From: Alexandra Gorman [agorman29@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:14 AM To: rule-comments@sec.gov Subject: File Numbers S7-36-02 and S7-38-02 SEC 450 Fifth St. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549-0609 Re: File Numbers S7-36-02 and S7-38-02 To whom it may concern: I am thrilled to hear that proxy voting results for mutual funds will be made public. As an investor, I enjoy participating actively in decisions made by the company - dutifully sending in my proxy votes. When I choose to invest in a mutual fund I look carefully at the companies the fund invests in. Often I have noticed that there are companies with controversial proxy vote issues which I own through a mutual fund. I have tried several times to find out how my funds voted on these issues and have never (with the exception of Domini Funds) been able to get an answer. I have even written to my funds to ask how they come to their proxy vote decisions (based on what protocols etc.) and have never received an answer. I have resorted to sending letters telling them as an investor how I would like them to vote on proxy issues. I have occasionally received a response thanking me for my input. However, without revealing how they voted there is no way to make them accountable for their decisions. The new rules revealing these decisions will make this possible - and in the state of things these days, greater accountablility is certainly called for. Thanks for your consideration of these comments. Please keep the new rules in place. Alexandra Gorman 404 E Florence St. Missoula, MT 59801 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com