X-Message-Number: 23712 Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 08:15:18 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time) From: "Billy H. Seidel" <> Subject: Rudi Hoffman I like your post Rudi. You say some things that I believe in and that really apply here. Above all we do not have enough people in the cryonics movement. We certainly do not want to turn anyone away. We all need to work together. Who knows, there might be some folks attending TFDG that are truly interested in cryonics. I kind of doubt we will find them there. I think the folks that attend the TFDG are there for a party and do not seriously care about being frozen. If they did care, they could, or would have already contacted some cryonics organization. So it might be pointless to try and explain it to some one with a beer in one hand wearing a frozen T shirt. The cost of trying to recruit people from that group might be better spent in trying to promote the people around you. How about buying the attendees mail list and contacting them with a flyer? How about doing a mass mailing to all the folks in the town? How about buying a link on their web site? How about sending a free video (the one I made or one like it) to all the folks that ask for more or any information? How about doing more with Schools and offering free presentations? The list goes on. I am sure that time and money could be better directed than TFDG. Billy H. Seidel Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23712