Subject: File No. S7-25-99
From: Norris G. Edmonson, CPA, PFS
Affiliation: American Institute of CPAs, Georgia Society of CPAs, Financial Planning Association

January 15, 2005

I respectfully request a complete withdrawal of the proposed rule - not merely a revision. It is my belief that the public is best served when brokers who market themselves as financial planners are required to come under the Adivser Act.