From: LGreenbelt@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 7:10 PM
To: WMB330@aol.com
Subject: Re: SEC 2003-59/ copy

To the SEC:

As a stockholder in about a dozen companies, I read the reports and try to be 
informed when voting for issues brought before the annual meetings.  I well 
remember the spate of stockholder-inspired environmental reform measures in the 
wake of the Exxon Valdez.

One place where I and other stockholders have very little input and no power 
is in the selection of directors. Our only input is a Yes/No choice for a 
handpicked person (one candidate for each seat) about whom we know nothing other 
than a list of past affiliations (assuming they are accurate).  The 
powerlessness of stockholders cannot be healthy when we have seen a parade of 
corrupt companies damage the US economy in the last decade.

I support an in-depth review of how directors are selected, and what 
alternatives there are to the current situation.

Thank you,
Elisabeth Brown
84 Harvey Court
Irvine, CA 92612