The Dozenal Society of America

The Society is a voluntary nonprofit educational corporation, organized for the conduct of research and education of the public in the use of base twelve in calculations, mathematics, weights and measures, and other branches of pure and applied science.

The Social Page!

All folks interested in duodecimal mathematics are welcome to join us at our next regional meeting. Watch this space for any socials. Come meet other intelligent, opinionated, and interesting folks. Dozenalists tend to be movers and shakers, behind business, innovation, and creative endeavors. We keenly understand the way things work to the degree that we can conceive of ways things might work even better. Dozenalists stand in awesome company; the likes of futurists like Asimov to the polymaths of the American and French Revolutions considered duodecimal numeration, recognizing it for the keenness of its divisors. Take your social experience to the next level and meet with us! Socials are planned around the travel and schedules of certain Members, and can take place within about 300 miles of St. Louis, MO. We like to see if multiple Members can turn out, but would travel in clement weather to meet you! Venues are decided based on the preferences of the Members who respond to the invites. All regional meetings are informal, and we’ll usually have items to hand out, such as past issues of the Duodecimal Bulletin and the Manual of the Dozen System, etc. Let’s talk dozens!

The 2011 Midwestern Summer Socials

A couple Members turned out at the Schlafly Tap Room in St. Louis Wednesday evening, 17 August 2011 (Wednesday 15; August 11E7;). An engineer, architect, and web designer go to a bar, and discuss number bases and the efficiency of dozenal, especially with fractions. (No joke!) One came to dozenal when he was attempting to build an analog decimal clock. He got to thinking of the implications on units of measure; if the second were abandoned, what would that do to the watt? He then visited this site and came to join for the sheer sake of intellectual consideration of dozenal. He prefers the printed version of the Duodecimal Bulletin. We had a ball and discussed travels in Europe and our careers.

Three Members met at Panera Bread near the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg near Chicago Sunday afternoon, 30 July 2011 (Sunday 26; July 11E7;). We discussed music and the dozen, as one of the Members wrote a three-part article on music for the Bulletin (which we will be digitally remastering). We discussed dozenal mathematics and what brought us to dozenal.

Join us for a regional meeting in Chicagoland in summer 2012. (11E8;)! Details will be posted here on the Social Page.

Get-togethers at “Home”

In St. Louis, we might dine etc., visiting the St. Louis office if desired before or afterwards, where we can discuss any dozenal issue at length. The St. Louis office of the DSA is home to a full range of dozenal literature, including every issue of the Duodecimal Bulletin, the British Duodecimal Review, Duodecimal Newscast, Dozenal Journal, the Australian Modular Conversion Bureau, and writings from New Zealand. George Terry’s Duodecimal Arithmetic, Jean Essig’s Douze Notre Dix Futur, Dr. Glaser’s A History of Binary and Non Decimal Numeration, Andrew’s works are also available for review. It is also the production center for the Duodecimal Bulletin. St. Louis is notable for its many fine restaurants, catering to practically any cuisine. Let’s discuss a favorite subject at a venue that facilitates our love of twelveness! If you’re in town and game to discuss dozens, let us know! (Give us a heads-up, a couple weeks in advance if possible).

General Information on Get-togethers “Away”

Our regional get-togethers are not formal, but we will be prepared to talk about dozenal mathematics. Some printed resources will be available. We like to tailor our regional get-togethers to those who attend. Folks who respond can request or suggest venues, meeting times and topics, and resources that we bring to the meeting (Contact us here). If you’re suggesting a venue outside St. Louis, bear in mind that we may “talk business”, involving handouts, publications, etc., and don’t want to bother other diners. So the place should be one where business is welcome. Note that all “away” meetings are limited by the fact that the DSA relies on volunteer efforts; we can’t reach many locations. In general, the meetings are arranged by traveling Members who happen to be in the area, or are within a radius of the places participating Members live.

Generally, we’ll take a look at the current Duodecimal Bulletin issue under production, and will have Membership Forms on hand for your convenience.

Upcoming Get-Togethers

We’re planning other regional meetings, each open to all folks interested in duodecimal mathematics. A second meeting may take place again in St. Louis, Missouri. Our formal business meeting and the Annual Membership Meeting will take place at Nassau Community College on Long Island next June. Watch this space for meetings in your area!

The Members of the Society have always been a gregarious group; come join us for food and discussion! Contact us here if interested!

Download our 2012 Annual Meeting flyer.

This page modified Thursday 18 August 2011.