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About Synergetics Collaborative (SNEC)
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The Synergetics Collaborative (SNEC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together a diverse group of people with an interest in Buckminster Fuller's Synergetics in face-to-face workshops, symposia, seminars, pow-wows, and other meetings to educate and support research and understanding of the many facets of Synergetics, its methods and principles. Before you decide to buy essays online, don't hesitate to browse the website for some juvenile justice essay ideas as well.

Our public meetings are open to anybody who wants to learn more about Synergetics.

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We have recently received (March 2007) a letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) apprising us that our application for 501(c)(3) exemption status has been approved. Some of the organizations documents that we are required to make available for public inspection are available through this link.. See IRS Publication 557 for details about the government rules for tax-exempt organizations.

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Definitions of Synergetics

Synergetics is the system of comprehensive thinking which R. Buckminster Fuller introduced and began to formulate. Synergetics is multi-faceted: it involves geometric modeling, exploring inter-relationships in the facts of experience and the process of thinking. Synergetics endeavors to identify and understand the methods that Nature actually employs in coordinating Universe (both physically and metaphysically). Synergetics provides a comprehensive method and a philosophy for problem-solving and design and therefore has applications in all areas of human endeavor. If you want to know more or are required to write on the topic, avail of FrontendRescue.com programming assignment help. A simple please do my assignment for me request would be enough to start a fruitful cooperation.

101.01 Synergy means behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts taken separately.

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102.00 Synergy means behavior of integral, aggregate, whole systems unpredicted by behaviors of any of their components or subassemblies of their components taken separately from the whole.

962.40 Synergetic geometry embraces all the qualities of experience, all aspects of being.

-- R. Buckminster Fuller, Synergetics

Synergetics, in the broadest terms, is the study of spatial complexity, and as such is an inherently comprehensive discipline. ... Experience with synergetics encourages a new way of approaching and solving problems. Its emphasis on visual and spatial phenomena combined with Fuller's wholistic approach fosters the kind of lateral thinking which so often leads to creative breakthroughs.

-- Amy Edmondson, A Fuller Explanation, 1987

More information about Synergetics can be found in Buckminster Fuller's magnum opus Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking, CJ Fearnley's essay Reading Synergetics: Some Tips can help readers wade through Fuller's voluminous text, the BFI's Synergetics resource, the Synergetics section of the R. Buckminster Fuller FAQ, the book A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller by Amy Edmondson --- Full Text On-Line, and Kirby Urner's Synergetics on the Web.

Mailing Lists

The Synergetics Collaborative maintains a private, moderated mailing list, SNEC, to coordinate and announce meetings. An archive of all posts to the list is publically available at http://www.SynergeticsCollaborative.org/pipermail/snec/.

For public, Internet discussions on Buckminster Fuller's work, the following options are available:

Synergetics Collaborative History

The Genesis of Synergetics Collaborative, as for many phenomena in Universe, was the confluence of many factors. One thread was Russell Chu's move to Falls Church, VA. Another has been Joe Clinton's retirement and more visible return to Synergetics issues. Another has been the geometrical studies of CJ Fearnley and Jeannie Moberly. Another was the meeting of Fearnley, Moberly, Clinton, Marvin Solit, and David Lovler at the 2002 Bridges: Mathematical Connections In Art, Music, And Science Conference ["Conference Report: Bridges 2002", Nexus Network Journal, vol. 5 no. 1 (Spring 2003), http://www.nexusjournal.com/conf_reps_v5n1-Bier.html]. Kirby Urner provided a critical link by suggesting to CJ Fearnley that he contact Russell Chu which led directly to the meeting on August 24th, 2002, in Upper Darby, PA.

The second (private) meeting was held on the 5th and 6th of October 2002 in Falls Church, VA. Originally we intended the meeting to be the group that met in Upper Darby plus Ed Applewhite. But 12 people were physically present coming from as far away as Japan, California, Oregon, New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, plus John Graham joined via the Internet (call it "12 around one" or a Vector Equilibrium as a Synergeticist might say). We realized that we had found an unfulfilled need in Universe and immediately set about to organize the first public meeting which was held during the weekend of January 25 and 26, 2003 in Tivoli, NY. Since then Synergetics Collaborative has been holding yearly workshops in Oswego, NY and a major Symposium every year or two. Recently we organized as an unincorporated association and held our first meeting of the Board of Directors.

