Robert Ettinger - Alcor Life Extension Foundation

sition), a Shoji screen, and an “infinity mirror”.
The floors have also been cleaned and
the facing cubicle wall covered by a metal
sheet with “Alcor” emblazoned on it.
In the conference room, the walls and
door to the Patient Care Bay have been
painted. I observed that the walls were becoming
madly crowded with photographs
of patients and suggested that they should
be replaced with an electronic display. Steve
Graber ran with that idea and designed and
built an appealing LCD display which cycles
the pictures.
Membership
Statistics
Some office walls have been repainted,
and some mid-office areas have new tiling.
The operating room and its equipment
have been thoroughly cleaned, the floors
polished, and dust mats added. A few other
minor improvements to aesthetics and organization
remain. These upgrades should
make some visitors more comfortable in a
place that can feel industrial and harsh. You
can see photos of some of the changes in
the October issue of Alcor News.
Some of you may read Cryonics but not
the Alcor News email or blog. I urge you to
regularly check the online news source for
items that may not be covered (or covered
differently) in the magazine. You will find
news on advances that I haven’t mentioned
here such as major progress with the whole
body automated cooldown table and the
new, lighter, stronger, and more compact
portable ice bath. I’ve heard a couple of
complaints that we don’t send out notices
of new issues of the magazine or Alcor
News. But we do. If you’re not receiving
them, ask yourself: Have I given Alcor
my current email address? �
On June 30, 2011, Alcor had
948 members on its Emergency
Responsibility List. Thirtyeight
(38) memberships were
approved during the first
six months of 2011, five (5)
memberships were reinstated,
twenty-four (24) memberships
were cancelled and four (4)
members were cryopreserved.
Overall, there was a net gain
of eighteen (18) members this
year to date.
8 Cryonics/Fourth Quarter 2011 www.alcor.org