X-Message-Number: 5630
From: Brian Wowk <>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 23:50:44 -0600
Subject: Cryonics in Australia

	Regarding Robert Horley's recent question about cryonics
in Australia: Steve Bridge summed things up quite well.  In other
words, "Ask not what your cryonics organization can do for you,
but rather what you can do for your cryonics organization in your
country."
 
	Local response is the essence of the problem.  Even if
there were a dozen stabilization teams in the U.S. willing to
leave at a moment's notice, that still would not be sufficient
for trans-oceanic cryonics.  Australians must do what all overseas 
cryonicists must do:
 
	* Establish a local group of interested people.
 
	* Purchase equipment and supplies.
 
	* Come to the U.S. for training.
 
	Apparently the Cryonics Society of Australia has made
some progress toward these goals.
 
	CryoCare management has been struggling with the question
of overseas signups for the past year.  On the one hand, we are  
reluctant to sign people up if we are not confident we can provide
them with good service.  On the other hand, we are also aware that bad
service is better than no service in cryonics.  
 
	We have decided for the time being to not actively promote
our service outside the U.S. and Canada.  We will, however, not turn
away overseas residents who want to sign up.  We will sign up overseas
residents on the understanding that our ability to serve them will
strongly depend on the local help that is available.
 
	CryoCare does not yet have any Australian members.  If the
Cryonics Society of Austalia (like Alcor UK) is strongly
Alcor-oriented, it might be a good idea for Australians to sign
up with Alcor.  Alternatively, if the Cryonics Society of Australia
is more open to diversity, I think CryoCare and BioPreservation
would have much to offer Australians in terms of new technology
(like drugs allowing recovery from 10 minutes of warm cardiac
arrest, methods of cooling at 1'C per minute without cardio-
pulmonary bypass, and forthcoming advances in brain cryopreservation 
technology).
 
	Cryonics outside North America is a new frontier.  It is
a frontier that will be conquered by those with the foresight
and initiative recreate cryonics from the ground up.
 
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Brian Wowk          CryoCare Foundation               1-800-TOP-CARE
President           Your Gateway to the Future        
   http://www.cryocare.org/cryocare/

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