============================================================ THE DSA NEWSCAST http://www.dozenal.org ============================================================ The Dozenal Society of America Vol. 1, Iss. 4 Official Newsletter 1 June 11E9 ============================================================ ============================================================ = CONTENTS = ============================================================ 1. Annual Meeting 2. Dues Notice 3. Dozenal News -Website accounts -"Dozenal System" by Andrew Craucamp -Discussion of number bases on StackExchange 4. Society Business 5. Poetical Diversion 6. Backmatter ============================================================ = ANNUAL MEETING = ============================================================ The DSA's Annual Meeting for 11E9 will be in Atlanta, Georgia, on 19 June (decimal 21 June). We hope that many members will be able to join us on our first annual meeting held outside New York City in many years. The meeting will be at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in downtown Atlanta; specifically, at Courtyard by Marriott 133 Carnegie Way Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 222-2416 Even more specifically, this will be at the Ernest Hemingway Room at the hotel. We will officially convene at 11;00 (1:00 p.m.); however, beginning at 08;00 (8:00 a.m.), there will be an unofficial brainstorming session concerning options for the future of the DSA. Please join us for either or both! On 1X June, the DSA will be presenting a workshop at the 2013. Annual ASEE K-12 Workshop on Engineering Education. See Newscast 01:02 for more information ============================================================ = DUES NOTICE = ============================================================ Members! Please remember that dues are payable as of the first of January each year. (Dozenal) 16 dollars for normal members, 30 dollars for supporting members, 3 dollars for student members. You can pay online, too; just apply for an account at the website! http://www.dozenal.org/drupal/user/login Otherwise, you can pay our worthy Treasurer, Jay Schiffman, by check: Jay Schiffman 604-36 South Washington Square, #815 Philadelphia, PA 19106-4115 ============================================================ = DOZENAL NEWS = ============================================================ ----------------------WEBSITE ACCOUNTS---------------------- All members are entitled to a user account at the DSA website. This account offers some benefits, which will be expanded as the new website comes into its own. Presently, members can view the minutes of annual meetings as well as pay their dues through the members-only section of the site. This month, we also added access to all the issues of the DSA Newscast to the members-only section, which will be uploaded as soon as they are published. We also hope to add further functionality in the future. For example, one member has suggested to us that we post a "to-do" list for members to peruse. This list would contain important tasks that are needed for the advancement of dozenalism, for the assistance of the Society, or other tasks. We also hope to permit accessing member information based on login at the members-only page; upon login, you'd be able to get your member ID number, how long you have been a member, your dues status, and similar information. Undoubtedly, there are many other ideas that you have which could improve the functionality of this and other sections of our site. Please get your account and let us know what you'd like to see there! ------------"DOZENAL SYSTEM" by Andrew Craucamp------------- Andrew Craucamp has written a very interesting exposition on dozenal, with some beautiful graphics, a separate-identity numeral set, and even a simple computer calculator using these symbols available for download: http://theopentangent.blogspot.com/p/dozenal-numeric-system.html The numerals he chose, Devanagari, are not fabricated but are significantly different from our accustomed Westernized Indo-Arabic numerals. Worth a look! --------DISCUSSION OF NUMBER BASES ON STACKEXCHANGE--------- There was a brief but very involved and interesting discussion on math.stackexchange.com regarding bases and which could be better than decimal: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/382774/what-could-be-better-than-base-10 Among some interesting suggestions were factorial bases (from user "marty cohen") to "long hundred" (from user wendy.krieger). Our beloved dozen made a very good showing, as well, from user "Dan". Consider participating! ============================================================ = SOCIETY BUSINESS = ============================================================ We've had many members over the years, but it's been a long time since we've gotten updates from many of you. We'd like to ensure that our contact information is current, so that we can stay in touch with all our members. So we're asking the membership for help. -If you've moved, changed phone numbers, don't use this email address much anymore, or anything of that nature, please let us know a better way to keep in touch with you. You can email us by responding to this email (newscast@dozenal.org), or by writing Contact@dozenal.org. -If you know of other members who aren't receiving the _Newscast_, or who have fallen out of touch with the Society for whatever reason, please see if they'd like to get back in touch with us; and if so, give them an email address for us or refer them to the website. Also, at the risk of beating a broken drum, please try to make plans to be at the Annual Meeting in Atlanta, as noted above. If you would like to come but can't make it, please contact us: Contact@dozenal.org It may be possible to arrange a local meet-up of members and other interested persons. ============================================================ = POETICAL DIVERSION = ============================================================ O Dozen! my Dozen! O Dozen! my Dozen! We fight the tyrant ten; Your factors overwhelm his few, extending mortal ken; For six and three, and four I see, are parts the tyrant's lacking; And even two, among his few, you have, his virtues tracking; And O heart! heart! heart! O abundant and sublime; You are the greatest number, twelve, and ever stand supreme. O Dozen! Abundant! For fact'rability! The sum of two and six and four, when added to your three, is greater than your value, twelve, a trait no lower having; Abundance makes your tables sweet, where decimal's us are burd'ning; O Dozen! dear Dozen! Why do so few now know you? Your glories shine like sun in sky, and turn the darkness back. My Dozen is sublime, though, one of two only known; Your factors are a perfect six, which when together sewn, produce a perfect double dozen and one third; how, then, can any person you neglect, once they your glories ken? Exult, O people! Ring, O bells! Peal out the Dozen's charms! The perfect base for human kind, embraced within our arms! (With thanks to Walt Whitman.) ============================================================ = BACKMATTER = ============================================================ _The DSA Newscast_ is a production of the Dozenal Society of America. If you have received this publication in error, or otherwise do not wish to receive it anymore, please unsubscribe by mailing a message containing the string "UNSUBSCRIBE DSA NEWSCAST", exactly as typed, in its body, to the Reply-To address of this message. For questions, comments, submissions, or other communication with the _Newscast_, please write to: newscast@dozenal.org