In this article, the author reflects on his experiences as a participant to the first CONNECT First-Year Writing Group seminar. It describes the development of collegiality and the positive results of professional synergy within a group of English professors from three community colleges, a state college, a university, and a maritime academy in southeastern Massachusetts. The main goal of these meetings is to agree on a set of desirable learning outcomes for first-year writing to be applied across the institutions. This article is meant to encourage others around the country to form groups similar to the one described herein. (Contains 1 figure.)