Cryonics Facility in Australia?
On 2010-07-31 09:15, Mark Milton wrote the following letter to CAA (Cryonics Association of Australasia)Hello one and all,
What:
Build a Cryonics Facility in Australia.
When:
In the next 2 years.
Why:
Primarily, to avoid the logistical issues of being cryonically stored in the US.Peter Tsolakides and I have been working on the idea of building a Cryonics Facility in Australia since last year. We have worked and reworked the business plan and have finally gotten to a point where we think we have a workable, achievable model.
We have been talking to some of the members of the Australian cryonics community for further feedback and now feel it’s time to bring this in to discussion with the broader cryonics community (you).
What follows is a brief outline of what we propose. We want to give people a week or so to discuss and ask questions, and also to continue the opportunity to give us further feedback. We aim to hold a meeting in the near future to outline the plan in detail and in person. At this meeting, we will be inviting others to join us as startup investors to actually launch the project. We believe that, even if you don’t want to participate directly, it will still be in your interest to be involved in discussions around this project. To that end, certainly let us know your level of interest and we'll be happy to invite you.
There is a small number of people who are already looking to make this happen, Peter and myself included. The aim is to get a core group of at least 10 people for 2 main reasons:
1. We think a project like this should have wider input,
2. A long term cryonics facility needs more than one or two people
behind it to ensure its ongoing running, especially in the short term.
In my discussions with people over the last 9 months there have been many reasons given as to why an Australia facility wouldn’t work.
Interestingly enough, everyone seems to have a different reason, by which I mean, there is no clear consensus as to why it shouldn’t work.
We propose that the model is, in fact, feasible. Yes, there are obstacles to overcome, as with any complex project. The aim here is to approach this exercise with intelligence and forethought and, thereby, manage the challenges.
Outline:
Build an operational facility with the funds from at least 10 initial investors.
This will give the facility enough funding to operate for 10 years with only 1 actual de-animation.
Facility and operation to be not-for-profit.
Full vitrification service to be offered and administered by trained medical professionals.
Built-in backup plan for relocating first group of people de-animated as risk management strategy.
Service organization model to be run with the task of generating additional, supporting income stream and finding customers.
Location:
Undecided at this point. Target area is outside of large regional town so access to public facilities but removed from large population centre.