X-Message-Number: 15385
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 00:43:43 -0500
From: "Stephen W. Bridge" <>
Subject: Steve Bridge leaves Alcor Board

To CryoNet
From Steve Bridge
January 12, 2001

At the Alcor Board meeting of Sunday, January 14, 2001, I resigned my
positions as Alcor Director, Alcor Vice-President, and Chairman of the
Board.  I have already had a couple of people ask me if this was part of
some disagreement on the Board.

The answer is "No."  With new suspension technologies finally coming
on-line, this is an exciting time in cryonics and I would love to be part
of the next leap forward.  This move had been planned by me many months ago
and Alcor's Board had plenty of advance notice.  I will still be acting as
a Board Advisor and will be available for consultation with Alcor President
Fred Chamberlain and other Alcor staff and Directors.

When I left my position as Alcor's President in January, 1997, I moved back
to Indianapolis, Indiana.  Several months later I married a long-time
friend (widowed) with three children.  A year ago December, we adopted a
beautiful, lively little girl from Vietnam.  She is now a little over two
years old, and she is cuter and more interesting than any cryonicists I
know.  While my 21-year old stepdaughter and 18-year old stepson are
comparatively low maintenance, my 9-year old stepson and 2-year old
daughter are not.  This is a time in my life to devote the majority of my
energy to my family.

I have been involved in cryonics since 1977, generally up to my neck.  I've
been on Alcor's Board since 1992, which put it up to my ears, and I was
Alcor's President from January, 1993 to January, 1997 - which meant
cryonics was piled WAY over my head.  I can't count the hours I've devoted
to this quest over the past decade; but I no longer have the time or excess
energy to participate in the amount Alcor's Board requires.  Heck, I
haven't even read CryoNet since November and I've been on it from nearly
the beginning.  I think this last 8 1/2 years gives me plenty of reason for
a break.

I will continue to update my cryonics listings on the Open Directory
Project at:  http://dmoz.org/Science/Biology/Cryobiology/Cryonics/
If you have new sites for me, please let me know directly, in case I don't
get caught up on reading CryoNet.

This isn't the end of cryonics activism for me, I'm sure.  I'll be back in
there again someday.  Until then, I wish you each a long life and a cool
head.

Steve Bridge

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