23-05-2014, 01:06 AM
Thanks to Peter and others for reposting some of John's articles and my recollections, and for all the positive comments.
As for Joe Green, he is referring to his name on the COPA 5013c IRA form, which John Judge told me that I was also listed a year ago.
I guess John was director and T. Carter and Green were listed as treasure and secretary, and while I know that they were volunteer workers who helped organize the Dallas and Memphis conferences, the 5013c IRA form is not the charter of COPA, and only the founding attorneys and board members will decide the fate of COPA, not those who don't want the organization to continue without John Judge.
John was not the only founding member of COPA, as I was also there at the beginning, as was John Newman, Bill Turner, Cyril Wecht, Peter Dale Scott, Peter and a dozen others, all of whom will be polled as to what they think COPA should do in the post-John Judge era.
While Joe Green is correct, and COPA will not be organizing any more conferences in Dallas or Memphis, we will be assisting in the conferences planned for DC this September, and will be at the JFK Monument at American University on June 10.
The founding and board members of COPA will be polled as to what direction we will be going, but it appears that John was such a dominant figure as COPA director for the past few years, we will dissolve the official charter of COPA and reorganize under a different name - either Committee on Political Assassinations or Consortium on Political Assassinations - keeping the COPA moniker.
We will also change direction in regards to major activities - moving more towards a legal action organization than one that organizes conferences.
Donations to COPA are not tax-deductible, as are donations to the Hidden History Museum - because COPA can sue the government, as we have done to obtain the release of the DOD Army After Action Reports from Memphis when MLK was killed. Rather than have individual researchers file FOIA suits, we do so under the COPA banner for safety, security in numbers and for support. That's an important aspect of COPA that few people recognized, and will become a more significant factor as we move towards the release of the JFK Act records in 2017.
While those who have advocated abandoning COPA have claimed that John said that he would rather see COPA dissolved than see it turn into a LANCER or have agent provocateurs like Karl Golven hijack its purpose and logos, the idea is to keep it from becoming a Lancer or allowing Gloven to hijack our purpose and goals and not stop doing what we are doing - primarily researching political assassinations in the USA.
COPA was bigger than John Judge and those who want to continue the work we did alone and together will continue to do so, and those who want to drop out can go their own way.
I am continuing my research and writing and will continue to do so, and those who want to work under the COPA banner are welcome to help finish the difficult tasks John Judge began.
According to his last will, John left his archives and library to the Hidden History Museum, which is a non-profit organization that is seeking a permanent location in the Washington D.C. area. A number of locations have been scouted out, and those responsible will decide where it will go, but those records, books and archives should not be locked away in storage, and I hope those who John entrusted them will see that his vision of a Hidden History Museum and Assassination Research Center is realized.
Bill Kelly
As for Joe Green, he is referring to his name on the COPA 5013c IRA form, which John Judge told me that I was also listed a year ago.
I guess John was director and T. Carter and Green were listed as treasure and secretary, and while I know that they were volunteer workers who helped organize the Dallas and Memphis conferences, the 5013c IRA form is not the charter of COPA, and only the founding attorneys and board members will decide the fate of COPA, not those who don't want the organization to continue without John Judge.
John was not the only founding member of COPA, as I was also there at the beginning, as was John Newman, Bill Turner, Cyril Wecht, Peter Dale Scott, Peter and a dozen others, all of whom will be polled as to what they think COPA should do in the post-John Judge era.
While Joe Green is correct, and COPA will not be organizing any more conferences in Dallas or Memphis, we will be assisting in the conferences planned for DC this September, and will be at the JFK Monument at American University on June 10.
The founding and board members of COPA will be polled as to what direction we will be going, but it appears that John was such a dominant figure as COPA director for the past few years, we will dissolve the official charter of COPA and reorganize under a different name - either Committee on Political Assassinations or Consortium on Political Assassinations - keeping the COPA moniker.
We will also change direction in regards to major activities - moving more towards a legal action organization than one that organizes conferences.
Donations to COPA are not tax-deductible, as are donations to the Hidden History Museum - because COPA can sue the government, as we have done to obtain the release of the DOD Army After Action Reports from Memphis when MLK was killed. Rather than have individual researchers file FOIA suits, we do so under the COPA banner for safety, security in numbers and for support. That's an important aspect of COPA that few people recognized, and will become a more significant factor as we move towards the release of the JFK Act records in 2017.
While those who have advocated abandoning COPA have claimed that John said that he would rather see COPA dissolved than see it turn into a LANCER or have agent provocateurs like Karl Golven hijack its purpose and logos, the idea is to keep it from becoming a Lancer or allowing Gloven to hijack our purpose and goals and not stop doing what we are doing - primarily researching political assassinations in the USA.
COPA was bigger than John Judge and those who want to continue the work we did alone and together will continue to do so, and those who want to drop out can go their own way.
I am continuing my research and writing and will continue to do so, and those who want to work under the COPA banner are welcome to help finish the difficult tasks John Judge began.
According to his last will, John left his archives and library to the Hidden History Museum, which is a non-profit organization that is seeking a permanent location in the Washington D.C. area. A number of locations have been scouted out, and those responsible will decide where it will go, but those records, books and archives should not be locked away in storage, and I hope those who John entrusted them will see that his vision of a Hidden History Museum and Assassination Research Center is realized.
Bill Kelly