X-Message-Number: 32434 Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:49:00 -0800 (PST) From: david pizer <> Subject: Every cryonics suspension member counts! I support the Alcor Board's efforts to recover and suspend each and every signed up Alcor member no matter how difficult the situation. This has always been our policy even to the extent that some Alcor members (me included) were willing to be taken into police custody when we refused to let them destroy our members remains (as in the Dora Kent situation). The so called "bad publicity" does not harm Alcor pertaining to those people who are reasonable and willing to be open minded. This publicity mainly causes bad thoughts in those who are already strongly against cryonics. Most of that bad publicity is caused when the suspension involves cutting off the patient's head. (Actually we remove the patients lower body and save the head). We don't have this amount and degree of resistance in most whole body cases. Each and every cryonics member counts and their suspension organization (Alcor or CI) should be willing to go to bat for them if needed. What I do think needs to be looked at though is continuing to offer the neuro option. In these times, with the cost of storing a whole body being just a little more then the cost of storing a neuro, and most of the cost of doing cryonics is in keeping the organization strong and doing the actual suspension preparation (not the storage), I think it is time to look at doing away with the neuro option. Doing a neuro, not a whole body, is what causes so called bad publicity. Alcor could grandfather in all existing neuro members and upgrade them to a whole body for the existing amount of money they have arranged for and from now on only offer whole body suspension. Many Alcor neuro members have enough funding in place to pay for a whole body suspension already. This would eliminate the bad publicity and make things much better for the cryonics movement. David Pizer Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=32434