From: Rastelli, Luca [lrastell@CuraGen.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:01 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: (SEC File No. 4-461) Petition for Rulemaking 

Mr. Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549



Dear Mr. Katz:

I want to direct your attention to the Rulemaking Petition proposed 
by The Committee of Concerned Shareholders and James McRitchie. It's 
time that the SEC stop allowing public corporations to conduct their 
board of director elections as they were a communist politburo. SEC 
Rule 14a-(8)(i)(8) specifically allows public corporations to exclude 
director nominations from shareholders. Changing 14a-(8)(i)(8) is the 
ONLY way to bring our democratic traditions into the corporate election 
process, and eliminate the rubber stamp dictatorships that result from 
the present system of electing directors.

Sincerely,

Luca Rastelli
Senior Research Scientist
Oncology Disease Program
CuraGen Corporation
322 East Main St.
Branford CT 06405
Ph. 203-8714244
Fax 203-4811102 




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