X-Message-Number: 8965 Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 17:12:15 -0800 From: Paul Wakfer <> Subject: Prometheus Project Update The Prometheus Pilot Project (PpP) now has received a total of $69,411 in donations either already in the bank, siting in my post box in Colton CA (I am in Toronto for the holidays), on their way in the mail, or promised by installments during 1998. I think that it is now very clear (I really was never unconfident of it) that we *will* now be able to match the $100K grant with a like amount of our own which was my goal. This is especially clear since there is still no complete and detailed plan of the science or budgeting of the PpP that can be presented (no more than has already been posted here). Once such a plan is available several more people will donate or increase their current amount. Greg has been diligently working on a masterful science plan during the holidays using the libraries at the NLM and NIH which are near his home in Maryland (up for sale!) where he is spending the holidays. Some of the papers required are by Japanese researchers and seem not to be available even in those libraries, amazingly enough. He will have to contact the Japanese authors to get reprints. However, I expect that this detail will not hold us up from completing the PpP plan to the submission level by our target date of the week of Jan 19. This finalization of the submission should also go faster since the pathology research professor making the grant available has now gotten himself on the Internet. This reminds me also that while phoning around to pledgers for contributions, I discovered that many now had email addresses and had not let me know. If anyone reading CryoNet is a pledger now or simply wishes to be on the Prometheus Project insider list, s/he can cause this to happen by going to the http://www.morelife.org site, filling out the _Membership Application and Contribution Form_ and sending a $100 minimum membership fee in FLLS to the address below (or if a pledger just sending me their email address). At the moment the form is still not automated and will have to be printed and mailed. Anyone (current pledger or not) who wishes to contribute to the PpP any amount of money can send it to: Paul Wakfer, trustee for FLLS 1220 E Washington St #24 Colton, CA 92324-6436 Installments promised to be sent during 1998, would be very welcome also. Please note that if you wish to have a receipt for possible 1997 taxable income deduction purposes, you need to date your check in 1997 and get it to the above address by Jan 12. -- Paul -- Voice/Fax: 909-481-9620 Page: 800-805-2870 The Prometheus Project -- http://prometheus.morelife.org Perfected Suspended Animation for Patient Stabilization until Cures for Their Terminal Diseases are Available Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8965