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Subject: CRYONICS Alcor Laughlin Newsletter
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 92 01:10:00 PST
ALCOR LAUGHLIN
CHAPTER NEWSLETTER
MONDAY NOVEMBER 23RD 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Robert L. Forbuss Eric Klien Jerry Searcy
Tanya Jones Don Laughlin H. Jackson Zinn
Katie Kars Carina Russell
The above list does not include the two Mercy personnel that attended
the meeting for a short while, including their person in charge of
the Laughlin area. Note that many Las Vegans were unable to attend
since we held our meeting during a work day.
TERMINATING SUBSCRIPTIONS
The following person will have his subscription terminated by the
next issue unless he either attends the next meeting or sends a
letter saying he wishes to remain on our mailing list: David S.
Reyes.
SPECIAL LOCATION -- MERCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Our meeting was held at Mercy Medical Services as we negotiated with
them for use of their services. Robert L. Forbuss, the President
and CEO of Mercy Medical Services, attended the whole meeting and
some other Mercy personnel attended part of the meeting. Mercy
agreed to 1) enter our names and addresses into their databases so
that any emergency calls from our homes would put Alcor's phone
number on their computer screens 2) send us a letter saying they will
honor our bracelets. Our next step is to speak with Dr. Otto
Ravenhalt with the Clark County Health District. Dr. Ravenhalt
develops the protocols that Mercy Medical Services is allowed to
follow. He recently changed their determination of death protocols
for instance. We need to convince Dr. Ravenhalt that there is a need
for a cryonics protocol as well. Mercy is willing to follow any
protocols that Dr. Ravenhalt approves. Don Laughlin will attempt to
arrange a meeting with us and Dr. Ravenhalt.
Mercy was quite friendly, they even showed us their 911 dispatch
center while it was in use and the president of Mercy even said "I
may join Alcor". While I don't expect him to actually join, it was a
pleasant remark on his part. They even allowed us to continue with
our regular meeting at Mercy headquarters after the meeting with them
was over.
My next step is to wait for Tanya Jones to receive the letter from
Mercy both 1) telling us how we can get all our names and addresses
entered in their database at once 2) saying that Mercy will honor our
bracelets. Once I get this letter I will 1) give Mercy a list of all
known Alcor members in Nevada 2) send a copy of this letter to the
Fire Department to encourage them to honor our bracelets. If Tanya
doesn't receive this letter promptly she should either 1) call Robert
L. Forbuss and ask him what's the status on the letter or 2) call me
and let me know she hasn't received the letter.
LAS VEGAS MAYOR
Cindy Putirka called the Las Vegas mayor to check on our status with
the Fire Department. The mayor claimed that she had written two
letters to the Fire Department requesting they cooperate with us.
Cindy has asked for copies of these letters.
PUTIRKA DOG
In the last minutes, I mentioned that the Putirka's have been advised
to speak to some of our new board members to rectify this problem.
Cindy decided that she wished to write to all the board members but
unfortunately Alcor was unwilling to provide their addresses. Alcor
was willing to provide their phone numbers but Cindy preferred to
write to them. Therefore Cindy has received their addresses from
other sources and will be writing to the board members soon.
H. JACKSON ZINN THANK YOU
Jackson Zinn writes "Please thank Cindy Putirka for the elegant room
she arranged for me in Las Vegas on Saturday." That's right! Cindy
found him a beautiful free hotel room to use while Jackson Zinn
visited Las Vegas.
KATIE KARS THANK YOU
I would like to thank Katie Kars for her $10.00 contribution to help
cover the expenses of this newsletter. Three cheers for Katie!
Cheer! Cheer! Cheer!
STATE OF NEVADA SUPREME COURT LIBRARY AND STATE OF NEVADA
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU.
Eric Klien has provided the information from these two Nevada
government agencies to Tanya Jones, Jerry Searcy, and H. Jackson Zinn
as requested.
DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLE CHANGES AT ALCOR
Eric Klien passed around documents about 1) Alternative Methods of
Electing The Alcor Board of Directors and 2) Arguments in Favor of a
Separate Patient-Care Organization. Since the documents were
lengthy, it was the consensus that everyone wanted a month to have
time to read them before discussing them. Copies of these documents
are available on request.
PUBLICITY
Brenda Peters, an Alcor board member, has begun an outreach program
for us based on all inquiries that Alcor has received in Nevada plus
to any Alcor members in the area that we don't know about.
Tanya Jones has also provided Alcor Nevada with a list of all the
inquiries they have received from Nevada. A mailing has been sent
out to them and we expect that more mailings will be sent to this
list in the future.
NEXT MEETING
Our next meeting will be on the second Sunday of this month, December
13th, at 1:00 PM at the executive office in the Riverside casino in
Laughlin, Nevada. Take 95 south from Las Vegas, through Henderson,
where it forks between 95 and 93. Bear right at the fork and stay on
95 past Searchlight until you reach the intersection with 163 a
little before the border with California. Go left on 163 and stay on
it until you see signs for Laughlin. You can't miss the Riverside
Casino in Laughlin, Nevada. For more information, call Eric Klien at
(702) 255-1355. I'll be car pooling there with other Las Vegans.
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