The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting will be held on FRIDAY, October 7, 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.
Deployments: Alcor has had 8 deployments in the last year for Alcor members. A suspension was performed in 5 of these deployments. The number of days that were spent on standby for these member totaled 30. Alcor collaborated with Suspended Animation’s team on 3 of these responses. The cities that Alcor has conducted standbys/deployments include: […]
Membership Statistics Alcor had 944 members on its Emergency Responsibility List. Four memberships were approved during the month of August, no memberships were reinstated, fourteen memberships were cancelled and one member was cryopreserved. Overall, there was a net loss of eleven members in August. Applicant Statistics Alcor had 51 applicants for membership. Twelve new applicants […]
You’re invited to the Southern California 11/11/11 CryoFeast!! Southern California members (and anyone else who’d like to attend) are invited to this year’s CryoFeast on 11/11/11. We will be kicking off the holiday season with a party for Alcor members and their family and friends in Newport Beach, CA. Date: Friday November 11, 2011 Time: 7:00 PM […]
On Saturday, September 10, 2011, Alcor held its Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors. The meeting was attended by all directors, seven in person and one by teleconference and using Skype. In addition to the public Annual Meeting, the directors, the president, and (for some sessions) several other participants, spent Friday afternoon and after […]
This year’s Alcor CryoFest will be held Saturday, November 26th at 2:30pm in South Austin at the home of Alcor President Max More and Humanity+ Chair Natasha Vita-More. This Thanksgiving themed get-together is for Texas area cryonicists and life extension enthusiasts. We are delighted that this CryoFeast looks to include not only Alcor members and other cryonicists, but also Humanity+ members, life extensionists, and others interested in […]
Gregory Benford: “In the early 1990s it seemed time for a novel that looked at cryonics with a view of how it might play out in our time. I think it’s still time to reconsider the fundamental issues of cryonics, and indeed, of any attempt to live far into the long future before us. In […]
Alcor member A-2091 was pronounced on August 18, 2011. A whole body cryopreservation, A-2091 became Alcor’s 107th patient. A-2091, a member living in Southern California, was diagnosed with a glioblastoma in 2010. Alcor went on high alert in June of this year, and the member received 24 hour care at her home. Chemotherapy and medication […]
Alcor is pleased to announce that the 3rd Quarter 2011 Cryonics Magazine is now available for viewing, purchasing and downloading. Just because we no longer mail out physical copies of Cryonics magazine (except by special arrangement), you shouldn’t miss on what’s going on at Alcor and in cryonics. In the 3rd Quarter 2011 issue, the […]
The 2011 Alcor Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, September 10th at 11:00 AM (PDT) at the Alcor facility (7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ). The elections of directors and officers will be conducted at this meeting. Members and the public are encouraged to attend this meeting. The 2011 Strategic Meeting is also scheduled […]