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Previous Meetings

2010

Special Event Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics at American University and Arena Stage in Washington, DC, on 11-13 June 2010.

2009

Symposium on Design Science: Nature's Problem Solving Method on 14-15 November 2009 at RISD in Providence, RI.

Seventh Annual Summer Workshop on "A Synergetics Sampler" to Celebrate Buckminster Fuller's 114th Birthday on 11-12 July 2009 in Oswego, NY

2008

Workshop on Geodesic Structures: Build a Dome for Bucky's Birthday on 11-14 July 2008 in Oswego, NY.

AMS Special Session on Buckminster Fuller's Synergetics and Mathematics on 15-16 March 2008, New York, NY

2007

Workshop on Quantum Building on 23-24 June 2007 in Oswego, NY.

Symposium on Synergetics and Morphology on 3-4 November 2007 in Providence, RI.

2006

Seminar on Field Structure Theory on 28 January 2006 in Mt. Airy, MD.

Workshop on "Applied Synergetics: Living Structures" on 12-13 August 2006 in Oswego, NY.

Seminar on Synergetics 3 on 4 November 2006 in Cambridge, MA.

2005

Workshop on "Structure" on 23-24 July 2005 in Oswego, NY.

Symposium on Synergetics in the Arts on 19-20 November 2005 in New York, NY.

2004

Workshop on "Tensegrity Structures" on 24-25 July 2004 in Oswego, NY.

Symposium on "Cosmic Fishing: Exploring Buckminster Fuller's Synergetics" on 20-21 March 2004 in Washington, DC.

2003

Program on 30-31 October 2003 in Oswego, New York.

Workshop on "Geodesic Structures" on 28-29 June 2003 in Oswego, New York.

Symposium on "A Fuller Explanation" on 25-26 January 2003 in Tivoli, New York.

2002

Pow-Wow on 5-6 October 2002 in Falls Church, Virginia.

Pre-SNEC Meeting on 24 August 2002 in Upper Darby, PA.

Documents & Papers

Marvin Solit's Heirarchy of Polyvertexia (UPDATED 8Nov2004; PDF).

Edward Suzuki Hoerdt's paper Atommetrics: Another View of Atomic Structure based on Electron Orbital Geometry (MS Word).

Bonnie DeVarco's The Documentarian's Documentarian - A Tribute to E.J.Applewhite (Text) (MS Word).

Yasushi Kajikawa's paper Growing Icosahedra (PDF).

CJ Fearnley's Reading Synergetics: Some Tips.

Related Conferences and Workshops

Nexus Association for Architecture and Mathematics is organizing Nexus 2010: 11-14 June 2012.


BigPictureSmallWorld, Inc. is organizing 2012 Design Science: Global Solutions Lab at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA, June 17 - 25, 2012


ISAMA: The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture is organizing ISAMA 2012 Chicago (IL, USA), 18-22 June 2012.


Natural Philosophy Alliance (NPA) is organizing their Annual Conference from July 6-9 2011 at College Park, MD, USA.


The Tesla Science Foundation is organizing the Tesla Energy Independence Celebration (TEIC) 2010 conference in Philadelphia July 9-11, 2010


Bridges: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture is organizing Bridges 2012 Towson, MD, USA, July 25-29.


American Society for Cybernetics is organizing Cybernetics: Art, Design, Mathematics A Meta-Disciplinary Conversation (C:ADM2010) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, July 29 - August 5.


International Association for Shell and Spacial Structures (IASS) is organizing IASS Symposium 2010: Temporary And Permanent Structures For Expo November 8-12, 2010 in Shanghai, China.


ISIS-Symmetry: International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry.


ASCI: Art & Science Collaborations, Inc..


International Symmetry Association (ISA).


In Memorium

Marvin Solit was a force in the forming and building the Synergetics Collaborative. We posted an note remembering him on our mailing list: In Memorium: Marvin Solit: Synergeticist, Philomorph, Healer. More information about Marvin's work can be found on the web site of the Foundation for New Directions.


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ipermail/snec/2007/000091.html">In Memorium: Marvin Solit: Synergeticist, Philomorph, Healer. More information about Marvin's work can be found on the web site of the Foundation for New Directions.


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