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From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: Re:  Alcor Leadership, Go Cryo & Local Meet-Up groups
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 17:40:57 -0800

On Mar 7, 2008, at 2:00 AM, CryoNet wrote:
> From: Shannon <>
>
> Thank you  for the write up about the Oregon meetup,
> that is a great turn out.  Your discussions about how
> the right to die law could affect a cryonicist, would
> be fascinating to attend.  We had that discussion at
> ImmInst:
> http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=14935&hl=Oregon
>
> (I'd love for an Oregonian to comment on the veracity
> of what I said per my experiences living in Oregon and
> voting on the Right To Die initiative, in the
> thread--if they have time to check it out ;-) )
>
> Great news on Go Cryo--I've started a thread at
> ImmInst to help drum up support. :
> http://www.imminst.org/forum/GoCryo-Advocacy-Site-t20752.html
>
> (Kennita it would be great if you could post a bit
> about what you do!)

OK -- I added to the forum:  hope that's enough.
I've got things to do before tomorrow morning.
Gotta go. One last thing: what do people
here think of the YouTube "Be a Popsicle"
( http://youtube.com/watch?v=j5TR9peZGOM )?
I don't much like it, and I think it's a *bad* idea to
show it to people who aren't already involved in cryonics,
but I've met one cryonicist who thinks it's hilarious and
shows we can laugh at ourselves ("works for Hillary").
What do you think? Does it belong in an outreach
presentation?
>
> Finally on the Alcor Leadership and Member Discontent
> issues....  I've wanted
> to post about what I feel is a problem with pseudonyms
> in the cryonics community

FTR, I don't like pseudonyms either.
>
>
> I appreciate all who use their real names, and all who
> contribute to these debates pseudonym or not (I just
> wish they'd use their real names too ;-) )

IIRC, we have some members who will lose their
jobs or be blacklisted if it is found out that
they are involved with the cryonics community.
I can accept that.  But don't abuse the
privilege.  Using pseudonyms just to be clever
or paranoid gets my goat.

Live long and prosper,
Kennita

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