X-Message-Number: 3224 Date: 08 Oct 94 00:02:48 EDT From: Carlos Mondragon <> Subject: CRYONICS: Contingencies From: Carlos Mondragon In his Message: #3220, Joe Hartman wrote: >Unfortunately, I doubt any cryo organization has the financial ability to >pick up and leave the United States (for instance) and move to >Switzerland, should the need arise. > >With proper financial foresight, a viable plan could be in place for just >such a contingency. Perhaps only patient storage would need to be moved. Actually, the Alcor Foundation does indeed have the financial wherewithall pick up and move at least its patient care operations overseas. Should a situation arise where this would be the prudent thing to do, I would also expect that most of the whole body patients would be converted to neuro and that Switzerland wouldn't be the ideal choice. Though no written plan is in place, this scenario has been discussed, and I believe that such an operation could be carried out on *very* short notice should the need arise. I can think of useful contacts which Alcor has in at least 5 other appropriate countries. In any case, although this contingency is way far down the list of things we need to worry about, I'm glad to say we could handle it financially and logistically (it would, however, seriously put our publications behind). Regards, CM Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=3224