X-Message-Number: 6961
Date:  Sun, 22 Sep 96 12:32:19 
From: Dave Pizer <>
Subject: fundraising

Clarification on fund raising
>From Dave Pizer

Following is a brief update.  Steve will post more details once they are 
worked out.

Brian Wowk said:

>     Once donations exceed $20,000 Alcor will in fact pay 25%
> of subsequent funds raised to staff members as a commission.  
> While I know nobody at Alcor is rich, or expects to get rich by
> fundraising, I believe this practice is innappropriate. 

I agree.  Originally Alcor was trying to motivate me to do full-time work 
outside of the cryonics community and try to raise some large donations 
from noncryonicists who want to help humanity but are not interested in 
signing up for themselves.

The original contract between Alcor and myself should have been written to 
exclude donations from Alcor members or cryonicists.

Several days ago I informed the Alcor board that I did not want to receive 
a commission from each donation an Alcor member makes.  I am expanding that 
to any signed up cryoncists or any contributors who state they are thinking 
of signing up.  I have not been happy with the agreement for a long time as 
I was uncomfortable receiving money from cryonicists.  However, since the 
net amount to me was less than $2,000, I did not worry about it and had put 
off changing it until next year.  However, now that it looks like Alcor has 
a chance to do some serious fundraising inside cryonics with such a splendid 
opportunity as the Visser research, it is time to make the changes, now.

My present proposal is to receive $200 per month salary for all the work I 
do at Alcor (I work 20 to 30 hours a week here at present).  Joe Hovey and 
Mike Perry to receive an additional $100 per month each for the overtime 
work they do on fund raising. (They have been averaging 5 to 15 hours a 
week extra on fundraising). 


ONLY on money we raise from outside the cryonics community (if any) we will 
receive some sort of different pay for our work as an incentive.  


Dave


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