Archive

The Mormon Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce the results of the 2011 director election. Each year, terms expire for three of the nine seats on the board of directors. This year, the seats occupied by Chris Bradford, Cory Funk and Joseph West expired. The association thanks Chris, Cory and Joseph for the leadership and service they’ve provided. Voting members of the association have elected the following three persons to serve as directors for the 2011 to 2014 term:

Brad Carmack Chris Bradford Nathan Hadfield

The Mormon Transhumanist Association has released results of the 2010 member survey.

The Mormon Transhumanist Association announces availability of a public member list. The list includes the current total count of association members, as well as names and locations of members that elect to make their membership public. If you would like to contact a member on the list, submit a request to [[email protected]], and an association officer will forward your request to the member.

CALL FOR PAPERS⁠—deadline 11:59 pm, March 8, 2011 (current membership in the AAR not required to submit a proposal)

The annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion will be November 18-21, 2011 in San Francisco. Here below is the call for papers for the “Transhumanism and Religion” consultation.

New series of discussions on topics related to Mormonism and Transhumanism

Join the discussion of the intersection of Religion and Technology.

This month: Disruptive Technology and the Nature of the Singularity

Date: Jan 28, 2011 at 10:00 pm MST. Location: SecondLife, an online environment, [http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Los%20Pinos/123/7/29]

Dear members of the Mormon Transhumanist Association,

You are invited to participate in our 2010 member survey. Your answers will help the association better represent you. In particular, this year, we ask for your permission to include your name and country (or state) on a public list of members. Complete the survey today by clicking on the following link:

[https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/metacannon.net/viewform?hl=en&ndplr=1&formkey=dGN3c00wZ3RlZllPZUdfY3I5X0RhNVE6MQ#gid=0]

By the way, the survey should take only 2-5 minutes to complete. Thank you!

Lincoln Cannon President and Director Mormon Transhumanist Association

New series of discussions on topics related to Mormonism and Transhumanism

Join the discussion of the intersection of Religion and Technology.

This month: Top 10 (+) reasons the next decade will be more exciting than the last. Host: David Foster, director of the Mormon Transhumanist Association Date: Dec 30, 2010 at 10:00 pm MST. Location: SecondLife, an online environment, [http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Los%20Pinos/123/7/29]

Voting members of the Mormon Transhumanist Association adopted a new constitution and articles of incorporation. The principal changes include:

1. Dropped references to the World Transhumanist Association

1. Simplified director election procedures

The constitution is available for review here:

[http://transfigurism.org/pages/about/constitution/]

The articles of incorporation are available for review here:

[http://transfigurism.org/pages/about/articles-of-incorporation/]

Please direct questions to [[email protected]]. Thank you.

The Mormon Transhumanist Association is seeking a volunteer to fill the office of Secretary. Like all association offices, this is an unpaid position.

Duties

The principal duties of the Secretary are outlined in the association’s constitution, as follows:

Certify, and keep at the principal office of the Association or at such other place as the Board of Directors may determine, a copy of this Constitution as amended or otherwise altered to date.

Turing Church Online Workshop 1, in Teleplace, Saturday November 20, 9am-1pm PST (noon-4pm EST, 5pm-9pm UK, 6pm-10pm EU). The workshop will explore transhumanist spirituality and “Religion 2.0″ and it will be a coordination-oriented summit of groups and organizations active in this area.

Format: Online-only workshop in Teleplace. Those who already have Teleplace accounts for teleXLR8 can just show up at the workshop. There are a limited number of seats available for others, please contact Giulio Prisco if you wish to attend.

Panelists: