From: Mark Linimon [linimon@lonesome.com]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 2:09 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: S7-19-03

I strongly support the new rule.  I have been a stockholder
for nearly 10 years in various companies; in only one case
(ARCO) had there ever been sufficient shareholder activity to
overcome a board's inertia, and even in that case, was only
to get a shareholder resolution on the proxy.  I understand
this was only done with great effort and expense by the
participants involved.

These barriers should not be so high as to be effectively
impossible to overcome.  The net change in cost to the
corporations to administer the extra paperwork would be
small for all but the smallest companies.

Companies should have a choice: either be responsible to
their shareholders, or, if they do not care to, go through
the process to become privately held.  It's really that simple.

Thank you.

Mark Linimon
linimon@soaustin.net