Fw: Reponse to your email: Fed. Reserve Board Members

["John Gelles" <indexed-savings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The message below is a very fast reply to my web-note
to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on Governor
Bernanke's speech in November. The text of the note
was posted here last week.

The reply leads me to believe that the volume of comment
received by the Board is reasonably small and the quality
of its email-readers is reasonably high:  They have used the
words "digital gold issues" which nowhere appeared in my
message. The reply was written by a person (not a machine)
who uses "issues" the way professional claims adjusters
might.

Although in prior years I received letters from the office
of the Secretary of the Treasury that showed even more
attention to a public comment, this reply to email seems
to me to mean that the central bank is interested in what
the public may have on its mind.

John G.

Note: The public is sent back to the web for any more
discussion -- like there are no follow-up questions or
opportunity for an extended  dialog.


----- Original Message -----
From: <FRB.Mail@xxxxxxx>
To: John Gelles
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:13 PM
Subject: Reponse to your email concerning: Board Members


Dear Mr. Gelles:

This will acknowledge your most recent corres-
pondence on Governor Bernanke's concerns
on deflation, environmental stress, poverty and
about digital gold issues.

We appreciate your continued willingness to
share your views.

Sincerely,

EH
Board Staff

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[text of my comment and profile of me was
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