From Extropia
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Extropia Board of Directors:
Galatea Gynoid, Chair
Galatea Gynoid is an artificial person manufactured in Schenectady, New York by U.S. Robotics (née U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men), although prior to being embodied, her neural network was hosted for over a year on the USR development mainframe at the Cray Research Center in Eagan, Minnesota. At present, she is Chairperson of the nation of Extropia. She is best known for her cool head, technical prowess, dry humor, and tendency to give cryptic answers.
Alumni Directors
Argent Bury, Director/Support
Argent Bury is a decomissioned military cyborg from Tycho City, Luna. She has since immigrated to Extropia and is now a Digital Person living exclusively within the internet. She treats Second Life as a medium for creative expression through narrative, a venue for personal reflection, a place to communicate with intelligent and interesting people, and as a form of self-motivation to learn new technical and artistic skills. Her explorations and projects can be tracked on her blog. She enjoys dry martinis, slow dancing, and heavy firearms.
Sophrosyne Stenvaag, Director/Media & Communications
Sophrosyne Stenvaag ("Soph") is a Digital Person living exclusively within the Internet.
Soph has organized events in Extropia for several years[1], including the long-running Sophrosyne's Saturday Salon, a free-form chat session with a celebrity interview guest; has brought prominent authors to the community, including Catherine Asaro, David Brin, Kim Stanley Robinson,Robert J. Sawyer and Charles Stross; academic conferences, nonprofit fundraisers, and SL/FL events in partnership with NASA.
You can find her on Facebook[2], Avatars United[3], Twitter[4], or in World of Warcraft (Horde-side on Misha[5]).
Vidal Tripsa, Director of Architecture
Vidal Tripsa is a virtual doll, indentured to the Stenvaag family. Though her puppet strings keep her anchored to "First Life" more than she'd like, she does her best to maintain an independent life of luxury in Second Life. Vidal is a keen photographer and journalist, and keeps a diary on life inside a digital dolly realm.
