X-Message-Number: 14534 Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 10:44:03 -0500 From: "www.IGGY.net - KC Homes" <> Subject: The purpose of the Cryonet list - some parallels drawn References: <> I would like to voice my opinion about the purpose and content of CryoNet and offer a possible solution to the diversity of issues discussed on it through drawing a comparison with a couple of other *very*active* e-mail groups I am on. So far, I've been a happy recipient of the list for about 2 months now and have learnt quite a bit from the posts. As a layman in the field :-), but an enthusiastic one I am seeing three well defined groups of posts on the list - cryo related in the strictest term of the word, semi-cryo (different publications cited, medications, chemicals discussed) but still related, and philosophical and financial issues discussed. I welcome them all and just scroll down though the ones that are beyond my comprehension (e.g. detailed discussion of effectiveness of chemicals on the life span of some subtropical worms :-) I am more of a "how to, show-me, what if, will this work, hands on" guy than anything else and go primarily by real life examples I can draw on. I have no problem with other people's views on this list and so far, I have to give a credit to all the posters that I have not been disappointed as an enthusiastic layman :-) with the broadband views expressed on the list. I subscribe to 2 very active real estate lists (over 4,000 real estate professionals in US, Canada, other countries) and they *on*average* post 80-200 *individual* messages a *day* combined between two of them. Speaking of diversity! Issues discussed are: legal agency affiliations, working with home buyers/ sellers, Web presence, marketing listings, staying in the black and making a profit, computers, advertising, promotion of home listings, etc. Because, one cannot squeeze one broad topic (real estate and cryonics, for that matter) into one neat pipeline, in my opinion, all these diverse topics are needed and welcome. The real estate e-mail groups I am on have an option of *individual* messages, rather than a digest (though it's also offered). I have discovered that this maybe a fabulous solutions to the dive rsity of issues discussed - I am not big on discussion of buyer/seller agency, loyalty, fiduciary obligations, legal cases, etc. for instance, and whenever I see an e-mail with this subject line - I just delete it from the main screen of Outlook or glance through it in the preview window of my e-mail program. This allows me to skim through all my e-mail in about 2 minutes instead of 15 when I used to receive a digest and then I can spend more time reading what's of interest to me. Maybe sending *individual* e-mails of CryoNet posters *rather*than*daily*digest* can solve the problem - then you can easily scroll down and delete the ones you are not interested in? But most importantly, this "clikc'delete'n'go" approach requires acceptance of other people's views, tolerance, mutual respect and understanding of where they are coming from and what they mean - surely, noone would intentionally spam the list with unrelated topics. At least, I have not gotten this perception from having been on the list for 2 months now and have been very happy to read whatever comes my way on this topic. Whatever they post *is* important to these people and since they chose to be part of this e-mail community, a democratic approach to minorities expressing their views should be respected and observed. What about "the majority rule?" - well hopefully, we'll hear from it as well on the list :-) Also, we should not forget that the ultimate *goal* of cryonics is to help people live a better, more fulfilling life after death. What is the other alternative? Not a good one, in my opinion :-) The ultimate end user of cryonics is the consumer - the person who will undergo the procedure him/herself - and it's up to them to decide how to go about it. I feel that the diversity will just help in this. Thanks for reading through these rumblings :-) Sincerely, IGGY Dybal Your KANSAS CITY Real Estate Net-PRO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DOROTHY WAS RIGHT... "KANSAS CITY - THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME" * Phone: (913) 894-4024 * Toll-free: (877) 550-IGGY/ 550-4449 * Fax: (913)894-4024 * E-mail: mailto: * Online Live Chat: http://www.iggy.net * ICQ# 73541286 * Web sites: http://www.iggy.net & http://www.Johnson-County-Homes.com * Broker Associate, RE/MAX Best Associates 11727 College Blvd., Overland Park, KS 66210 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=14534