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Subject: Re: CI's New Cooling Box
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:28:45 GMT

  Jon Despres (The NanoAging Institute <>) wrote:

> I am proud to be part of this team called The Cryonics Institute, my
> life insurance is with them

   Yes, Jon, "we" are proud of our new cooling boxes:

      http://www.cryonics.org/reports/Cooling_Boxes.html

But making CI the beneficiary of your life insurance does not make
you a Member of the Cryonics Institute, nor does it provide you
with cryopreservation coverage should you be in need of it. 

   To become a Member of the Cryonics Institute you must first
fill out a membership form and pay a membership fee, either
$1,250 for Option One or $120 per year (with $75 initiation fee)
for Option Two. In either case, you must fill out a Membership
form.  The details are outlined on our website:

     http://www.cryonics.org/membership.html

   Membership in the Cryonics Institute is a pre-requisite for
any cryopreservation arrangements that you might want to make,
whether this includes cryopreservation of a tissue sample, DNA,
a pet or your own body. Once we have your payment and Membership
form, we can use the information on the form to create personalized 
contracts for you to sign if you want any of our cryopreservation 
services. You also receive a subscription to THE IMMORTALIST as 
part of your membership. 

   You cannot expect any cryopreservation services from CI 
unless you are a CI Member. We need a contract if you want 
to be cryopreserved. And we will not sign or execute a contract for
anyone who is not a CI Member. Unfortunately, we even have 
CI Members who have funding in place, but who procrastinate
and do not complete their paperwork. We cannot provide service
for them without executed contracts. 

  The answer to your question:

http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/dsp.cgi?msg=26834

is NO -- we will not accept you without a contract and Membership, 
even if funding is place. I don't know if Joe Waynick answered your
question:

http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/dsp.cgi?msg=26859

I cannot speak for Alcor, but I think the same would be true
for their organization. 

   Also, posting your request on CryoNet is not a proper place to
make such inquiries. I realize that we have stopped answering 
all of the silly messages that you were e-mailing to us, but
we would answer a serious message associated with a serious
intention to join the Cryonics Institute.  Being a Member would
make you "a part of this team called The Cryonics Institute."

        -- Ben Best, President, Cryonics Institute

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