Martin Kokus Resigns from NPA
(Reported by Nick Percival, from Martin Kokus)
Dear members,
It is with deepest regrets that I am resigning the Presidency of the Natural Philosophy Alliance. I am also resigning from the Board of Directors of the NPA and I am resigning from the NPA. I am withdrawing my papers from the proceedings for the last conference. I am ending all cooperation with the current NPA Board.
I am more than willing to answer questions about my motivation in private communication.
I am truly sorry for any problems this may cause you, especially those of you who attended the last conference at my request. I am also feeling naive and foolish.
The main reason that I accepted the position on the NPA Board and then the Presidency is that I wanted to help publish some significant research that was being ignored. I will still do my best to see that these papers are published in a publication worthy of them. If I promised to edit your English, I will still do so wherever you decide to publish.
If I had any other reasonable course of action, I would take it. I am not asking anyone to take a position on my behalf or to take sides.
I still intend to push ahead with the 2017 eclipse project once I find a suitable sponsor. Hopefully, it will publish a compilation of papers before and after the eclipse.
The NPA was once a proud organization. Its members included Halton Arp, Franco Selleri, Earnest Sternglass, Paul Marmet, and Viv Pope. I had hoped to rebuild it. Some dreams are impossible.
Thirteen weeks ago Dr.Cynthia Whitney, the previous President, resigned and called for elections. She was far more optimistic than I. Five weeks ago, the Board Chairman resigned. Now, I join them.
I am more than ready to listen to advice.
Keep in touch,
Martin Kokus
Written by Nick Percival
Just for the record, I don’t believe that any existing organization is the legitimate heir to the NPA founded by John Chappell.
Martin, I’m not exactly sure what you mean by that. First, the JCNPS is the same group of people that were the NPA. There is no difference. Second, I, and others in the group knew John personally. Third, what do you propose? That the group of people who exist because of John Chappell’s initiative simply disband? Abandon what John built? Again, your comment doesn’t make sense to me. And it makes no sense to those who are indebted to John for creating this organization which now bears his name. I, as well as the JCNPS members, think this a great tribute to John to keep his legacy going. I don’t get it.
By the way, Halton Arp was never really a member of the NPA even though the NPA gave him the Sagnac Award. Franco Selleri was a member but sadly died. Viv Pope did participate later in the NPA and was greatly respected by the NPA. So I’m not sure what you mean by using “included” in the past tense.
Lastly, you say “once was a proud organization.” That is condemning the current members. Where does such a statement come from? I think most all the JCNPS members will disagree with you on that.
Your perceptions and assumptions don’t seem accurate and are simply wrong when it comes to who were or weren’t members in the past.