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February
2010
Message from the Executive
Director:
'Tis the season of political change at the Immortality Institute.
The annual Board of Director elections are held from the beginning of the year through February 8th.
The constitutional provision of Board elections every year was chosen to produce a measure of
accountability as well as bring in fresh faces and ideas. The ideas of incumbents and new candidates
are discussed thoroughly during the course of voting. Every year many an ambitious plan is hatched
but few ever become reality. During the course of daily operations it seems the bigger plans are
often forgotten after the election. In order to prevent this from happening in 2010, it is incumbent
upon the members and registered users of Imminst to work with the Board and management team to make
sure the best ideas are evaluated and put to action. Most initiatives are filtered through the
Action Forum so be sure to take a look during your
daily browsing of the Forum. Help the new Board (see below) make 2010 a banner year for Imminst!
Justin 'Mind'
Loew
NEWS
DIRECTOR ELECTION RESULTS
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View the candidate threads here
and results of the Director Election here.
New Board Members for 2010
Re-elected: Continuing Terms: Many thanks to all of the candidates who stepped-up and offered their expertise to guide the Institute.
They also helped produce a competitive and informative election. Please send a note of thanks to the
two outgoing Directors Ken Sills (Lazarus Long)
and Graeme Smith (Zoolander),
as well as FunkOdyssey for serving as the election watchperson during this election cycle.
ACTIVITIES
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Cryonics Fund
During 2009 the Immortality Institute and its members successfully raised enough money to
have terminal cancer patient and lifetime member William O’Rights cryopreserved. This was
accomplished in part with the help of money originally collected by the Society of Venturism
to support the cryopreservation of a different well-known cryonics supporter who had fallen ill.
Thus the idea of a “charity cryonics fundâ€