X-Message-Number: 17898
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:13:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: Alcor Forum #1 is now online

Alcor Forum contains news about Alcor and other cryonics organizations. In
most cases, this news has not been disseminated anywhere else. Until the
Forum is made available at Alcor's web site, I have placed it on my own
page. The URL is:

www.charlesplatt.com/alcor

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the newsletter.
Acrobat can be obtained free from www.adobe.com.

The newsletter is in one pdf file, containing slightly more than 1 MB.
Included in this first issue:

New Strategies for Alcor Field Work
     Hugh Hixon describes current plans for neuroseparation and
     field washout of neuropatients (head-only). He also talks
     about possible future plans for cryopreservation of neuropatients
     in the field.

Recent Board Meetings
     A summary of meetings held in September and October. New Alcor
     directors; compensation for Linda Chamberlain after her departure
     as CEO; Dr. Jerry Lemler's election to replace Linda; financial
     relationships between Cells4Life, BioTransport, and Alcor; the
     possibility of relocating Alcor in response to concerns about
     terrorism in urban areas; pay increases for Alcor officers; a
     renewed initiative to provide service for UK members;
     and other topics.

The History and Rationale of Cardiopulmonary Support
during Human CryoPreservation
     By Brian Wowk
     One of the principal researchers at 21CM explains the reasons for
     using resuscitation techniques on human patients after legal death.
     This authoritative essay establishes a baseline against which future
     cryonics cases may be measured.

News from Twenty-First Century Medicine
     An update on research goals, including information from J. Dean
     Barry, CEO of the company. A response to rumors that 21CM has
     interrupted its organ cryopreservation work.

News from The Cryonics Institute
     David Pascal provides an update on the fastest-growing organization
     in the history of cryonics.

News from Critical Care Research
     The organization that grew out of 21CM has developed a cooling device
     prototype that may be of special interest to cryonicists.

--Charles Platt

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