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It was proposed by the Board of Directors of the Mormon Transhumanist Association to separate the roles of President and CEO to offer greater flexibility to the Association. The President will be at liberty to designate a CEO. The proposal

replaces: “The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Association and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, supervise and control the affairs of the Association and the activities of the officers.” (Article V, Section 6)

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The Mormon Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce the results of the 2016 director election. Each year, terms expire for three of the nine seats on the board of directors. This year, the seats occupied by Karl Hale, Carl Youngblood, and Don Bradley expired. The Association thanks Karl, Carl, and Don 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 2016 to 2019 term:

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The Mormon Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce that it has appointed Drew Ostler to serve as Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer and Caleb Jones to serve as Chief Marketing Officer.

The Association congratulates Drew and Caleb, and thanks them for their willingness to contribute their time and talents to the success of the Association. Below is additional information about these leaders.

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What are we about as members of the Mormon Transhumanist Association? It is clear from past surveys that we have numerous individual purposes and goals, but here is a short description from the MTA website:

The author made the rounds last month for three Mormon Studies-related functions.

A Prince in Provo

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Historian Greg Prince spoke about Mormon history, research and writing when releasing his new book, “Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon History.” Prince also has lent his beautiful home to young Washington, D.C. interns. (Benchmark Books)

Wondering if the LDS church has a secret vault in its office building?

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Ground Control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may God's love be with you

• David Bowie, 1947-2016 (Thanks Major Tom!)

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Exercising Our Critical Thinking Muscles

Online forums and social media are great and terrible places to test your critical thinking. As I've written on Mormonism and Transhumanism on Rational Faiths, Exploring Sainthood, and the Transfigurist for over two years, now, as well as interacting on online LDS faith transition and support groups for this same time, I've experienced warm approval, condescending criticism, and a lot of good (if sometimes intense) dialogue.

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My name is Matt Howe and I am not a scientist. I am, in fact a business man, and other than a few classes in college, my formal training in most scientific disciplines ended either in college or from what I can gather off the internet or have learned from others. Yes, I have a great deal of expertise in the Risk Management sector and being in sales I have probably a better than average gift for communication, but despite all these seeming limitations, I am a Transhumanist, part of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, and Transhumanism needs me.

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On May 5, 2016, former MTA President Lincoln Cannon will be presenting remotely at Digital Hollywood in a panel on Transhumanism: science fiction or reality.

For more information, see [http://www.dhsessions3.com/Thursday16Sp31.html]

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The problem of pain is not in its logic. It only defeats false Gods, or Gods unconstrained by the realities of the nature we live daily.