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Research and Development

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Emergency Response Vehicle
Regarding the planned renovations to Alcor’s emergency response vehicle, we have completed an intensive design and development phase. This consisted of several meetings between Steve Graber and the technical staff, with discussion of parts, vendors and viewing of product samples. Great care has been taken to select modular, off-the-shelf parts, although some custom-designed pieces will be required. Demolition began on the vehicle’s interior this past week and the approved design pieces are being acquired.

Remote Perfusion
Alcor is currently striving to further develop its remote perfusion capability. Before launching an initiative to train its emergency response staff, however, the appropriate equipment needs to be selected.

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New Statistics (as of July)

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Membership
Alcor currently has 892 members on its Emergency Responsibility List. Three memberships were approved, no memberships were reinstated, no memberships were cancelled and one member was cryopreserved. Overall, there was a net gain of two members this month.
Applicant
Alcor had 61 applicants for membership. Seven new applicants were added, three applicants were converted to members and three applicants were cancelled resulting in net gain of one applicant for this month.
Info Pack
There were 204 information packet requests. Nine were handed out during facility tours or from special requests. The average total of 160 information packets sent per month in 2009 is compared to 173 in 2008.

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SINGULARITY SUMMIT 2009

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Singularity Summit 2009: October 3-4, 2009, New York, NY
The fourth annual Singularity Summit, a conference devoted to the better understanding of increasing intelligence and accelerating change, will be held in New York on October 3-4 in Kaufmann Hall at the historic 92nd St Y. The Summit brings together a visionary community to further dialogue and action on complex, long-term issues that are transforming the world.

Participants will hear talks from cutting-edge researchers and network with strategic business leaders. The world’s most eminent experts on forecasting, venture capital, emerging technologies, consciousness and life extension will present their unique perspectives on the future and how to get there. “The Singularity Summit is the premier conference on the Singularity,” says Ray Kurzweil, inventor of the CCD flatbed scanner and author of The Singularity is Near.

” As we get closer to the Singularity, each year’s conference is better than the last.”

Speakers
Singularity Summit Program
Registration

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Alcor on the History Channel–July 28

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Eternal Life airs tonight July 28 at 10 pm (check local listings to confirm times). This is part of the That’s Impossible series currently being aired on the History Channel.

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TX First Responders Training Session Postponed

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The Alcor First Responders Training previously scheduled for July 25th and 26th has been postponed. However, the Cryonics Information Session will still be held on July 25th from 4:00 PM to 5:00pm at Steve Jackson Games.

The training session is now scheduled for August 29th and 30th.

Saturday, August 29th: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday, August 30th: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Location: Steve Jackson Games, 3735 Promontory Point Drive, Austin, TX 78744
RSVP: Shannon Vyff – or (512) 673-3431

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Wealth Preservation Trust Update

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The committee assigned to research and establish a Wealth Preservation Trust has reached their fund raising goal. The committee will be contracting an attorney shortly.

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Team Training

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Team Training
Plans are in the works to re-establish the Arizona team. The team will meet on a regular basis to not only provide team member training but also to train the professional team that will support the different regional teams.

Also, the survey sent out in May, 2009, regarding individuals interested in becoming team members in your area was sent to about 500-600 members with email addresses.

A. Drake stated that they have received 71 responses so far.

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New Statistics (As of June)

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Membership
Alcor had 891 members on its Emergency Responsibility List. Four memberships were approved during this month, two memberships were reinstated, one membership was cancelled and no members were cryopreserved. Overall, there was a net gain of five members this month.

Applicant
Alcor had 60 applicants for membership. Ten new applicants were added, four (4) applicants were converted to members and two (2) applicants were cancelled resulting in net gain of 4 applicants for this month.

Info Pack
249 info packs were requested this month, 7 were handed out during facility tours or from special request. The average total of 151 info packs sent per month in 2009 is compared to 173 in 2008.

Site Access
The number of distinct computers that accessed the Alcor website in each of the past thirteen months are:
27,071 May
30,845 June
23,794 July
23,087 August
23,083 September
24,261 October
23,218 November
35,020 December
35,741 January
31,625 February
28,479 March
29,313 April
27,819 May

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Upcoming Board Meeting

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The upcoming Board meeting is scheduled for August 1, 2009, at the Alcor facility (7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ) at 11:00 AM (MST).

Members and the public are encouraged to attend.

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Deployment Committee

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Deployment Committee
To better determine when a standby would be initiated and at what level, a Deployment Committee has been established. Comprised of Executive Director Jennifer Chapman, Transport Coordinator Aaron Drake and Chief Medical Advisor Steven Harris. Collectively the committee will review the details of a medical procedure or condition and evaluate the level of response and monitoring Alcor will undertake per its Comprehensive Member Standby program.