From: BALL,BEN (HP-Boise,ex1) [ben.ball@hp.com]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 1:34 PM
To: 'rule-comments@sec.gov'
Subject: S7-19-03

I fully support investor nominees for boards of the directors on the proxy
ballot.

It's very simple and obviously wrong for the owner of the company,
investors, not to have  this right.

An obvious conflict of interest encourages Board members, especially when
paid over the $100,000 measure used by mutual funds monitoring corporate
governance pay. Board members should also not be able to receive bonus
Dollars/Stocks for merger activities.