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The World Future Society – AZ Chapter

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Alcor Facility Tour – Thursday, April 21, 2011
The Arizona Futurists Society is scheduled to tour our facility on April 21, 2011.  Due to limited space in our conference room we are only able accommodate 20 people from this group. The Arizona Futurists Chapter of the World Future Society is a community of thinkers, strategists and communicators interested in looking forward to the future.

Objective of the AZ Futurists Chapter

  • Share information about the Futures Community with the Local Community.
  • Expand open forum, discussion and awareness of the future and importance of its study.
  • Advance serious and responsible investigation of the future — global, national, and regional.
  • Promote futures studies methods/approaches/theories.
  • Facilitate communication and cooperation among organizations and individuals interested in studying or planning for the future.

 

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Next Alcor Board of Directors Meeting

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The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for FRIDAY, April 29, 2011, at 11:00 A.M. (PDT) at the Alcor facility (7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ) . Members and the public are encouraged to attend.

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Readiness and Transport

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Recent Team Training 
The Scottsdale team held a one day training session. There were sixteen people in attendance which included four Alcor staff members. The Arizona team training sessions are different from that of regional teams due to the availability of Alcor’s rescue vehicle, and the use of different equipment and supplies.

Upcoming Team Training  
The next team training is scheduled for the Pacific Northwest Team on Friday, May 6th & Saturday, May 7th, in Portland, Oregon. The times and location will be announced shortly.  The team leader for this group is Aschwin de Wolf.

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Alcor Statistics

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As of March 31, 2011

Membership
Alcor had 935 members on its Emergency Responsibility List. Eight memberships were approved during this month, no memberships were reinstated, four memberships were cancelled and one member was cryopreserved. Overall, there was a net gain of three members this month.

Applicant
Alcor had 52 applicants for membership. Six new applicants were added, eight applicants were converted to members and no applicants were cancelled resulting in net loss of two applicants for this month.

Information Packets
Alcor received 109 info pack requests this month. Eleven were handed out during facility tours or from special request. The average total of 132 info packs sent per month in 2011 as compared to 199 in 2010.

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Upcoming Alcor Board of Directors Meeting

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 The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 2, 2011, at the Alcor facility (7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ) at 11:00 A.M. (PDT). Members and the public are encouraged to attend.

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Alcor Cryopreserves A-2478

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In late March of this year, Alcor was notified that a member in Pennsylvania had entered into the hospital with severe abdominal pain and was critically ill. As her medical providers predicted that she would probably not survive, Alcor’s Medical Response Director, Aaron Drake and Readiness Coordinator, Steve Graber were on a plane to the east coast within the next three hours.  Upon arrival, the member’s health condition had stabilized and appeared to have improved somewhat.  While optimistic that a recovery might be possible, diagnostic tests and blood labs indicated that a terminal outcome was more probable.  This pause in the patient’s health decline provided an opportunity to request that Suspended Animation respond as well to help perform a field washout and perfusion. 

On the third day of the standby, the member succumbed to her illness. Highly cooperative hospital administrators and physicians allowed the Alcor team to perform stabilization and cool down procedures within the patient’s private hospital room immediately following pronouncement.  The patient was then transferred to a local mortuary where Suspended Animation was set up to complete the next step in the process.  The family had pre-paid additional funds to Alcor for a private jet to eliminate the potential delays associated with commercial air travel.  After a six and half hour flight, the patient arrived at the Scottsdale Airport, located just a few blocks from Alcor Central. Alcor’s surgical team was standing by and performed vitrification procedures throughout the night.  On Saturday, March 26th, member A-2478 became Alcor’s 104th patient.

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Why did you sign up with Alcor?

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Alcor is interested in knowing why you selected Alcor as your cryonics service provider. What do you like about Alcor? And what made you choose Alcor over other cryonics service providers?

Please send us your testimonial so we can get a better understanding of our membership, can continue to improve our organization, and can better appeal to prospective members.

Your testimonial can be as long or short as you like. Please mention your full name and Alcor membership number.

We will select a number of testimonials to be published (with permission of the author) in our magazine and on the Alcor website.

Send your testimonial to the editor of Cryonics magazine at:

Thank you for helping Alcor grow.

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Cryonics 1st Quarter 2011

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The 2011 1st quarter issue of Cryonics magazine introduces the cryonics company Suspended Animation and informs Alcor members about how they can arrange for a Suspended Animation-controlled standby. Cryonics  Institute President Ben Best contributes an article on deficiencies in the SENS approach to rejuvenation, and editor Aschwin de Wolf reviews a recent collection of interventive biogerontology articles. This issue also features the first quarterly CEO report from Max More and the beginning of quarterly readiness updates.

Read the latest issue on the Cryonics magazine website.

Subscribe to the Cryonics magazine feed or join Alcor’s Facebook page for web exclusives, tech news, and Cryonics classics.

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Next Alcor Board of Directors Meeting

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The next Alcor Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 12, 2011, at the Alcor facility (7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ) at 11:00 A.M. (MT). Members and the public are encouraged to attend.

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Alcor Response Team Training

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There are currently two training opportunities scheduled for the March and May.

  • Arizona – March 19th, 2011
  • Pacific Northwest (Portland) – May 7th & 8th, 2011

These training sessions will be conducted by Alcor personnel followed by an informal gathering among team members to build strong relationships.

Please contact Aaron Drake to rsvp: