X-Message-Number: 23181 Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:42:56 -0800 (PST) From: Christine Gaspar <> Subject: CSC Christmas Party --0-378240023-1072636976=:90358 I wanted to let everyone know that the Cryonics Society of Canada Christmas party, held last night at my apartment, was a huge success. It started at about 4 pm, and the last guests left at 1 am. We had about 23 people come, many of which were newcomers- friends of CSC members, and one man who emigrated from India 2 weeks ago, who is a transhumanist, with a serious interest in cryonics. It was standing room only at times through the evening. I think we gained 5 new members to the CSC group last night, which is terrific. My labours at preparing food weren't in vain, as there was very little left by the end of the evening- which was great as I dreaded the prospect of having "leftovers" to contend with that would have likely lasted until the end of January. It took me about 16 hours to prepare everything, but I enjoyed getting the opportunity to throw such a party for this bunch of people. I haven't cooked for anyone in a long time., as I have been on my own since August. (referring to Andrew's departure) Ben Best brought a treasure trove of books, that were put on display in an adjoining room. I was able to get a hold of about 7 or 8 of them, before the selections got too lean. I'll let Ben report on how many books he was able to sell, if he feels inclined to do so. The remainder will remain stored for him, in my apartment, with the rest of the CSC equipment which has found its new home here too. Let me try and remember everyone that attended- forgive me if I get any of the details wrong: Ben Best Brent Erskine and Irene Martha Olijnik Stan Witkowski Gary Tripp Rudy Matic Doug Quinn and Adrianna Baranyai Bruce Waugh Keith Henson and Arel Allan Randall, and his parents who were visiting from Nova Scotia Tony Taylor Ahsan Rashid - a newcomer Bob Skakie- a newcomer Robert O'Rourke Dennis- the transhumanist from India...sorry I don't know his last name My parents, Jack and Maria Gaspar and me If I have forgotten anyone...sorry about that. I had another agenda too, in that I wanted my parents to meet all of the CSC people, and vice versa. When I started expressing an active interest to them about cryonics, they weren't exactly supportive of the idea. Well, I have been working on them for the past couple of years. I can be very stubborn when I want to be...and I think they are at the point now where they'd like to be suspended too. It was great fun to see my folks partying with the Canadian cryonicists- and they really enjoyed it too. I also got a chance to show everyone the finished copy of the interview I did, for tv, that will be aired on Global TV, on the 1/2 hr science and tech show "TKO" sometime in the new year. I think it was a very positive portrayal of cryonics on the part of the media, albeit a very brief spot on their show (2 minutes tops). It was also my first experience talking about cryonics on tv- one which I learned quite a bit from. I look forward to our next function, and hopefully all of these people will be able to attend, and more too. I did get regrets from several invitees, due to the time of the year when this was held, so potentially, there could have easily been another 5 people there at least...always working on next time though... I want to thank everyone who came, for their interest, their energy, and for making the evening such a success. The CSC is an incredible organization of people, and this little group of ours is getting bigger and better all the time. I can definitely see that our group cohesion gets stronger all the time We have within us a huge potential to make cryonics great, and a success story of great magnitude, which will impact everyone, everywhere, at some point in the (near) future. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to everyone.. Christine Gaspar --0-378240023-1072636976=:90358 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23181