X-Message-Number: 9722
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 05:54:03 -0400
From: Saul Kent <>
Subject: Surveys And Recruitment

        Charles Platt has suggested that "a survey 
of signed-up cryonicists may be more useful than a 
survey of people who have chosen not to sign up, 
because it teaches us who to look for, rather than 
who to avoid.  I  already conducted a survey of 
signed-up Alcor members several years ago..."

        Scott Badger's reply to this suggestion
was: "If you've already conduced a survey of 
cryonicists,  why do you feel it would be useful to 
do that again?"

        The answer would be to get more
information about cryonicists.  The survey Charles
conducted was done several years ago.  A better,
more detailed, more up-to-date survey would thus
be valuable.  The more we know about ourselves, 
the better we can search for others like us.

        Moreover, there is a significant subset of
cryonicists who were initially *not* sold on cryonics, but
who were, eventually, persuaded by one thing or another
to sign up.  The more we know about what changed their
minds, the better we can figure out how to change the
minds of others who show interest in cryonics, but don't
sign up for one reason or another.

        Currently signed up members could also
provide us with the good source of unsigned-up people
who would be good candidates for surveys and for
recruitment.  Most members personally know friends,
relatives and business acquaintances who have
expressed interested in cryonics, and who may have
even said they *intend* to sign up at some point in the
future.  Such people also read Cryonet and Sci.Cryonics.
Recently, several of them have made their existence 
known on Cryonet.

        I believe the pursuit of such people to
partcipate in surveys, for discussions with signed-up 
cryonicists, and for aggressive recruitment efforts 
represents the best and most fruitful use of scarce 
resources aimed at contributing to the growth of the 
cryonics movement.

---Saul Kent, CEO
21st Century Medicine 

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