From: Sarah Ledlie Loring [sll7@st-and.ac.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 5:16 AM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: File No. S7-36-02

To Whom,
 
I write in support of the proposed rule mandating disclosure of 
proxy voting policies, procedures, and voting records by mutual 
funds (File No. S7-36-02).
 
I see this as an opportunity for the SEC and fund shareholders 
together to demand transparency and accountability from mutual 
funds.  The rule will facilitate corporate governance, as well 
as promote socially and fiscally responsible behavior from fund 
managers.  Corporate responsibility is increasingly hard to find, 
and this rule is a big step against that tide of corporate deceit 
and corporate greed.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
S. Ledlie Loring, Fund Shareholder
17 Porter Rd.
Andover, MA
01810
Massachusetts' Fifth District