X-Message-Number: 840 From: Subject: Re: cryonics: #834 - #837 Date: Thu, 21 May 92 10:29:52 PDT I started one non-profit (L5 Society) and am on the board of another (National Space Society.) Paul Wafker comments in #837 that non-profits usually split the functions of President and Executive Director, when they reach a certain size. He is correct, but I think Alcor is a long way from that size. L5 reached almost 10,000 members before the president quit having anything to do with the ordinary operation of the society. Even if you make the case on dues times members we are still a ways off. Re the concept mentioned in #836 of returning part of emergency responsibility fees to chapters--that depends on the model of what chapters are doing. If they are acting as social clubs, they can pay for cokes and cookies out of their pockets. If they are going to be seriously involved in transports and suspensions, then we need to think long and hard about organization. The concept of transport teams' being under local chapter control rather than Alcor's direct authority should be examined very carefully. Do chapters *want* to be responsible for controlled drugs? (Each will have to find a doctor willing to take responsibility.) Will chapter leaders always be medically competent? Northern California has both an informal chapter and a local transport team. In spite of what has been used as the leadin announcing our meetings, the chapter and the transport team are on independent authority lines, with the transport team looking to direct Alcor authority to operate. Note that there is nothing wrong with a chapter being interested in the status or activities of a local transport team, supporting them logistically, or raising money for "beyond the minimum" items like new HLR machines. But I signed up with *Alcor*, and I expect Alcor to be responsible for my suspension, not some chapter. Keith Henson PS I have to be in Washington DC for an NSS board meeting this weekend, so it may be a while before I can respond to this thread. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=840