X-Message-Number: 30461
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:33:20 -0700
From: "Finance Department" <>
Subject: A challenge and request to Alcor's Board

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Alcor member awareness is the biggest obstacle to board reform.

I wonder how many Alcor members actually read the cryonics-related forums,
and I bet it is less than 10 or 15 percent of them.  If so there is a huge
number of Alcor members unreached by the issue and idea that ordinary Alcor
members should have voting rights for who is on its board of directors.
This is totally unfair to those who are trying to present what they believe
to be needed changes.

A simple solution to this would be if Alcor would permit a message such as
from Dave Pizer conveying that idea and the reasons for it, accompanied if
they wish by a statement of their own, to be sent by them to all Alcor
members by postal mail, without divulging to the public the identities of
the members.

In order for this to happen, Alcor would have to be willing, unless of
course ordered by a court and we all hope it doesn't have to go there.

In order to be sure it happened, a neutral person approved by both sides
would need to be present at the actual time and place the letters are handed
over to the post office, and would have to have the right to spotcheck a
sample of the letters' contents to be sure they are indeed what was agreed
to be mailed, and would also have to have the right to count the pieces and
compare that count with the published number of Alcor members that exist.

It would also be beneficial if included in the mailing were a straw vote for
or against various of the ideas for implementing member vote, and that to be
returned to a post office box strictly for that purpose and for which the
neutral person is the only one having access and to tally and publish the
results.

I challenge the Alcor board to demonstrate their willingness to be fair in
how Alcor members can give feedback, and to approve this idea in good faith.

This would correct the problem from the Alcor conference I believe in N.
Calif., in which it was reported that a board member got up in a meeting and
asked for a straw vote of the persons present, which consisted mainly of
Alcor employees, board members, advisors,  and other parties who would not
possibly risk their reputations by challenging the Board's position, and
which naturally got almost unanimous "against" votes.  Can we all agree that
having been done is a little silly?

C'mon Alcor Board - show us you are fair and open.  I encourage everyone to
copy and forward this challenge to every board member.

If Dave Pizer needs to formally request this of the board, I think that
should be done to kick it off.

FD

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