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<FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>Michel, there are tons of this type of calls without offering a credible structure of engagement. They nurse only the good conscience of the callers and signers, and don’t make much difference, IMHO.<BR>
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george <BR>
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dear friends,<BR>
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has anyone objections that we endorse this as p2p foundation (I can also do it in personal capacity)<BR>
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Michel<BR>
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From: <B>Kamran Mofid</B> <<a href="k.mofid@gcgi.info">k.mofid@gcgi.info</a>><BR>
Date: Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 4:39 PM<BR>
Subject: A Call to Action and the Endorsements<BR>
To: <a href="michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a><BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>Please see below: A Call to Action and the Endorsements.<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'><B><U>A Call To Action<BR>
</U></B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'><B><U><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">The world is riveting toward a possible turning point and we hope that you are able to stand with us in this call to action<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>Hundreds of thousands of people, young and old, employed and unemployed, black and white, men and women, have come together in a continuing and lasting global unity, partaking in a dialogue of civilisations, faiths, cultures and peoples in consideration for the common good.� </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>This global movement has risen in a thousand cities on six continents: from Tahrir Square to Alexandria and Tunisia; Rio de Janerio to Bogota; Santiago, Chile to Barcelona; Zuccotti Park to Oakland; Wall Street to St. Paul’s; Frankfurt to Brussels: Rome to Athens; Toronto to Vancouver, Chicago to Philadelphia, Sydney to Brisbane and more, rejecting neo-liberalism and its prevailing economic and business models, demanding a better, kinder and more humane world. <BR>
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The crises of ecological devastation and glaring social and economic inequality are pushing the planet to the brink of catastrophe.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>We, the undersigned, co-authored the document noted below- A Call to Action- and sought the support of interested parties, by asking them to consider endorsing it. As the current global crises have clearly shown, the whole world is waking up to the value of co-creation and the harnessing of knowledge from diverse sources, disciplines, experience and expertise. </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>We are gratified by the level of enthusiastic support for the Call. We also received wise arguments and sincere suggestions on how to make this more inclusive, so that many more can join and sign the petition. We have acknowledged these suggestions and have incorporated them into the Call to Action. The final document and the list of our endorsees are noted below. It goes without saying that we are most grateful for all your ongoing support. It is only when we work together that we may change the world for the better. <BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'><B>Kamran Mofid PhD (ECON), </B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative (UK)<BR>
<B>Jamshid Damooei PhD (ECON), Co-director, Centre for Leadership and Values, School of Management, California Lutheran University, USA<BR>
</B></SPAN><B><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>Steve Szeghi PhD (ECON), </SPAN></FONT></B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>Dept of Economics, Wilmington College, Ohio, USA<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>To Read the Call to Action: See below<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><B>A Call To Action: Endorsements<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>*</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hans Christof Graf von Sponeck, Germany, former UN Assistant Secretary-General and UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, New York, USA<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>*Prof. Johan���� </SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>Galtung, Founder, TRANSEND, France and the European University Centre for���� Peace Studies (EPU), Austria<BR>
</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>*Luk Bouckaert, Emeritus Prof. Centre for Economy and Ethics, Catholic University Leuven, </SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>and President, European SPES-Forum , Belgium<BR>
</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>*Paul Shrivastava, David O'Brien Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and Director, David O'Brien Center for Sustainable Enterprise, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada and </SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>The 50+20 Steering <I>Committee </I>(A project to transform management education worldwide)<BR>
</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>*</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>Fred Dallmayr - Packey J. Dee Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, USA and Co-Chairman, World Public Forum, Dialogue of Civilizations, Russia and Austria<BR>
</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>*Prof. Hans Kochler, Chair, Political Philosophy, </SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>University of Innsbruck, Austria, and President, International Progress Organisation (I.P.O), Vienna, Austria<BR>
</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>*Nancy Roof, Founder, Kosmos Journal, Co-Founder Values Caucus at United Nations, Co-Founder Spiritual Caucus at United Nations, USA, </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">and many more<BR>
See the complete list of endorsements and the Call to Action:<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><a href="http://gcgi.info/news/139-a-call-to-action">http://gcgi.info/news/139-a-call-to-action</a></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'> <<a href="http://gcgi.info/news/139-a-call-to-action">http://gcgi.info/news/139-a-call-to-action</a>> </SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>-<BR>
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Kamran Mofid PhD (ECON)<BR>
Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative(GCGI)<BR>
www.gcgi.info <<a href="http://www.gcgi.info">http://www.gcgi.info</a>> <BR>
Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie School of Business, <BR>
Dalhousie University, Canada<BR>
<a href="http://sba.management.dal.ca">http://sba.management.dal.ca</a> <<a href="http://sba.management.dal.ca/">http://sba.management.dal.ca/</a>> <BR>
GCGI 2012 Conference, Dalhousie University, Canada<BR>
<a href="http://management.dal.ca/news/CommonGood/">http://management.dal.ca/news/CommonGood/</a><BR>
Member of the International Coordinating Committee (ICC), the World Public Forum, Dialogue of Civilisations<BR>
<a href="http://www.wpfdc.org/">http://www.wpfdc.org/</a><BR>
Founding Member, World Dignity University, and�Global Advisory Board, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies<BR>
<a href="http://www.humiliationstudies.org/education/education.php#foundingmembers">http://www.humiliationstudies.org/education/education.php#foundingmembers</a><BR>
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