X-Message-Number: 6512 Date: Fri, 12 Jul 96 13:42:24 From: Dave Pizer <> Subject: prometheus The Prometheus Project tries to offer at least two possible benefits: One it might save someone's life through perfected cryonics; and, it might make money for its investors in the conventional medical arena in organ transplants. I do not think the project will get started without the support of all the cryonics suspensions organizations. The project would need their individual support and need them spending time encouraging their members to support the project. So the problems seems to me to discover a way to motivate the suspension organizations to get involved - but most of them (maybe none of them) can afford $100,000 per year - at least right now. One way to make this work might be to offer royalty-free use of the technology on a graduating scale to all suspension organizations who enter in the first year and then graduate up their investments each year. For instance: The first year the suspension organization might have to pledge $10,000, then $20,000 the second year, then $30,000 the third year, then $40,000 the forth year, maybe $50,000 the fifth year, and $100,000 each year after that until 10 years is over. If the organization fails to make any of its graduated pledges, it is out. Even with this, I doubt that the project will raise $1,000,000 in the first few years. Even if it can't raise $1,000,000 the first years, if it could raise 1/2 million the first few years and then graduate up to $1,000,000 per year after a few years, it might still be worth doing. Another form of the graduated pledge might be offered to everyone at $10,000 and over. Where they start off pledging $10,000 a year for the first 3 or 4 years and then increase it. I hope you find these suggestions of some value to your group. Dave Pizer Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6512