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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:58:56 EST
Subject: Reiterate "old friends"

In a message dated 11/25/2003 5:01:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
 writes:
This goes out to Eugene Leitl and Paul Wakefer and Phil Rhoades. Welcome 
back to cryonet guys.

Now I'm wondering where other old friends are. If these are lurking we 
miss you.


(Rudi Hoffman writing)

I also wonder as does James whether some of his mentioned (and unmentioned) 
former cryonics "activists" are lurking or simply have stop reading Cryonet. 

(The cynics among us might say "Well, perhaps they got a life!:)) 

Especially Fred and Linda Chamberlain, people who are certainly among the 

pioneers of cryonics.  I like them both, and truly wish them well.  It would be
nice to have an update regarding Linda's cancer.  I hope she has recovered.  

Does it seem strange to anyone else that the Chamberlains just "dropped out 
of sight" on the cryonics radar?  

I know there was a certain amount of controversy and issues near the end of 
their administration regarding funding glitches with "Cells for Life," and it 
is certainly not my intention to bring up any old "Cryonics wars."  

But in our still abysmally miniscule cryonics "family" if people who have 

been so active and dedicated can become so "burnt out" and/or ostracized that no
one even seems to mention them, we need to consider what causes this.   

This is still an INCREDIBLY tough business for "volunteers" and "near 
volunteers" in all sorts of ways.  

Recognizing this, it is helpful for us all to have as much compassion, 

empathy, and appreciation for the visionary leadership we have as we can muster.

And perhaps mechanisms to "get away" from the fray on a temporary basis (when 
you just can't stand another minute with opinionated, anti-authoritarian, 

misguided fellow "volunteers" who have got it desperately wrong) and still come
back refreshed after a period of time.

We will prevail.  The preservation of individual lives is a megatrend, and a 
turning point in the evolution of life on earth.  We are engaged at the 
forefront of this epic work.  Individual lives matter.  

Kind Regards to all, especially the visionaries who are actually doing the 
real day to day slog of making cryonics a reality in our lifetime,

Rudi Hoffman


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