From: Helene Muller-Landau [hmullerlandau@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 12:19 PM To: rule-comments@sec.gov Subject: File No. S7-36-02: In support of Disclosure of Mutual Fund Proxy Voting Dear Chairman Pitt: I'm writing to urge you to pass rules requiring mutual funds to disclose their proxy votes and proxy voting policies. I believe it is in the best interests of mutual fund shareholders and indeed of the economy as a whole to have mandatory disclosure, because free markets work best when all participants have full access to relevant information. As a mutual fund investor myself, I am particularly concerned about the failure of most fund management groups to disclose their proxy votes. The exercise of proxy votes is part of the fiduciary responsibility of fund management. As such, it should be disclosed to fund investors. Therefore, I urge you to adopt the proposed amendments to forms under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Investment Company Act of 1940 to require registered management investment companies to provide disclosure about how they vote proxies relating to portfolio securities they hold. Sincerely yours, Helene Muller-Landau Helene Muller-Landau 822 N. Alisos St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2