X-Message-Number: 30433
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 19:39:12 -0800 (PST)
From: david pizer <>
Subject: ONLY ONE WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM

Here are some thoughts about what Keith Henson
recently said on Cryonet.  I served on the Board with
Keith for several years and although we disagreed on
some issues, I found Keith to be a thoughtful and
innovative person, often thinking of things that no
one else did.  Keith was always one to stand up for
the underdog- he has a heart of gold.  No one can deny
that.

KEITH SAID:
The leader last time a political battle led to a split
the leader was Saul Kent.  This time it's Dave Pizer. 
Saul did manage to influence the board enough to get
Carlos out and put Steve in.

DAVID'S REPLY:  
I am not *the* leader in this new political battle. 
You can go to the website at www.reformalcor.org and
see the growing list of people who want reforms and
improvements at Alcor who have come out so far.  Read
the blogs and forums and the area where people post
under "support."  These are some of the people who
have been brave enough to take the first step for
themselves and for all of us.

But they are just the tip of the iceberg:
In an informal count, I have counted over 50 people
who have posted something positive about wanting to
discuss reforms on Cryonet, cold filter, and Alcor
United or sent me private messages, in the last 30
days or so.  I believe based on this small sample that
*over* 80% of the Alcor members and prospects will
want to discuss reforms.  That is a big group.

KEITH SAID:
"........ Then, not being satisfied by the 
results of his change, Saul and others formed CryoCare
by mid 1993.  A number of Alcor members moved their
suspension arrangements.  We know how that turned out;
among other things Tim 
Leary was not suspended.

DAVID'S REPLY:  I believe that Alcor is destined for
another CryoCare or CryoWar every 10 or 15 years as
the number of members who are dissatisfied or
disgusted with the present system of dictatorship at
Alcor grows until the system is changed to give
members the right to vote for their leaders at Alcor
like CI does.  

In the CryoCare incident about 80 members left Alcor?
Now about that many leave every 2 or 3 years.  

I believe people join Alcor for the wonderful idea
that cryonics stands for, they learn how Alcor is run,
and they learn that they have absolutely no say
whatsoever in the company that they have trusted their
lives to, and so they leave.

KEITH SAID:
On a more general note, what's going on here is an
attempt to change the political structure of Alcor
rather than trying to fix the problems. 

DAVID'S REPLY:  There is no way to fix the problems
until we change the political structure. The Board
runs Alcor and they are responsible for the few good
things and the problems.  The Board runs Alcor and
they are accountable to no one.  All other things
being equal, a company that holds the managers
accountable will do a much better job then a company
where the managers account to no one.

We the members want the Directors to be accountable to
us.  Then if *they* don't "fix" the problems, we can
"fix" the Board and keep fixing it evey year until we
get a Board that can "fix" the problems.  In fact, a
member-electing system will bring about a Board that
not only can fix the problems it can prevent the
problems from happening in the first place.

I urge readers to go to www.reformalcor.org now and
log in and post your support.  Write an article or
talk to all the rest of us in the blogs. There is too
much at stake to not do anything.

David Pizer



      
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