Policies
The Cryonics Institute has 12 Directors on its Board, four of whom are elected by the members every year at the Annual General Meeting (usually held on the last Sunday of September). The Board then selects the Officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. All members of the board are volunteers.
Unlike other cryonics organizations, the Cryonics Institute only allows its members to arrange for whole body storage, not simply heads (neuropreservation). Anyone can become a Lifetime Member by paying $1,250 and filling out a membership form—or become a Yearly Member by paying a $75 Initiation fee plus $120 per year (or $35 per quarter). A Lifetime Member has the privilege of making arrangements for perfusion and storage in liquid nitrogen for $28,000, whereas a Yearly Member must pay $35,000. CI has not raised the $28,000 price or $1,250 fee since the time of its inception in 1976. The Cryonics Institute has stated in the past it can offer lower rates than competing cryonics organizations because it is less reliant on member fees due to amount of donations, and it has been described as "conservatively managed".
The basic $28,000/$35,000 cryopreservation fees and contract with the Cryonics Institute does not include Standby or Transport. CI members living outside of Michigan must normally provide extra funding to pay for funeral director services and shipping. CI members wanting Standby and Transport from cryonics professionals can contract for additional payment to the Florida-based company Suspended Animation, Inc. CI has had clients from as far away as Australia. A quarter of current CI members are international.
The Immortalist Society is a closely associated educational organization that publishes the magazine Long Life (formerly called The Immortalist) every two months. Long Life reports on activities of the Cryonics Institute along with other information related to cryonics and life extension and is available online for free. The previous newsletter of the Cryonics Society of Michigan was The Outlook.
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