On 01/03/2012 9:58 AM, patrick doreian wrote:
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Sort of a silly question - but how come the upcoming Sunbelt
conference is called "Sunbelt"? Hamburg is a bit off from the southern
regions of the US, no?
And see you there!
Carl
Carl Nordlund, PhD
Post-doctoral research fellow
Center for Network Science,
Department of Political Science
Central European University,
Budapest
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hi carl,
the reason lies in the mists of time. the first sunbelt
gatherings were in the usa sunbelt. and the name had meaning in the
winter season which implied some nice marketing. but as soon as the
first vancouver sunbelt occured, the term lost its initial meaning.
with the merging of the european and sunbelt gathering occurred in
london in 1995, the term had even less descriptive merit. but the
tradition of naming it 'sunbelt' remained. i like it - but maybe when
all of the old farts who were at the beginning of sunbelt peg out, then
the name might change. but in the current rotation, the two in the usa
are in the sunbelt and to quote meatloaf "two out three ain't bad".
with best wishes
pat
Just in case someone gets the mistaken idea that Vancouver is not sunny
most of the time, I will point out that the London meeting actually
occurred before the Vancouver meeting.
:-)
Cheers,
DBT
Ps: ok ... I will admit that technically speaking, Vancouver has more
rainy days, and more mm of rain each year even than London ....
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