X-Message-Number: 1576 Date: 11 Jan 93 00:33:28 EST From: Charles Platt <> Subject: CRYONICS Reply to Thomas Donaldson To: Cryonet Thomas, if you were talking about a regular piece of publicity, I would agree with many of your points. However, the Omni contest is unusual in many ways. First, it is being underwritten by Alcor, which gives Alcor more rights in calling the shots. Second, it provides exceptional opportunities, such as a mailing list of contest entrants who must be highly interested in cryonics and likely to sign up. For these reasons I feel it would have been worthwhile to plan and control the thing a little more closely. This might have been easier if Alcor seemed more willing to delegate work or assign specific tasks with specific goals to specific people. This last, general point was my main point. It is also the point which you did not address. One nice thing that HAS emerged from a certain degree of disorganization: Omni worded the rules so loosely, ANY cryonicist can enter, with the sole exception of Alcor employees. So, anyone who wants a free whole-body suspension, get those essay pens rolling! In fact, if I read the rules correctly, even I could enter the contest. Since I have also been named as one of the judges, I guess this wouldn't be quite fair.... Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1576