also able to do free melds and guarantee HQ 2 star or any other craft w/NQ materials for anyone in the FC and often make melded prerelics as free gifts to people reaching 50 in our FC, and would certainly extend that service to your FC.