PUBLISHED BY THE CRYONICS INSTITUTE ISSUE 02 | 2016 Cryonics insights and information for members and friends of the Cryonics Institute NEWSLETTER cryonics.org • [email protected] • 1 (866) 288-2796 CI BULLETIN Looking to the Future very encouraged by the thought-provoking questions asked and the overall enthusiasm of the group. In some ways, and perhaps since they do not have the same bias of older generations, they asked much more meaningful questions then are typically asked by adults. One student even asked me how 3d stem cell printing might fit into revival before I had even broached the subject. Not too many people are aware of this technology much less how it might fit into cryonics someday. Needless to say I was impressed. This April I also had the opportunity to attend the Teens and Twenties Conference in Ontario California. This is a great event aimed specifically at one important thing we need to do more of - attract young people to the cryonics movement. I applaud Bill Faloon and those who organized the event for trying to also reach out to a younger demographic Their Dennis Kowalski - CI President initiative, hard work, and generous financial support sponsoring and hosting this event every year helps to attract new blood into Exciting things have been happening for CI on the public relations front. I have been interviewed by a number of different media the cryonics movement. We need to successfully pass the torch of outlets over the past several weeks, discussing cryonics, CI and responsibility to hardworking, loyal and ethical people when we our mission. are someday in the cryostats ourselves. I would certainly like to see more of these types of events and initiatives in the future, and All this is great news. As more people hear our message, and welcome suggestions and volunteers who may be interested in hopefully join CI, the stronger our organization and the cryonics organizing and hosting a similar event for CI. For now our youth movement as a whole becomes. This momentum is critical to all outreach is mostly local and via school sponsored field trips. of us moving forward, especially by helping to attract new people to join cryonics. The structured Teens and Twenties event was filled with interesting speakers and exercises designed to get attendees to network and Speaking of attracting new members, I also have some encouraging provided the opportunity to recruit new talent potentially into news regarding youth recruitment efforts. positions of responsibility. I was very impressed with the group and On April 19th CI had the pleasure of hosting DSL high school especially enjoyed the tours of both Suspended Animation and biology class for a special tour and presentation at our Michigan 21st Century Medicine. Many CI members have signed up for the Facility. We had over 70 bright young students visit and participate SA option while others consider SA innovations & technology for in a spirited question and answer session about cryonics. I was their own local standby programs. CRYONICS INSTITUTE MAGAZINE ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS The digital newsletter of the Cryonics Institute Cryonics Institute or cryonics-related articles are 24355 Sorrentino Ct. welcome. Submissions: [email protected] Clinton Township, MI 48035-3239 Phone: 1 (586) 791-5961 Toll-free: 1 (866) 288-2796 (North America) E-SUBSCRIPTIONS FAX: 1 (586) 792-7062 * As a CI member, you are automatically added Email: [email protected] to our email reminder list. To unsubscribe, please use the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom © 2016 Cryonics Institute of your email. 2 CRYONICS INSTITUE MAGAZINE • CRYONICS.ORG CI BULLETIN I enjoyed being a guest speaker representing CI and our tiered share news stories related to cryonics and futurism with your own approach to basic or local standby. Still, I would like to see a followers, including a link to the CI web page. This is a great way greater number of young people attending these events. As to get people thinking about the possibilities futurism and cryonics the old saying goes, the youth are the future, and in the case of have to offer. cryonics, this is even more important since these are the people For some ideas on popular or interesting topics and stories to who will be responsible for maintaining CI and our patients (including ourselves!) in the future. With that said, I’d like to share, you can subscribe to Google Alerts for cryonics. Google will encourage everyone to help introduce young people to cryonics. automatically send current news stories to your inbox at whatever One way is to help promote the Teens and Twenties events, which frequency you specify - daily, weekly, monthly, or whatever you often offers free scholarship opportunities. The CI Newsletter prefer. posts these announcements for each event, so if you know of a Another source of discussion points is the