From: Afeite DADJA [afeite@msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:33 PM
To: <rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Petition for Rulemaking (SEC File No. 4-461)

I fully support the efforts of the Committee of Concerned Shareholders and 
James McRitchie with respect to their Petition for Rulemaking (SEC File 
No. 4-461).  It is time that democracy should come to the corporate ballot.  
Shareholders (the true owners of corporate America) should be entitled to a 
fair and impartial opportunity to elect truly independent Directors.  Further, 
recent corporate events have demonstrated that individual Shareholders need an 
effective means by which undesirable Directors can be held accountable, e.g., 
removed from office via use of the simplified Shareholder Proposal procedure.  
Individual Shareholders should be able to act as their own 'watchdogs' when it 
comes to improving corporate governance