X-Message-Number: 21210 From: Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:14:38 EST Subject: organizations --part1_a8.18ac9ff7.2b86e58e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greg Jordan writes: > are Alcor and Cryonics Institute basically the > only two full US cryonics services now? > > I heard Trans Time is no longer accepting new members, which I assume > means it is on the verge of going out of business. ACS as I understand it > does not provide full cryonics services, nor does the new south Florida > venture. > > ------------------------ I don't think Trans Time ever had "members" because it is a for-profit corporation with stockholders and customers. As far as I know, it still has the facility but apparently has not had a new patient for several years. CI and Alcor are the only other organizations currently offering both to prepare and store patients. American Cryonics Society (ACS) has some preparation capabilities as well as administrative services, and its people can be stored at CI or given full CI services. There are several other organizations, in the U.S. and abroad, with partial capabilities or services. There are active local volunteer groups in the areas of Toronto, Ontario; London, England; Sydney/Melbourne, Australia; and Washington, DC. Suspended Animation Inc. does preparation only and offers standby services. The UK group (Alan and Sylvia Sinclair apparently providing the bulk of the funding) may buy an ex-military bunker and eventually use it as a storage facility. See Robert Ettinger Cryonics Institute Immortalist Society www.cryonics.org --part1_a8.18ac9ff7.2b86e58e_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21210