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Subject: CRYONICS Alcor Laughlin Newsletter
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 15:01:31 PST
ALCOR LAUGHLIN
CHAPTER NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY JANUARY 10TH 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Ray Dorman Richard Kars Ron Putirka
Chuck Geshlider Eric Klien Jerry Searcy
Jack Hay Nick Pablica
Katie Kars Cindy Putirka
KLIENSTER'S
Our regular second Sunday meeting will be held at Eric Klien's house
on the third Sunday of the month to avoid a conflict with Valentine's
Day. It will be held at 3 P.M. on February 21st. Additional
information can be found on the flyer attached to this newsletter.
PUTIRKA DOG
The charges for the Putirka dog were dropped from the $8,000
originally requested by Alcor to the $5,000 Cindy and Ron had paid.
The Putirka's have no plans to ask for a refund for the $2,000
difference between the $5,000 Alcor is now charging their family and
the $3,000 maximum they were quoted. Alcor has also resolved that
"Henceforth, estimates for pet suspension costs will be provided to
pet owners in writing."
PIZER TANK
It has been decided that Alcor Nevada is ready to buy a Pizer Tank.
I have begun to look into the price of such a tank and whether or not
more than one type of tank is available.
MERCY AMBULANCE
Tanya Jones sent J.L. Netski, RN EMS/NS at Mercy Medical Services a
list of all the Alcor members in Nevada. Everyone should now be
listed in their Emergency Database. Thanks, Tanya!
POWER RESUME
One of our local Alcor members was out of a job. I created a resume
using my powerful desktop publishing capabilities including special
paper. Viola! An Alcor member now has a job. So if you are out of
a job, become an Alcor member and I'll do the same for you.
POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTHCARE
The State Supreme Court Library has sent me a copy of the rules and
regulations regarding a Power of Attorney for Healthcare in Nevada.
I can provide copies upon request.
NEW DIMENSIONS IN CRYONICS: CRITICAL ISSUES FOR THE 21ST
CENTURY
This conference will be discussed at our next meeting. In
particular, the issue of whether or not Alcor Laughlin should co-
sponsor this conference will be debated. Since this newsletter will
already be exceeding one ounce, a copy of the relevant literature is
included with this newsletter. As usual, e-mail readers of this
newsletter can request a copy from me.
PUBLICITY
A mailing to the Nevada inquiry list generated one person who
attended this meeting. A third mailing to the Nevada inquiry list
will be made for our next meeting.
Alcor Nevada was featured in the January 12, 1993 issue of the Las
Vegas Review-Journal. We were on the front of the Living section in
an article that took up two thirds of the front page of the section
and a third of the second page of the section.
A reduced copy of the article will be included along with this
newsletter. Additional copies of the article are available upon
request. The article is too big for me to want to type it in. (I
have finally ordered a scanner in case this happens again.) Do note
that the photograph in the article was published in color.
My travel agent noticed the article which shows that the article was
not ignored.
CLARK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MEETING
SUNDAY JANUARY 25TH 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Ron Flud Don Laughlin H. Jackson Zinn
Tanya Jones Otto Ravenholt
Eric Klien Jerry Searcy
There were two more government officials besides Ron Flud, the
coroner, and Otto Ravenholt, head of the Clark County Health
Department. I don't remember their names as they weren't important
players in the game.
The result of this meeting was that we learned that the Clark County
Government was not interested in helping our group. While they were
polite, they really weren't cooperative. They pointed out that the
best way we could stop them from dissecting us was to have one or
more cooperative physicians on 24 hour call who could certify us dead
so that the Clark County Coroner's office wouldn't get hold of our
bodies.
The only good news that they provided was that they didn't have a
practice of holding bodies in unrefrigerated trucks for long periods
before bringing them to the coroner's office. And the coroner's
office does refrigerate bodies.
Thanks to advice from Tanya Jones, I have begun a search to find 1) a
physician licensed in Nevada to provide prompt pronouncement for all
Alcor members in Nevada 2) another M.D. to perform transport
protocol immediately after pronouncement by M.D. #1 3) a mortician to
provide 24 hour access to: personnel to pick up body, transport
vehicle, embalming station (for equipment use), and be willing to
fill out all transport authorization. I have so far called two
doctors plus had someone call all the morticians in Nevada. An
update on this matter will be provided in the next newsletter sent.
It was also suggested that we get the District Attorney's opinion on
many matters including our certificate of religious belief and
whether or not a relative can stop someone from being frozen.
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