Our next meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 28, 2010, at Deschutes Brewery in NW Portland. Attending will be Gregory Jordan, organizer of the Central Florida cryonics / life extension group. Let’s all come out and make him feel welcome!

We will be discussing topics of interest such as Alcor’s new Readiness Coordinator, Steve Graber, and our plans for coordinating training sessions this Fall. Please come ready with any ideas or questions you may have been harboring and we will hash them out over some good food and great beer!

Please note that Deschutes is a family-friendly establishment, so minors are welcome at all hours. Deschutes is located at:

210 NW 11th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209

About five people came to the event who were non-cryonicists attending the American Aging Association conference, three of whom I brought in a taxi. A biogerontologist cryobiologist who wishes not to be named also attended.

Dr. de Grey began the debate with his standard presentation explaining the SENS program. After I presented my critique, the cryobiologist took the stage and gave his critique of SENS. Aubrey started by answering the cryobiologist, although he commented on a couple of my points. He and the cryobiologist were soon in an active exchange which went on for a while. It became evident to me the Aubrey was not going to get  around to answering my critique in the remaining 15 minutes of the 2-hour booking for the room. I interrupted Aubrey and the cryobiologist suggesting that questions should  be taken from the floor. Aschwin de Wolf added his critique to the debate, and he was followed by others.

There was not much time for socializing, but there was enough for most of us to have a few brief and rewarding conversations with people we had not seen for a while as well as others we were meeting for the first time.  A few Alcor and CI brochures were taken. One man with a CI brochure expressed interest in having cryonics  arrangements with both CI and Alcor. I told him that CI allows those with dual arrangements to have CI as a backup service provider. Alcor allows dual arrangements, but always insists that Alcor be the primary service provider, and that Alcor can never be the backup.

Dr. Aubrey de Grey will present a brief synopsis of his Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) for regeneration and rejuvenation. Ben Best will reply with his view of shortcomings of the SENS approach, and how these shortcomings can be addressed. Discussion will include such matters as biomarkers of aging, mechanisms of aging, use of dietary supplements and the relevance of cryonics.

Date:  Sunday, June 6, 2010
Time: 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Location: Roots Organic Brewing
Address: 1520 SE 7TH, Portland, OR

This will be no ordinary Cryonics Oregon meeting! Promotional materials from Alcor, CI, and SENS will be there as well.

To cover the rent of the space a minimum donation of $5.00 per person will be collected.

Attendees under 21 are allowed until 10:00 pm.

It is very important for everyone to RSVP as soon as you know if you can make it or not so we can get a good idea of attendance.

Date: Saturday, March 27

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Location: Tea Zone & Camellia Lounge

510 NW 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209

We have added several names to our email list in recent months and are excited about the growing community of cryonicsts in the Pacific Northwest. Come out for some great tea, tea-infused cocktails, and a light meal at The Tea Zone & Camellia Lounge on 11th Avenue in the Pearl District of Portland. Mingle with other members of cryonics organizations to discuss and help plan future events in our region. We hope to see many old and new faces!