X-Message-Number: 23680 From: Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:52:25 EST Subject: friends and influence Trygve Bauge says cryonicists need friends and allies, and suggests ways to gain them, such as joining the local chamber of commerce and hosting a meeting each year, or organizing an annual festival, or providing a periodic community service. Of course others also from time to time have pointed out that it is sometimes more important to be likable than to be right. As always, who will do it and who will pay for it, on a scale likely to be effective? I don't know the answers, but I do agree some kind of effort should be made beyond what we are already doing. Sometimes it's surprisingly easy and relatively cheap. Mae and I got some valuable members just by taking them to dinner. Throwing a party isn't expensive in the grand scheme of things, and semi-celebrity guests would help. Robert Ettinger Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23680