The Pacific Research Forum, a local libertarian economics group, is sponsoring a talk by Dr. Jerry L. Jordan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and Dr. Donald T. Brash, governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, with moderator Dr. William S. Haraf, director of public policy for BofA. The forum is 3:30-5PM at the Banker's Club, 555 California St, 51st floor, SF. The reception is 5PM-6PM. It costs $25; RSVP to Cindy Sparks at +1 415 989 0833. "Central banks were originally intended to bring price stability to a paper-based bank payments system. But what will be the proper role of a central bank in the rapidly approaching era of digital money? What happens to monetary policy, supervision and regulation, as well as financial services such as clearning checks, when electronically- initiated debits and credits become the transaction of choice?" ..."Dr. Jordan predicts that ... the proliferation of digital money will provide new challenges for central banks laboring to provide stable money." I'll probably see you there... -- John Gilmore gnu@toad.com -- gnu@eff.org Don't introduce that Tsutomu to your girlfriend.