From: Harlow Carpenter [chips@rockisland.com]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:25 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: S7-19-03

We need much stronger provisions to allow fair and equitable outside input into 
the selection of corporate board members.  Please make the necessary changes to 
allow the nomination and election of board members to be placed on the official 
company ballot without further delays or obstruction.  Otherwise you will 
continue to have the scandals and corruption that have surfaced so blatantly in 
the last few years.  A stock holder for the past 30+ years, Harlow Carpenter