![]() 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. Our public meetings are open to anybody who wants to learn more about Synergetics. Please join the primary SNEC mailing list to receive announcements of all Synergetics Collaborative meetings and other news relating to Synergetics and Buckminster Fuller. In March 2007, we received 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. To make a tax deductible contribution to the Synergetics Collaborative please mail a check to Synergetics Collaborative
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 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. ![]()
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Synergetic geometry embraces all the qualities of experience, all aspects
of being.
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.
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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Documents & Papers |
Marvin Solit's Heirarchy of Polyvertexia (UPDATED 8Nov2004; PDF).
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, Events, and Organizations |
Allegra Fuller Snyder (August 28, 1927 - July 11, 2021) was a participant and a presenter at Synergetics Collaborative events. We have a 15 minute clip from her 2005 presentation on "Synergetics and Dance". More information about can be found in this biography that Joe Clinton wrote for Allegra Fuller Snyder.
Dennis Dreher (25 December 1942 - 22 July 2018) was a frequent participant, presenter, and collaborator at several Synergetics Collaborative events. Dennis worked with Buckmister Fuller. He was a recipient of a Cosmic Fishing Award confered at the Fifth Biennial Design Science Symposium on "STEAM Intelligence" in April of 2016. We posted an note remembering him on our mailing list: 2016 Cosmic Fishing Award recipient Dennis Dreher has died. More information about Denis's work can be found on his web site Dennis Dreher.
Eudoxia Woodward (1919-2008) participated with the Philomorphs and was a panelist at the first Synergetics Collaborative Symposium at RISD "Synergetics and Morphology" in 2007. You can find out more about Eudoxia's work in this twelve page book description and excerpt: "The Geometry and Mystery of Flowers; The Art of Eudoxia Woodward ~ Paintings within a 'Flame to Curiosity', Bringing Art and Science Together" by Crystal Woodward.
Marvin Solit was intrumental 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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