CNPS Annual Fundraiser

The John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society (CNPS) and the Natural Philosophy Alliance (NPA) before it, was founded by Dr. John Chappell in order to create a group of like-minded critical thinkers from across the globe who actively criticize mainstream physics and cosmology and to come up with better models for the universe. For over 30 years, this group has been funded by its members. From its beginning using telephones, typewriters, and snail mail, the group has grown world-wide and like many groups, is now a modern online community.

But online communities require funds in order to provide its members with a vibrant and stimulating content allowing for public discussion whether it be live video presentations or to online discussions on our website. There is also our community outreach which holds live videos streams on YouTube and Facebook as well as Facebook like discussions using BuddyBoss for our website http://naturalphilosophy.org.

Although memberships provide an important source of income, it does not cover our annual expenses. Instead of directly soliciting donations, the CNPS has decided to do an annual fundraiser held at the end of the year in order to cover the next year's costs of operation.

What the CNPS Provides

The CNPS provides an online community platform that allows people to present, interact, and recognize those scientists and individuals who are working outside of mainstream science in such areas a physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy.

A community friendly website based on BuddyBoss
Weekly and Monthly Live streaming discussions via YouTube and Facebook using StreamYard
Latex-based publishing for publishing books and papers (Overleaf)
Email blasts to members and friends of the CNPS (Mailchimp)
Beyond Mainstream website critical thinking online Magazine
Natural Philosophy Wiki

Expenses

These are the expenses for keeping the CNPS alive and well online.

Monthly Expenses:

Mailchimp: $31
Discourse: $20

Annual Expenses:

Server: $250 (our site's server)
Membership Press: $250 (membership software)
StreamYard: $200 (live video conferencing)
Domain Names: $80
Secure Certificate: $100

CNPS Annual Fundraiser 2026

Keeping Critical Thinking in Physics and Cosmology Alive!

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