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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 14:38:08 EST
Subject: Important Cryonics announcement from Bill Falloon

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Hello, Fellow Cryoneters,

Rudi Hoffman in Daytona, with a very exciting forwarding from Bill Falloon as 
promised. 

I have copied this in it's entirety from Bill, so the formatting may be a bit 
weird in this posting.  Here is data.
Cryonics MeetingMeeting Date: Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 2:00 pmPlace: 
Life Extension Building1100 West Commercial Blvd-Ft. Lauderdale(Just West of 
I-95. Call 1-800-544-4440 if you need directions)You are invited to an 
important meeting that will include members from ALL
cryonics organizations. The purpose of this meeting is to gather our 
collective resources in order to make advanced cryo-preservation technology 
available within the next several months.

Life Extension Foundation has just purchased from Mike Darwin, equipment 
worth about $850,000.00 (including two ambulances). We are now looking at 
potential facilities in South Florida to move some of this equipment in to. 
Mike Darwin has offered to spend significant time in South Florida setting up 
the new facility and training paramedics and other medical personnel to 
implement the vitrification process developed at our 21st Century Medicine 
lab.

Here is the dilemma we now face. Since 1991, Life Extension Foundation has 
spent approximately five million dollars to develop technologies that would 
enable us to perfect the cryo-preservation process. While we have made great 
strides in the laboratory, no cryonics organization has the capability to 
fully implement the vitrification process we have developed.For those who 
don't know, vitrification enables cells to be preserved with very little 
damage. Electron microscopy slides show minimal damage to vitrified cells 
compared to frozen cells.

Alcor has been provided with our vitrification technology, but they are not 
able to deliver this technology to the cryonics patient in an optimal manner. 
Even if Alcor reaches the needed level of technical competence, those 
residing in Florida may be too far away from Alcor-Arizona to fully benefit 
from it.

Ideally, a training and vitrification facility should be established in 
Florida so that those who deanimate here will have a reasonable opportunity 
to be properly vitrified. It is imperative that we upgrade our ability to 
deliver emergency care so that cryonics patients can be properly prepared for 
vitrification procedures, whether they are performed in Florida or elsewhere.

Life Extension Foundation has already identified and retained paramedics 
willing to be trained for these procedures. A preliminary agreement has been 
reached with Mike Darwin. Dave Shumaker, a long-time cryonicist as well as 
retired businessman has agreed to be the CEO of the company that will provide 
these services.This meeting has been scheduled because a growing number of 
Florida cryonicists are aware that the quality of the cryo-preservation 
procedure can be greatly enhanced if coordinated efforts are made to harness 
the talents and resources of the many cryonicists residing in this State. We 
now need to identify cryonicists who would be willing to volunteer their time 
to assist Mike Darwin in setting up this facility and participate in training 
with the paramedics. We also need cryonicists willing to make donations or 
investments to help fund the facility's operating expenses. The Life 
Extension Foundation has already committed substantial dollars towards this 
project.Mike Darwin is expected to participate at this meeting and there 
should be new cryonicists present. Saul Kent will update us on ongoing 
research at the California research facilities we own. Jerry Lemler, 
President of Alcor will be on hand, along with Alcor Director Michael Riskin. 
Jim Yount, CEO of the American Cryonics Society (ACS) and Edgar Swank, 
President of ACS will also attend. 

It is imperative that cryonicists attend this extremely important meeting. 
Over the past twenty years, a number of attempts have been made to 
pre-arrange emergency suspension services for Florida members, but the 
reality is that we are woefully unprepared to handle a state-of-the-art 
cryo-preservation at this time.Now that we have access to medical 
professionals and advanced vitrification technology, it is time that we set 
up the mechanism to deliver this service. Our objective is to set new 
standards in the clinical implementation of cryo-preservation. This may 
motivate other cryonics organizations (including Alcor) to contract with us 
to deliver this enhanced service worldwide. If this were to be the case, 
providing the most advanced delivery of human vitrification services could 
turn into a profit-making business. 

The most important reason for this meeting, however, is to lay the groundwork 
to ensure that we as individuals have the best opportunity to be vitrified 
under optimal conditions. 

We will be mailing directions to the Life Extension building where the 
meeting will be held. Call Dayna Dye at 954-766-8433 if you have any 
questions.The meeting should last between 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm. To make sure 
we have allocated enough space in the Life Extension building to house this 
meeting, please notify Dayna Dye if you are going to attend. Call her at 
954-766-8433 or Email her at:  For those who want to 
continue the conversation, a buffet dinner will be held at Saul Kent   s new 
residence located at the L-Hermitage condominium on Ft. Lauderdale Beach at 
6:00 pm. Directions are to take Commercial Blvd East to A1A and then turn 
South to Oakland Park Blvd. Make a left hand turn at Oakland Park Blvd and 
A1A and then another left into L   Hermitage. Saul is in building one, 
apartment 1501. His phone number is 566-2717. If you are going to attend the 

buffet dinner, please notify Dayna Dye at 954-766-8433 or Email her at <A 
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</A>  For longer life,

Original said Bill Falloon.  

Forwarded by... (and yes, I will be at the meeting, as well as the Orlando 
meeting on Feb. 10.)

Rudi Hoffman
Member Financial Planner's Association, Certified Planner
Member ALCOR Life Extension Foundation
Member Libertarian Party    
Member National Rifle Association
Member Extropy Foundation
Board Member Port Orange Chamber of Commerce
Board Member Daytona Salvation Army

































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