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Editors’ Notes for Spring 2008 Dear Colleagues: A very warm welcome to the Spring 2008 issue of the Journal of Globalization for the Common Good which highlights work presented at our 6th Annual International Conference, Fatih University, Istanbul in July 2007. At our conference in Istanbul we were truly privileged to have speakers of the highest calibre, sharing their views with us all. As you know, given the large number of papers, we decided that we should publish half of them in our Autumn 2007 issue and the remainder in the Spring 2008 issue. Once again, it goes without saying that we had a most successful, rewarding and fruitful conference at Fatih University. We are most grateful for all the hospitality, friendship and support given to us in Istanbul. We are now looking forward with great excitement to our 7th Annual International Conference in Melbourne (http://www.gcgmelbourne2008.info/ ) and hope to see many of you there. Please also pencil in the dates (May 31- June 4, 2009) for our 2009 Conference, which will be held at and hosted by Loyola University of Chicago. See details: http://www.globalisationforthecommongood.info/2008/05/09/eighth-annual-conference-chicago-2009/ We would like to emphasize that the views expressed in this journal are not necessarily endorsed by our sponsoring web host, Purdue University Calumet, members of the Advisory Committee, or the Journal editors. Yahya Kamalipour and Kamran Mofid A personal note from Kamran Mofid: On January 12, 2008, a very good and dear friend of many of us, Sidney Shipton, Coordinator, Three Faiths Forum, London, UK, passed away. I was greatly saddened by the sudden death of Sidney who had always shown a great interest in the Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative. He came to our first conference in Oxford and then, with his wife, Judith attended our second conference in St. Petersburg and then, they both joined us at Fatih University in Istanbul. On behalf of GCG, I extend our sincere condolences to his dear wife, Judith, to all his family, friends and colleagues at the Three Faiths Forum, especially Sir Sigmund Sternberg.
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