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New Alcor Website

This week Alcor is launching a new version of its main website at www.alcor.org. This is the first major change to the appearance and navigation of the site since the extensive revamping in 2003. The site content remains the same, but the presentation and organization are improved. Content growth over the past decade had made [...]

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Registration for the Teens and Twenties Cryonics Meeting Still Open

There are still 8 spaces available for the April 2012 Teens and Twenties cryonics meeting in Florida. If you are a funded member of a cryonics organization and meet the eligibility criteria, you can still register until Friday morning and apply for a paid scholarship to cover travel and lodging expenses. More information about the [...]

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Next Alcor Board of Directors Meeting

The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Saturday, May 5, 2012, at 11:00 AM (PDST) at the Alcor facility (7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ). Members and the public are encouraged to attend.

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Cryonics March-April 2012

The March-April issue of Cryonics features an extensive treatment of protecting one’s cryonics arrangements against inflation through life insurance. Insurance agent and Alcor member Rudi Hoffman makes the case for “superfunding” your cryonics arrangements to keep pace with the rising costs of advanced medical procedures. The author explains the differences between the major forms of life insurance (term [...]

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23-Year Old with Terminal Brain Cancer Hopes to be Cryopreserved

Kim Suozzi, 23, has terminal brain cancer. The cancer is highly aggressive and growing rapidly in a location that makes surgery impossible. Her final wish is to be cryopreserved. Alcor Life Extension Foundation has offered to cryopreserve Kim at a reduced cost, with the staff donating their time for her cryopreservation. “I learned about cryonics [...]

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Next Alcor Board of Directors Meeting

The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Saturday, February 2, 2012, at 11:00 AM (MST) at the Alcor facility, 7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ. The public part of the meeting will be short, to allow in-depth board discussions. Members and the public may attend the public portion in which announcements [...]

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September-October Cryonics Magazine

The September-October issue of the Cryonics magazine is now available online. This issue of Cryonics magazine features the complete program, information about the talks and speakers, and registration information. Also, in the CEO update, Alcor President Max More writes about new research at Alcor aimed at validating “fielding vitrification” for overseas members, a recent last minute case, and ongoing [...]

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Southern California Annual CryoFeast and Networking Event

Meet up with old friends or make some new ones. You might even meet the perfect person to collaborate with on a project. If you attended the Alcor-40 2012 Conference you know how important it is that we all try to keep in touch as often as we can with our fellow Cryonicists. Events like [...]

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Alcor’s 113th Patient

John Monts, A-1646, a neuro member of Alcor since January 1997, was declared clinically dead as of October 31, 2012 at age 68. He is Alcor’s 113th patient. On the afternoon of Thursday November 1, 2012, several personnel at Alcor received a Telemed emergency call and text concerning member John Monts. (Mr Monts requested privacy [...]

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Alcor Next Northern California Meeting & Potluck

The next Alcor Northern California meeting will be held on Sunday, October 28, 2012, at 4:00 pm. The meeting will take place at the recreation room of Cypress Point Lakes condominiums: 505 Cypress Point Dr, Mountain View, California. Attendees are asked to bring a favorite dish to share and swimming attire for the sauna/hot tub and [...]

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Next Alcor Board of Directors Meeting

The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Saturday December 8, 2012, at 11:00 AM (MST) at the Alcor facility, 7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ. The public part of the meeting will be short, to allow in-depth board discussions. Members and the public may attend the public portion in which announcements [...]

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Changes in Dues Discounts

At the 2012 Strategic Meeting, the board agreed to a proposal made by Finance Director Bonnie Magee and supported by Alcor President Max More to alter the various discounts offered for membership dues. The aim is to make changes that are nearly budget-neutral but are fairer than the existing discount structure. Alcor would also like [...]

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Report on 2012 Alcor Strategic Meeting

The 2012 Strategic Meeting took place from Friday September 7 until Sunday September 9. All Alcor directors attended in person, as did Alcor president Max More. The Strategic Meeting is the annual, intensive review of the organizations priorities and performance. You will find a more extensive discussion of several of the outcomes in a forthcoming [...]

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Cryo vs. Chemo Discussion at Humanity+ Conference, San Francisco

Humanity+ will be holding a conference in San Francisco, December 1-2, 2012. Max More will be speaking on “Archiving the Brain’s Writing: Cryo or Chemo?” Among other Alcor members speaking are Aubrey de Grey, Natasha Vita-More, Todd Huffman, Christine Peterson, and Ben Goertzel. These and many more speakers will discuss aspects of “Writing the Future.”

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23-Year Old with Terminal Brain Cancer Hopes to be Cryopreserved

Kim Suozzi, 23, has terminal brain cancer. The cancer is highly aggressive and growing rapidly in a location that makes surgery impossible. Her final wish is to be cryopreserved. Alcor Life Extension Foundation has offered to cryopreserve Kim at a reduced cost, with the staff donating their time for her cryopreservation. “I learned about cryonics [...]

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Next Alcor Board of Directors Meeting

The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Saturday, February 2, 2012, at 11:00 AM (MST) at the Alcor facility, 7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ. The public part of the meeting will be short, to allow in-depth board discussions. Members and the public may attend the public portion in which announcements [...]