CI Yahoo Forum. young person who might be interested, please forward them the information when it is published and help boost the attendance Regarding online discussions, I notice that some activist members numbers. Another idea is for designated CI speakers to visit local respectfully and professionally defend cryonics in the comments high schools or colleges to explain cryonics to interested parties. sections of news blogs. That’s commendable, but it’s important not to get sucked into the neverending flame wars that rude One special benefit unique to CI that promotes family unity and people start. Let’s remember to stay positive - usually a few good youth involvement is to sign up any of your own minor children comments can set the pace and help people to see what we are as members. CI offers a FREE lifetime membership to minor doing as moral and potentially life-saving. children of any current lifetime members, as well as special rates for spouses. Our goal is to help people keep their families together For the more outgoing members of our community, please in the future, and this is one way we help our members do that. consider starting a local or online cryonics support group. MeetUp For more information about these programs, please contact us or is one great online tool for creating real-world communities, and review the membership section of our website. I encourage you to check it out. You can start your own cryonics or futurism group, or simply join an existing group of like-minded, In our increasingly technological world, social media is another forward-thinking individuals. huge opportunity for outreach, especially among the younger generation. If you haven’t already done so, I would respectfully ask However, one caveat I would like to add is to please ask that all of you with social media accounts, and especially younger members not to start any online accounts as an “official” Cryonics people in our readership, to please subscribe to our social media Institute account. All online groups or content branded with channels and share them with others who may be interested in the offical CI name and logo need to be managed through CI cryonics. Some suggestions would include any science fiction, Headquarters. However, “Cryonics,” “Cryonics Institute Members,” futurism or technology-related blogs, Twitter feeds or other online “CI Discussions” or similar name would be fine. We certainly don’t communities you’re currently involved in. Many of the people in want to discourage anyone, but we do need to be sure we are on these groups are interested in futuristic topics like cryonics, but top of the Cryonics Institute’s official public image. may not realize that cryonic preservation is an actual, real-world option available today. There are so many opportunities and possibilities for outreach online, that we can’t possibly list them all. So if you have other ideas I realize that not everyone is comfortable evangelizing for cryonics, for outreach programs or initiatives, don’t hesitate to contact us to but there are plenty of easy “low profile” ways to contribute. By share your ideas. As I said, there is always more to be done with simply becoming followers and adding likes to our current social outreach so we welcome your help and suggestions for getting media channels you can help positively impact our public image. the word out. With the active support, ideas and participation Inviting others to join is even better. of our members, I’m confident CI can continue to successfully Another simple and effective way to help the movement is to expand our membership numbers and save more lives. 3 CRYONICS INSTITUE MAGAZINE • CRYONICS.ORG CI NEWS What’s happening at the Cryonics Institute High School Students Tour CI A local biology class from DSL High School visits CI’s Michigan facility on April 19 of this year. Dennis Kowalski, Andy Zawacki, Joseph Kowalsky and Hillary McCauley were on hand to host the tour, a liquid nitrogen demonstration and question and answer session. 4 CRYONICS INSTITUE MAGAZINE • CRYONICS.ORG CryoSuisse Conference Announced SAT / SUN, 12th / 13th November - Basel, Switzerland Patrick Burgermeister, President of CryoSuisse, is organizing their first international event in Basel Switzerland for Autumn of this year. Currently, CryoSuisse is expecting about 60 people from all over the world, including Ben Best and Aschwin DeWolf from the United States. There are a limited number of seats, so attendance at this conference is by invitation only. For more information, please visit http://cryosuisse.ch/en/conference-2016/. 2016 AGM - Save the Date 3 P.M. Sunday, September 11th, 2016 Make plans now for the Cryonics Institute’s 2016 Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Cryonics Institute will be held at 3PM on Sunday, September 11th, 2016 at the CI facility, 24355 Sorrentino Court, Clinton Township, Michigan 48035 (USA).