From: Thomas Ansbro [tansbro@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:10 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: S7-19-03

Your proposal to allow investor nominees for boards of directors on the proxy
ballet not only should be adopted asap but also should be given more teeth. This
is a bare minimum start. Billions of dollars of shareholder wealth have been
vaporized from the seemingly endless string of corporate scandals. You know the
game is rigged for the insiders so show some leadership and address reality in a
way that will matter.


Thomas Ansbro
IBM Global Services