X-Message-Number: 1427
Subject: CRYONICS
From:  (Scott Herman)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 22:52:23 PST

>From Scott Herman, formerly an Alcor Suspension Member and Volunteer MIS
manager.

An Open Letter to Ralph Whelan:

Ralph, I understand you were surprised and irritated by my resignation and 
my reaction.  Well, what did you expect?  Did you think everyone would 
just swallow hard, keep their mouth shut and put out the same effort no 
matter what you did?

Your cohorts on the board are the kind of people who were willing to 
damage Alcor if they didn't get their way.  And you put Alcor into THEIR 
hands!  How can you possibly justify that?  I bet you can't even imagine 
or remember Hugh, Carlos, Dave or Keith doing such a thing.  Doesn't that
tell you something?

And what about those so called "position papers" that Al Lopp passed out 
before he was elected to the board?  Obviously, he didn't mean a word of 
it -- it was all a ruse to get four votes from Hugh, Carlos, Dave, and 
Keith -- and he didn't waste any time stabbing them in the back.  At least 
Mark Voelker didn't promise anything in writing, he just sat there 
silently and let Dave and Carlos support him.  These guys are typical 
politicians and anyone who trusts them more than once is pretty stupid.

Well now I hear they want to get rid of Keith.  Not just because he means 
what he says and says things they don't like -- a behavior they don't know 
anything about.  Who do you think would be next?  Hugh-Dave-Carlos, NOT!  
Its YOU Ralphy boy!  You are unpredictable.  You can't be counted on to be 
loyal.  When they get a SOLID fifth vote then they're through using you.  
People like you who have principles get used and thrown away by politicos 
faster than anyone else and remember where your votes to stay on the board 
came from, it wasn't from your new found buddies thats for sure.

I'm not saying all this because I hate you.  I'm just very irritated that 
you won't grow up and realize you've been had.  Saul Kent saw you coming 
and manipulated you whether you admit it to yourself or not.

At this point I don't really care who the C.E.O of Alcor is, and if Steve 
can do the job great, but he can't stop the bullshit.  That's up to you 
entirely.  Saul has a grand plan for Alcor and he wont let up until he 
gets his way, even if it means destroying the organization in the process
and now he knows what it takes to manipulate the board and you.
If you don't wake up and smell the coffee before you know what hit
you Saul will have ruined Alcor completely while Steve sits around begging 
everyone to be nice. Problems don't get solved by begging.

No one will blame you for making one big mistake.  The only respectable 
honest and brave thing you can do now is to help Hugh and Dave and Keith 
and Carlos put a stop to all this crap before it goes any further.  Ask
yourself if Alcor was better off before Saul started trying to get control 
or now!!! Go someplace alone and think about who your real freinds are, the
people you could trust your life to.  The the so-called "issues" are just 
a bunch of bull and that's a fact.

I hope you make the right decision, and for Alcor's sake.

Sincerely, Scott Herman

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