WTA/SL Meeting Log Oct 20 2007
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This page is a log of the meeting of the Second Life chapter of the WTA on October 20, 2007:
- [13:01] Giulio Perhaps: none of the old board members are here
- [13:01] Giulio Perhaps: so we need new management
- [13:02] Giulio Perhaps: does anyone want to run?
- [13:02] Khannea Suntzu: Who here is from nl?
- [13:02] Morpheus Maximus: I am
- [13:02] xyryx Simca USA
- [13:02] Giulio Perhaps: citizen of world
- [13:03] Giulio Perhaps: so does anyone wish to be on board?
- [13:03] Giulio Perhaps: ah - yes there is one from previous board
- [13:03] Giulio Perhaps: khannea
- [13:03] Dancoyote Antonelli: yes
- [13:03] Morpheus Maximus: I missed the first part, but I'd like to help
- [13:03] Dancoyote Antonelli: what are the duties
- [13:03] Giulio Perhaps: sweetie you are at serious risk of having to run wta-sl
- [13:04] Giulio Perhaps: duties: outreach, organizing interesting transhumanist events
- [13:04] Giulio Perhaps: can I make proposal?
- [13:04] Giulio Perhaps: acclaim Khannea as Fearless Leader of wta-sl
- [13:04] Giulio Perhaps: who is for?
- [13:05] Dancoyote Antonelli: seconded
- [13:05] xyryx Simca: Thirded
- [13:05] Giulio Perhaps: K you here?
- [13:05] Khannea Suntzu: Hmz
- [13:05] IntLibber Brautigan: aye
- [13:05] Giulio Perhaps: so you accept the habemus papa?
- [13:06] Giulio Perhaps: y she is here but silent
- [13:06] Khannea Suntzu: You know I can't handle the practical side of that business.
- [13:06] Giulio Perhaps: learn by doing
- [13:06] Khannea Suntzu: I am too erratic, neckdeep in ADD
- [13:06] IntLibber Brautigan: if you have OCD too you're all set
- [13:06] Giulio Perhaps: or in other words TRANSCEND LIMITATIONS
- [13:06] Khannea Suntzu: If my sacrifices are needed I'll accept but I will not be easy.
- [13:07] Giulio Perhaps: mike: OCD?
- [13:07] xyryx Simca: aww, khan, you only need the part above the neck anyway!
- [13:07] IntLibber Brautigan: oh yes, I've found obsessive compulsive disorder is great quality for my managers to have
- [13:07] Khannea Suntzu looks doubtful
- [13:07] IntLibber Brautigan: though not excessively so
- [13:07] Giulio Perhaps: so new board is: Khannea Suntzu + Terence McKenna - other volunteers?
- [13:08] Giulio Perhaps: david are you member of wta?
- [13:08] Giulio Perhaps: mike? melanie?
- [13:08] Morpheus Maximus: I like to volunteer too
- [13:08] Khannea Suntzu: Hmmm lets make this a dutch disease :))
- [13:08] IntLibber Brautigan: ghu, wish I could help, but I'm just opening our new stock exchange tomorrow so I'm going to be even more busy than ever
- [13:08] Giulio Perhaps: + morpheus - btw who are you - do we know you by another name?
- [13:08] Giulio Perhaps: don't answer if you don't want of course
- [13:09] Morpheus Maximus: I co-organised the first Transvision conference, I'm a dutch cryonicist and transhumanist and physicist
- [13:09] Giulio Perhaps: wooow
- [13:09] Morpheus Maximus: and WTA member
- [13:09] Giulio Perhaps: so we sure know your other name!
- [13:09] Morpheus Maximus: [Removed] is my RL name
- [13:09] Giulio Perhaps: where is Jani Myriam?
- [13:10] Terence McKenna: She is attending some art thing. Probably won't make it.
- [13:10] Giulio Perhaps: lets co-opt her - she wanted to be on board
- [13:10] Terence McKenna: A perfect victim.
- [13:10] Giulio Perhaps: OK Board is set
- [13:10] Giulio Perhaps: Khannea Suntzu, Terence McKenna, Morpheus Maximus, Jani Myriam
- [13:11] Giulio Perhaps: as (still) WTA Board member I salute and welcome you!
- [13:11] Giulio Perhaps: HABEMUS PAPA!!!!!! (s)
- [13:11] IntLibber Brautigan: hence the name fits
- [13:11] Khannea Suntzu: Giulio question IM
- [13:12] Giulio Perhaps: K - ???
