X-Message-Number: 1257 Subject: CRYONICS ACS May 31 Meeting Report From: (Edgar W. Swank) Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 07:14:33 PDT Report of the Meeting of the American Cryonics Society Board of Governors May 31, 1992 New Cryonics Building 165 Gibraltar Court, Sunnyvale, CA The meeting was called to order by Dr. Avi Ben-Abraham, President of thAmerican Cryonics Society (ACS) at 2:00 p.m. who welcomed members and guests.After discussion of Agenda items the meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m. Governors Present Governors Absent Members & Guests Avi Ben-Abraham, M.D. Kent Cullers, Ph.D. Peter Christiansen Carmen Brewer Dick Marsh, Ph.D. Norm Lewis John Day Jerry White Jim Yount Publicity Peter Christiansen and Carmen Brewer spoke with Nippon TV of Japan. Peter discussed religion and cryonics by telephone with Common Boundary. Major news with the BioTime experiment. There was discussion on how we could encourage mention of ACS by the media doing such stories. C.I. Contract Jim passed out copies of our contract with the Cryonics Institute (CI). The contract will allow our members to chose CI as their primary suspension and/or long-term storage provider. Long-Term Storage of Carol Carol is an ACS member who was recently placed into suspension by Trans Time. Her husband has assumed the primary responsibility for determining which of our service providers, Trans Time or the Cryonics Institute will be used for Carol's long-term cryogenic storage. There had also been consideration of ACS cooperating with Carol's husband and other relatives of ACS members in storage to establish a storage facility separate from any of our current service providers. Such a facility might be at 165 Gibraltar Court. Because establishing separate facilities requires careful thought and planning and there was a need to place Carol in liquid nitrogen storage without further delays, most Governors did not favor ACS establishing its own storage facility or assisting relatives with such a project presently. ACS Lease A lease was signed whereby ACS is to get 500 square feet of office space and 250 square feet of warehouse space free with ACS paying equitable rates for any space it needs above this amount. Jim Yount said it had been the intention of individual investors that ACS should receive this lease on a long-term basis. As the lease was signed, it is for nine months only with a 30 day termination clause. Jim Yount said he was very disappointed that the lease was not for a long term, as expected. He said objections by Art Quaife to a long-term lease had prevented the agreement from going ahead as expected. ACS hopes to work with Trans Time, who owns just under half interest in the building, to overcome objections and perfect a long term lease. Norm said Trans Time does not want to subsidize a room for competition. Legal Review of ACS Forms Copies of Jim Bianchi's review of ACS forms for enrollment in our suspension program and additional forms Jim prepared were presented to Governors and meeting participants. Copies will soon be made available to our members. Purchase of Copy Machine Jim said one thing we need to buy is a copy machine. One could be purchased for $800. He asked for authority to go in and evaluate machines and make purchase. Several Governors felt it would be best to wait until other organizations such as Trans Time moved into the building and work out a sharing arrangement. Jim asked to have the matter left in his hands to which there was no objections raised. Settling Estate of ACS Member It was agreed to seek counsel from an attorney to find a way to get the executor for a member who died a number of years ago to distribute funds as directed in the member's will. Under that will ACS is to get the bulk of the member's estate. Publications For improving publications a jet printer is needed. The cost would be about $400 to $500. Upcoming Meetings The next meetings of the American Cryonics Society are Sunday June 28, at 6:00 p.m. and July 26, at 1:00 p.m. Both will be held at: The New Cryonics Building 165 Gibraltar Court Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (408) 734-4111 -- (Edgar W. Swank) SPECTROX SYSTEMS +1.408.252.1005 Silicon Valley, Ca Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1257