From: George Farmer [geofarm@austin.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:25 AM To: rule-comments@sec.gov Subject: file #S7-10-03 I support the Council of Institutional Investors in urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to allow shareholders greater freedom to nominate board directors. George Farmer Chrysalis Diversity, Mediation, Facilitation mailto:geofarm@austin.rr.com "Creating a positive future begins in human conversation. The simplest and most powerful investment any member of a community or an organization may make in renewal is to begin talking with other people as though the answers mattered." Adapted from Who Will Tell the People by William Greider