- [13:12] Terence McKenna: Habemus papam?
- [13:12] Dixit Writer: Hello everybody
- [13:12] Giulio Perhaps: the pope has been elected
- [13:12] MarieMarie Timeless: hello Dixit
- [13:12] Giulio Perhaps: white smoke and all that
- [13:12] Khannea Suntzu nods
- [13:12] Khannea Suntzu: Ok
- [13:12] Dancoyote Antonelli: flashon
- [13:12] Terence McKenna: Yes, but I thought it was habemus papam, not papa.
- [13:13] Dancoyote Antonelli: off
- [13:13] Giulio Perhaps: yes papam
- [13:13] IntLibber Brautigan: doesn't a pope requie a supermajority vote?
- [13:13] FogMachine: Rez'd - Click me for control menu
- [13:13] Giulio Perhaps: yes - this is unanimity
- [13:13] FogMachine: I can currently be controlled by anybody - please hit the Control button to change this
- [13:13] Dixit Writer: ciao giulio
- [13:13] IntLibber Brautigan: yes, but people are voting for anybody but themselves
- [13:14] Xantha Oe: habemus papam is the announcement upon the election of a new pope
- [13:14] Khannea Suntzu: Papessa?
- [13:14] Terence McKenna: Morpheus, Khannea, can we continue by email? I'm [Removed].
- [13:14] Giulio Perhaps: second point:
- [13:14] Khannea Suntzu: Yep
- [13:14] Giulio Perhaps: next event
- [13:14] Morpheus Maximus: okay
- [13:14] Giulio Perhaps: Is Eliezer in sl?
- [13:15] Khannea Suntzu: Havent met him
- [13:15] Khannea Suntzu: Who is Ben Goertzel's avi?
- [13:15] Giulio Perhaps: david you still here?
- [13:15] Giulio Perhaps: ben is in sl but not here
- [13:15] Khannea Suntzu: Ok
- [13:15] Terence McKenna: Any particular wishes of those present to future WTA-SL activities, while y'all here?
- [13:16] Xantha Oe: [Removed] in SL is....
- [13:16] Xantha Oe: [Removed]
- [13:16] Giulio Perhaps: Yudkowsky - Goertzel - other seminar on religion - Max More (Natasha told me today he will be in sl)
- [13:16] Khannea Suntzu: Ok
- [13:17] Giulio Perhaps: OK - there is a next event now
- [13:17] Giulio Perhaps: does everyone know?
- [13:17] Terence McKenna: Is event here, or can be moved here?
- [13:17] Dixit Writer: nu
- [13:17] MarieMarie Timeless: where
- [13:17] Giulio Perhaps: fetching URL
- [13:17] Cryonica Artizar: would need lm to next event
- [13:17] Giulio Perhaps: http://sophrosyne-sl.livejournal.com/30850.html
- [13:18] Giulio Perhaps: it is a parallel quasi-transhumanist group
- [13:18] Giulio Perhaps: I promised to go
- [13:18] Giulio Perhaps: who wants to come
- [13:18] Khannea Suntzu: Affirmative
- [13:18] Josiane Llewellyn: ok
- [13:18] Terence McKenna: OneUp Thiebaud is online.
- [13:18] MarieMarie Timeless: ok but where exactly????
- [13:18] Cryonica Artizar: ok
- [13:18] Dixit Writer: I could
- [13:18] Morpheus Maximus: ok
- [13:18] Dixit Writer: but what time?
- [13:19] Giulio Perhaps: let me ask for exact coordinates
- [13:19] MarieMarie Timeless: It is from the WTA also?
- [13:19] Giulio Perhaps: not yet but I hope they will join
- [13:19] xyryx Simca: Pandoria 209, 52, 22
- [13:20] Dancoyote Antonelli: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pandoria/45/224/23/
- Edit: The actual location was http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pandoria/25/79/21/
- [13:20] Giulio Perhaps: OK did everyone get the coords?
- [13:20] Dancoyote Antonelli: The Diversionarium
- [13:20] Terence McKenna: Let's consider WTA-SL meeting concluded, and teleport there.
- After the meeting, everyone went to the transhumanist chat at the Diversionarium, which happened to be scheduled for the same time as the WTA board meeting. A log of this chat is available at /DiversionariumChat_Oct_20_2007
Main points:
- elected the new board members: Khannea Suntzu, Terence McKenna, Morpheus Maximus, Jani Myriam
- decided on the next event: a talk by Eliezer Yudkowsky or Ben Goertzel, or a second seminar on religion by Max More
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