Past XyUser Conferences

1989 Danvers, MA (Sheraton Tara)

1990 Boston, MA (Lafayette SwissHotel)

- Hotel was evacuated in the middle of the night when the fire alarms went off.

1991 Boston, MA (Park Plaza)

1992 Burlington, MA (Burlington Marriott)

- long walks to the ‘nearby’ Burlington Shopping center (Bart Terryn)

1993 Boston, MA (Hyatt Harborside)

1994 Cambridge, MA (Royal Sonesta)

- Walk to the Planetarium for evening social activity

1995 Orlando, FL (Grosvenor Resort)

1996 New Orleans, LA (Doubletree)

1997 Hyannis, MA
- Lazy Man’s Lobster. Most of Cape Code already closed for the season. First demo of Web Porter software. (Larry Porter)

1998 San Antonio, TX (Adam’s Mark)
- the walk and the drinks along the canal (Bart Terryn)

1999 Cambridge, MA (Royal Sonesta)

2000 Orlando, FL
- The wedding conference. Nice hotel. (Larry Porter)

- Indeed the wedding, how can I forget? Plus the first time I needed 2 credit card to pay the hotel bill (Bart Terryn)
- The hotel had huge Bathtubs (Dave Van Brunt)
- One of the characters at the dinner show creeped me out (I forget which one it was..maybe the museum curator??) (Dave Van Brunt)
2001 Boston? (Parker House)�
- Great location. Peterson college book stolen from the display table. Later seen “walking” out the hotel. (Larry Porter)

2002 Nashville, TN (Doubletree)�
- Hurricane skirts Nashville on last day of conference.

2003 Savannah, GA (Hyatt Regency)
- The water taxi (Larry Porter)

- Definitely the water taxi and the high tech secret behind the ‘ship passing’ light in the river side rooms (it seemed the bar man had to push a switch every time a ship was passing) (Bart Terryn)

2004 Boston, MA (Parker House)2005 San Diego, CA

-Everyone in the hotel seemed to have brought their dog. (Dave Van Brunt)
2006 Miami, FL (Trump Sonesta)
- Too tempting to stay at the pool (Larry Porter)
-Mohito’s with Laurie Hagar Josh Faigen and Alise Hunter!! (Dave Van Brunt)

2007 Boston, MA (Hyatt, Harborside)
- Water Taxi to the North End. (Larry Porter)
-Harbor cruise…..Old Ironsides (she’s a beauty) (Dave Van Brunt)
-I won the raffle for being a guinea pig trying out some new XPP documentation. (Dave Van Brunt)

2008 Scottsdale, AZ (Firesky Resort)
-A Stunning Rendition of “San Diego….Super Chargers!!” by a fellow conference attendee (no Idea who) at the evening gathering. (Dave Van Brunt)
2009 Charleston, SC (Francis Marion)
- What seemed like a 10 mile hike to go to a barbeque/brewery…….the beer sampler definitely made it worth it. (Dave Van Brunt)
- Raising pints at Tommy Condon’s Irish Pub. (Don Sawyer)

-Having the session rooms all in close proximity was convenient. And I kind of remember The Swamp Fox (Jo Armstrong)