From: crohmann@crocker.com Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:23 AM To: rule-comments@sec.gov Subject: FILE NUMBER S7-36-02 and S7-38-02 Re: File Numbers S7-36-02 and S7-38-02 Mr. Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609 Dear Secretary Katz: I am writing in support of the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed rules mandating disclosure of proxy voting policies, procedures, and records by mutual funds and investment advisers, File Numbers S7-36-02 and S7-38-02. I am a mutual fund investor, and would welcome this kind of disclosure as a much-needed tool for making funds and corporations more accountable to their shareholders. I strongly support the recommendations you have set forth in the proposed rules; they will surely improve confidence in the sadly shaken equity markets of this country. Thank you for your attention, Chris Rohmann 16 Hillcrest Park South Hadley, MA 01075