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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 11:51:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Shannon <>
Subject: Other Forums

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Hello Marta,

One place where Cryonics is discussed in a fairly regular and positive way is 
within the Cryonics sub-forum of the ImmInst 
sub-forums. http://www.imminst.org/forum/


The CI Yahoo group is quite active but of course is for signed CI members. There
are other yahoo groups related to cryonics such as the "Considering Cryonics" 
group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ConsideringCryonics/?yguid=69174212

Also a few open groups that are not region specific:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Cryonics_Issues/?yguid=69174212

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Religion_and_Cryonics/?yguid=69174212

None of those sites are currently quite active though, the Venturists have a 
yahoo group as well--again, it is not as active as Cryo-Net--but if someone 

posts questions they are usually able to be answered. Also one can still get "Do
Not Autopsy" cards from the Venturists main 
site: http://www.venturist.info/services.html

Venturist Discussion Group:

 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Venturists/?yguid=69174212

So Cryonet and ImmInst are the places I know of that are open to anyone, most 

active currently and mainly focus on the science and issues related to cryonics
compared to complaints or humour.  There of course is also a wealth of 

information at Alcor and CI's main websites, and they too will be able to answer
questions interested members have. 

http://www.alcor.org/

&

http://www.cryonics.org/


There is a lot of great information about cryonics also at Depressed Metabolism:

http://www.depressedmetabolism.com/



It is hard to feel connected to other cryonicists I think in general especially

if you live in an isolated area. I live in a city right now (Lubbock TX) where I

don't know any. When I lived in Austin TX for five years it was lovely as we had
several cryonicist members, couples and families that would come to meetings 

hosted by Natasha Vita More and I, and her famous Cryo-Feast gatherings! When I

lived in the UK last year I was able to meet a lot of cryonicists in person that
I'd only "known" from their writing on-line. When I first became interested in 

cryonics I was lucky to be living in Oregon, and on the West Coast in general so

I could meet many cryonicists "live".  I've been able to meet a lot by attending
conferences over the years such as Humanity+, Convergence, SENS, Accelerating 
Change, IEET, CR Society and others. Generally a futurist event will have 
several cryonicists in attendance, even the World Future Society local groups 

and main conference. Right now since I'm in an isolated area I do feel the need
to get out to conferences in order to network--I also like to take cryonics 

organization information and talk to people who are interested in learning more

about it, sometimes I run into them later after they've become members--any type
of science fiction convention, or Skeptical Inquiry event is a great place to 

find people who are interested in cryonics. Not everyone would want to sit at a

table and talk about cryonics though, or give presentations -- if you are going

to a conference usually you can ask beforehand at cryo-net, or a site related to

the conference if there are any cryonicists that would want to meet with you, or
put up a dinner meeting notice on a bulletin board while at the event.

Beyond meeting people in person, you can form friendships on-line. I find it 
helps to have some friends and family in your life that are interested in 
cryonics and that will support you--but if you don't, you can find support 

on-line. That is one great thing about finding a currently active cryonics group
or forum, you can discuss issues and share information live-time on-line. 

All the best and Happy New Year to all,


Shannon Vyff-- An author of "The Scientific Conquest of Aging", Author of "21st
Century Kids", Venturist Director, ImmInst Director, Methuselah Foundation 300 
member, Alcor and CI member
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