MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR A new position called the Member Communications Director (MCD) has opened at Alcor. The Member Communications Director’s job will be to communicate with Alcor’s members by email, by telephone, and in person for multiple purposes, among which are: 1. To find out more about the member, including such information as the member’s […]
Part of our ongoing effort to update the look of the Alcor facility includes a sofa, chairs, and table that are stylish without being expensive, a convincing synthetic plant (live plants do not receive adequate lighting in this area), a Shoji screen. Steve Graber created this wall design in Solidworks with the Alcor name laser […]
In the conference room, the walls and door to the Patient Care Bay have been painted. Max More observed that the walls were becoming crowded with the ever-growing number of photographs of patients and suggested that they should be replaced with an electronic display. Steve Graber ran with that idea and designed and built a […]
The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2011, at 11:00 AM (PDT) at the Alcor facility (7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ). Members and the public are encouraged to attend this meeting.
New O.R. Table: Cooldown-Stage Blanket One of the more interesting features of our new computer controlled perfusion system is the ability to transition from perfusion table to intermediate cooldown system without moving the patient off the table. In other words, after the patient has been cryoprotected, the table is designed to be sealed and for […]
Response planning A 98 year old member in the St Louis area has had several medical issues over the past year, requiring frequent hospitalization to care for his illnesses. Any serious medical event can be life-threatening for someone of that age, making it difficult to plan when a standby might be warranted. To help guard […]
Membership Statistics Alcor had 947 members on its Emergency Responsibility List. Four memberships were approved during the month of September, no memberships were reinstated, one membership was cancelled and no members were cryopreserved. Overall, there was a net gain of three members in September. Applicant Statistics Alcor had 54 applicants for membership. Seven new applicants […]
Alcor’s Board and Management recently completed an analysis of the funding arrangements of Alcor’s 944 cryopreservation members as of August, 2011. As a result of many members signing up years ago when costs were lower, there is a large and growing gap between arranged funding and present costs of performing cryopreservation. This gap is projected […]
by Max More My membership with Alcor started 25 years ago, as of September 14. When I joined a quarter-century ago, I was the 67th member and Alcor had cryopreserved just six patients. Where will we be in another 25 years? No one knows. But it’s not implausible that, if we make it happen, we […]
After extensive discussion and beta-testing, Alcor has launched a new discussion forum. We recognize the need for a forum where our members can discuss issues relating to Alcor and cryonics in general. We also recognize the need for a forum where members will feel comfortable exchanging ideas without running into hostile behavior of people who […]