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September-October Cryonics Magazine

The September-October issue of the Cryonics magazine is now available online. This issue of Cryonics magazine features the complete program, information about the talks and speakers, and registration information. Also, in the CEO update, Alcor President Max More writes about new research at Alcor aimed at validating “fielding vitrification” for overseas members, a recent last minute case, and ongoing [...]

View the full article

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Southern California Annual CryoFeast and Networking Event

Meet up with old friends or make some new ones. You might even meet the perfect person to collaborate with on a project. If you attended the Alcor-40 2012 Conference you know how important it is that we all try to keep in touch as often as we can with our fellow Cryonicists. Events like [...]

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Alcor’s 113th Patient

John Monts, A-1646, a neuro member of Alcor since January 1997, was declared clinically dead as of October 31, 2012 at age 68. He is Alcor’s 113th patient. On the afternoon of Thursday November 1, 2012, several personnel at Alcor received a Telemed emergency call and text concerning member John Monts. (Mr Monts requested privacy [...]

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Alcor Next Northern California Meeting & Potluck

The next Alcor Northern California meeting will be held on Sunday, October 28, 2012, at 4:00 pm. The meeting will take place at the recreation room of Cypress Point Lakes condominiums: 505 Cypress Point Dr, Mountain View, California. Attendees are asked to bring a favorite dish to share and swimming attire for the sauna/hot tub and [...]

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Next Alcor Board of Directors Meeting

The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Saturday December 8, 2012, at 11:00 AM (MST) at the Alcor facility, 7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ. The public part of the meeting will be short, to allow in-depth board discussions. Members and the public may attend the public portion in which announcements [...]

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The Cryopreservation of Kim Suozzi

Alcor member Kim Suozzi (A-2643) was pronounced legally deceased on January 17, 2013. A neurocryopreservation, Kim became Alcor’s 114th patient. In every single case, involuntary clinical death (by today’s standards) is a terrible thing to happen. Kim Suozzi’s situation was especially unfortunate in that she was cryopreserved at the age of 23, following a less-than-two-year [...]

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Cryonics Magazine January 2013

The January 2013 issue of Cryonics magazine contains a detailed report of our successful 2012 Alcor-40 conference, including a summary of the presentations of all speakers. This issue also features an extensive review of chemopreservation as an alternative to cryopreservation by Cryonics magazine editor Aschwin de Wolf. Among the topics discussed are the necessity of [...]

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Cryo vs. Chemo Discussion at Humanity+ Conference, San Francisco

Humanity+ will be holding a conference in San Francisco, December 1-2, 2012. Max More will be speaking on “Archiving the Brain’s Writing: Cryo or Chemo?” Among other Alcor members speaking are Aubrey de Grey, Natasha Vita-More, Todd Huffman, Christine Peterson, and Ben Goertzel. These and many more speakers will discuss aspects of “Writing the Future.”

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40 Scholarships Available to Teens & Twenties 5 2014

By Cairn Erfreuliche Idun The Fifth Annual Young Cryonicists Gathering Teens & Twenties 5 2014: Getting to Know You - You Getting to Know Each Other Fri-Sun; April 4-6, 2014 Deerfield Beach FL Host: Life Extension Foundation Greetings to Young Cryonicists, Please follow the link to the full Teens & Twenties packet. You will find [...]

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Bring in a new member and we will credit your membership dues

Membership growth has slowed to a crawl. This is unfortunate because Alcor has reached a point where we could enjoy considerable economies of scale: We could manage many more members with minimal or no increase in staffing costs. That would enable us to reduce membership dues while building up our resources. A modest acceleration in [...]

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Resuscitation and Reintegration of Cryonics Patients Symposium in Portland Oregon

On Sunday May 12, 2013, the Institute for Evidence Based Cryonics will organize a symposium about the resuscitation and reintegration of cryonics patients in Portland, Oregon. This is the first public meeting exclusively concerned with the repair, resuscitation, and reintegration of cryonics patients. Alcor President Max More will be one of the speakers at the [...]

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Next Alcor Board of Directors Meeting

The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Saturday, February 2, 2012, at 11:00 AM (MST) at the Alcor facility, 7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ. The public part of the meeting will be short, to allow in-depth board discussions. Members and the public may attend the public portion in which announcements [...]

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Alcor’s 115th Patient

On Wednesday February 6, 2013, confidential Alcor member A-1349 was pronounced and cryopreservation procedures were begun immediately on Alcor’s behalf by Suspended Animation. A-1349, a whole-body member aged 77, became Alcor’s 115th patient. Pronouncement occurred shortly after midnight on the east coast, and the patient arrived at Alcor at 2:46pm. One notable aspect of the [...]

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The Cryopreservation of Kim Suozzi

Alcor member Kim Suozzi (A-2643) was pronounced legally deceased on January 17, 2013. A neurocryopreservation, Kim became Alcor’s 114th patient. In every single case, involuntary clinical death (by today’s standards) is a terrible thing to happen. Kim Suozzi’s situation was especially unfortunate in that she was cryopreserved at the age of 23, following a less-than-two-year [...]

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