X-Message-Number: 1216 Date: 22 Sep 92 04:22:03 EDT From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: Re: cryonics: #1212 - #1213 A few short comments on Steve Harris' proposal: My main problem with asking younger members who have recently joined to pay MORE than older members who have been members for some time is that high fees will probably put these people OFF joining up. Among other points, most of us earn more money as we get older. Yes, I know that Steve discussed this problem. I didn't find his discussion all that convincing. Certainly many people try hard not to think abut their own death. But most people also have some ability to look into the future, too, and therefore see that the amounts they pay for their first year as members are way below those they'd pay for the next years (if Steve's proposal were adopted). One reason Steve may have formulated his proposal this way, of course, is that he wants to avoid any appearance of insurance. It would help this discussion a GREAT deal if someone who knows the regulations were to tell us what defects the other proposals contain. After all, I don't see how requiring a recent medical exam (with proof of good health) gets into insurance issues at all. You need good health to be an astronaut, too, and no one has raised insurance issues about astronauts --- not to mention commercial jet pilots, policemen, and other occupations which require good health to be hired. Best and long life. Thomas Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1216