The 2nd Annual Young Cryonicists Gathering
Thursday, May 19 and Friday, May 20, 2011
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Teens & Twenties 2011: Getting to know each other seminar. This cryonics focus group seminar hosted by Bill Faloon and Carin Idun will be held on Thursday, May 19 and Friday, May 20, 2011, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Invitations were mailed to Alcor and CI members ages 13-29. The purpose of the young cryonicists’ seminars is to develop a continuing social network of like-minded individuals who otherwise might not have the opportunity to meet in person. For more information please send an e-mail to .

Suspended Animation Conference: The Company and the Goal
May 20-22, 2011
Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Resort and Spa
2301 S.E. 17th St., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
The conference will feature speakers on the latest strategies and advances toward perfecting reversible human suspended animation. Friday May 20 will feature an evening reception. Saturday May 21 will feature the main speaker lineup, which will also be available via free webcast (requires registration). For more information, see the Suspended Animation website.

Dewar Manufacturing Progress Report
We are pleased to report that the first of three new bigfoot dewars has been completed, fully tested and is ready to be shipped to Alcor. This means that we should expect to have our newest dewar on site within 2-3 weeks.

Team Training
The Arizona team is planning a scenario based training day on Saturday, June 25, 2011.  This will be a follow-up to the previous classroom training session held earlier this year in March.

 Alcor’s Member Watch List
Alcor is closely watching a member who has been accepted into hospice-at-home. As several members of the family are signed up with Alcor, we appear to have a great deal of support and cooperation.

Alcor’s Member Watch-List has been growing in the past few weeks.  Members who have recently been diagnosed with cancer have contacted Alcor with the news and we are taking a proactive position with respect to monitoring the changes in their health.  This Watch-List has been an invaluable tool to track member’s health status in one easily accessible resource.

Alcor’s information packet is now instantly available for people who are thinking about becoming an Alcor member or for people who would like to receive more information about cryonics. It is available in three different ways: (1) to view online; or (2) to download, print, and save for future use; or (3) to request a packet by mail.

The information package consists of the following items:

• Welcome letter from Alcor’s CEO
• Scientists’ Open Letter on Cryonics
• The Biology of Cryonics
• Comprehensive Member Standby  
• Alcor Membership Brochure
• Alcor Membership Application
• Sample Cryonics Magazine

Please visit www.alcor.org/InfoRequest  to obtain your free information package now!

The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for FRIDAY, April 29, 2011, at 11:00 A.M. (PDT) at the Alcor facility (7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ) . Members and the public are encouraged to attend.

As of March 31, 2011

Membership
Alcor had 935 members on its Emergency Responsibility List. Eight memberships were approved during this month, no memberships were reinstated, four memberships were cancelled and one member was cryopreserved. Overall, there was a net gain of three members this month.

Applicant
Alcor had 52 applicants for membership. Six new applicants were added, eight applicants were converted to members and no applicants were cancelled resulting in net loss of two applicants for this month.

Information Packets
Alcor received 109 info pack requests this month. Eleven were handed out during facility tours or from special request. The average total of 132 info packs sent per month in 2011 as compared to 199 in 2010.