The Project LEAD program at the Florida State University (FSU) College of Information is designed to produce future school library media leaders. One requirement of the program is that the students join AASL and their state association, and attend their conferences. In 2007 a contingent of thirteen students from FSU, along with their mentor, doctoral candidate Daniella Smith, traveled to Reno for their first-ever AASL conference. In this article, they provide advice for newbies who are going to Charlotte.