November 10, 2009

Alcor v. Larry Johnson

Alcor is continuing its efforts to enforce a confidentiality agreement executed by Mr. Johnson, as well as a judgment entered against Mr. Johnson by a Maricopa County, Arizona judge. A motion for injunctive relief is still pending in the New York Supreme Court. A decision is expected to be rendered on December 11, 2009. Additionally, Alcor filed through counsel in Maricopa County, Arizona a motion to hold Larry Johnson in contempt of court for violating the previously entered judgment. That matter is also scheduled to be heard on December 11, 2009. Most recently, Alcor retained counsel in Las Vegas, Nevada to domesticate the Arizona judgment preventing Mr. Johnson from continuing his efforts to violate the many, signed confidentiality agreements and Arizona court order. This effort was necessary because Mr. Johnson presently resides in Nevada. Alcor is hopeful the various courts will understand that Mr. Johnson breached not just the agreements he signed, but also the confidence he obtained under false pretenses. With these continued legal efforts, Alcor simply desires that Mr. Johnson adhere to his prior agreements, abide by court orders and stop the wrongful dissemination of false information about Alcor for the purpose of his own financial gain.

November 3, 2009

Southern California Transport Team Training & CryoFeast

Saturday and Sunday, December 12 - 13, 2009
This training is free and open to members of any cryonics organization, or anyone with a strong interest in cryonics who would like to join the Southern California Transport Team. Cryopreservations are helped by having local area cryonicists volunteering and working together. Attending a hands-on training session gives you the tools and knowledge on what to do and how to do it. During training you will get hands on experience with standby stabilization equipment.
Aaron Drake, Alcor Transport Coordinator will be instructing the training session.

Whether or not you are interested in volunteering for this cryonicist community, this is an excellent time to learn more about the process of cryopreservation. You will also learn about the stand-by process, what team members do, and how optimal cryopreservation is aided by local community volunteers.

Anyone interested in being on the Southern California Transport Team as a team member should contact: Michael Geisen at mgeisen@gmail.com.

Alcor CryoFeast 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 6:00 pm
There will be a CryoFeast following Saturday's training session. For more information, directions and to RSVP, please contact: Michael Geisen at mgeisen@gmail.com

October 23, 2009

PERSONNEL CHANGES

Alcor is pleased to announce the appointment of Bonnie Magee to the position of Finance Director. Bonnie comes to us with nearly a decade of experience in business audits and reviews. She will utilize her expertise and problem-solving initiative to undertake a wide variety of financial challenges. We would like to thank Sheila Kimbrell for her years of service at Alcor and wish her the best of luck in the future.

Another staff change that has taken place is the departure of Regina Pancake. We would like to express our appreciation for her contributions as Alcor's Readiness Coordinator since 2007. We wish her well in her future endeavors.

UPCOMING BOARD MEETING

The next Board meeting is scheduled for November 7, 2009, at the Alcor facility (7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ) at 11:00 AM (PT). Members and the public are encouraged to attend.

READINESS AND TRANSPORT

Member Watch
Alcor currently has 8 members on our "watch list". These individual situations range from pre-operative awareness and post-operative follow-up to monitoring the status of fragile members due to age and/or current medical conditions.

Team Training
The Arizona Response Team held a training session on Sunday, September 27th. Eight people attended the meeting which consisted of members that have previously participated in casework along with new team members who were becoming acquainted with our process for the very first time.

NEW STATISTICS (as of September 30, 2009)

Membership
Alcor has 905 members on its Emergency Responsibility List. Five memberships were approved during this month; no memberships were reinstated; three memberships were cancelled; and no members were cryopreserved. Overall, there was a net gain of two members this month.

Applicant
Alcor has 62 applicants for membership. Seven new applicants were added; five applicants were converted to members; and no applicants were cancelled resulting in net gain of 2 applicants for this month.

Info Pack
Alcor received 136 info pack requests. Eleven were handed out during facility tours or from special request. The average total of 167 info packs sent per month in 2009 is compared to 173 in 2008.

Site Access
The number of distinct computers that accessed the Alcor website in each of the past thirteen months are:

23,083 September
24,261 October
23,218 November
35,020 December
35,741 January
31,625 February
28,479 March
29,313 April
27,819 May
26,770 June
30,857 July
28,739 August
27,544 September


The website working group reported that on October 2nd, the web traffic was fifteen times more than usual.