Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 10:37:08 -0700
From: James Beniger beniger[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RCF.USC.EDU
Subject: Re: Forty-eleven
7-11 connotes good luck, from shooting craps. Also, the stores were=20
originally open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., a revolutionary development in=20
retailing at the time.
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On Sun, 23 Oct 1994, Judith Rascoe wrote:
"Does 70-ll have anything to do with 7-11?"
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Certainly pre-dates 7-11 for me. Typical usage "I've got seventy-'leven
things to do this morning, so I can't have lunch with you, sorry." But
could 7-11 stores have picked up on that association with 'busy-ness'?
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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 12:57:36 -0400
Reply-To: American Association for Public Opinion Research 50th
AAPOR50[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VM.usc.edu
Sender: American Association for Public Opinion Research 50th
AAPOR50[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VM.usc.edu
From: BLACKJS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM
Subject: Calling for papers in Cyberspace
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To: Multiple recipients of list AAPOR50 AAPOR50[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VM.usc.edu
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Jim;
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I think it's a great idea to call for Student Award papers on-line. The =
more
the merrier, and presumably, more papers means better quality. It's the =
best
kind of publicity for AAPOR. Besides, if we can't find students in
cyberspace, where will we find them?
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Before your post the Call for Papers, I hope you'll think about the
implications. I think previous Conference Chairs will agree that the
response to the Call for Papers from members is surprising in several way=
s.
Decent papers -- most on methodology -- easily fill the available slots,=
so
there's not much room for all those wonderful ideas your committee had fo=
r
organized sessions. You're left at the last moment trying to decide how =
to
squeeze everything you want on the program in.
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There is a reluctance to reject papers from active members, many of whom
count on presenting findings here. The solution lately has been to offer
more concurrent sessions
(6 or 7 instead of 3 or 4). This has implications for the nature of the
program which you should consider (it's harder for attendees to get to al=
l
the papers that seem essential, there are fewer shared experiences, etc.)
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What if you get many more papers from non-AAPOR members? What if the qua=
lity
from these new sources is really terrific? At first blush, that sounds
wonderful. But for most members, AAPOR is the Conference, and many have =
to
present to attend. Are you willing to reject a lot of papers from regula=
r
attendees? Should most presenters be AAPOR members? Are you going to ma=
ke
the presenters from cyberspace join AAPOR in order to be on the program? =
I
have the impression that non-members are more likely to be no-shows. (Am=
I
mistaken, or have we had more no-shows recently?)
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I've been wondering if there won't be a big increase in submissions this =
year
any way because such a large committee is talking to one another so
regularly. I think the excitement is great, but I hope you have a strat=
egy
for handling an avalanche of submissions! Of course you're already
experiencing time slot problems with the plenaries. Concurrent plenaries=
are
a major departure -- somehow it diminishes their importance. I'd be very
surprised if Council were willing to change the time of the Business Meet=
ing
or to hold it at the same time as anything else.
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Joan Black
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