ÙÂ NewsletterÂ
March
2010
Message from the Executive
Director:
The Immortality Institute is getting off to
a roaring start in 2010 thanks to the combined efforts of members and leadership
both new and old. Two newly elected Directors,
David Styles and
Sven Bulterijs (S123)
have already taken up the duty of planning a 2010 Immortality Institute
conference for later this year. Look for more announcements about the conference
within upcoming issues of the newsletter as well as forum discussions and polls
regarding some of the details. Other members have taken up the advocacy side of
the Institute’s activities, revitalizing a Facebook fan page for the Institute
and converting previous Sunday Evening Update shows into podcast/mp3 format. I
encourage everyone to stop by the Action Forum
from time-to-time to submit, review, or discuss new ideas and consider helping
out one of the projects or teams. The theme of radical life extension is drawing
a larger audience around the world every year and the Institute needs new ideas
and fresh talent to remain on the forefront.
2010 will also be a year of change for the Immortality Institute as I will
be stepping down from the Executive Director position at the end of March.
Even after this change, I will be helping out with Institute initiatives and the transition
to a new Executive Director and/or other management/leadership arrangements. I
want to thank everyone for putting your trust in me to lead the organization over
the last two and a half years. It has been a wonderful experience helping the
Institute grow through new initiatives,
greater website registrations and traffic, and increased revenue.
Justin 'Mind'
Loew
NEWS
CRYONICS CHARITY FUND
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Thanks to everyone who voted in the
Cryonics Charity Fund poll. Members
overwhelmingly support the establishment of a dedicated fund, however, the
details of how to distribute the funds remain to be decided. Look for further
discussions in coming weeks. Due to the generous donations of several Imminst
members, the fund already has seed money of close to $1,000.
BOARD OF DIRECTOR POSITIONS
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As a follow-up to last month’s Director election results, we would like to announce
that Sebastian Sethe (Caliban) has been elected as Chairperson and
Jeremy Shepard (Shepard) as Treasurer for 2010.
OUTREACH
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Marketing & Outreach
In an effort to get moving swiftly Caliban has established a Marketing and Outreach
team, which among other things will be organizing the aforementioned 2010
conference.
Content Management
A content management
team has also been formed consisting thus far
of Mind
Ilia,
David V,
and rwac.
If you have any ideas for enhancing the content
of the Imminst website or have a general aptitude for writing or graphical design
please consider lending a hand with the content management team. Inquire with Mind.
Facebook Exposure
If you haven’t done so already, please become a fan of the recently revitalized
Imminst Facebook fan page.
Many thanks to Johnblaze and
Jurence for their efforts on the page thus far.
The heart of the Immortality Institute is of course the forum, but there are many
other powerful social media/interaction environments through with to communicate.
Facebook is a large well-developed platform with many existing tools for fundraising,
charity, and outreach. If you are a Facebook “proâ€