X-Message-Number: 12519 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: Joseph1 had a good idea about meetings Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 00:02:08 +1000 (EST) Hi everyone! Joseph1, whoever he is, has made a point that deserves attention. When I attended the Silicon Valley cryonics group there WAS a combination of business meeting with showing of various tapes of TV programs, etc which talked about cryonics in a favorable way... and sometimes in an unfavorable way. The idea of separating business meetings completely from "getting to know about cryonics" meetings looks to me like a very good one. Moreover, just showing tapes never seemed to me to be all that good for recruiting, though possibly no one in the group felt that they could actually say very much about cryonics that would inform those who were ignorant of some or much of it. It might have had more influence to show slides and tapes of actual cryonic suspensions, discuss the tons of paperwork involved, etc etc. I ceased to attend myself not out of any disagreement but because it became clear that I could not drive a car to the meetings, and their times and places tended to be those to which public transport (other than very expensive cabs) failed to exist. And I won't claim that I had such thoughts as those above when I did attend. Still, it looks like a very good idea. Best and long long life to all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12519