From: Mary Crane [mcrane@jmail.umd.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 3:19 PM To: rule-comments@sec.gov Subject: RE:S7-10-02 I understand the SEC is considering updating the rules which govern how shareholders can vote their ballots. Please, as a long-term investor in the U.S. markets, I would appreciate any reform which assists shareholders' in their ability to oversee companies they own. Given the current climate of corporate fraud and CEO excesses, improvements to the proxy rules can no longer be ignored. Mary Crane -- Mary Crane, Program Coordinator Journalism Fellowships in Child and Family Policy University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism 1117 Journalism Bldg., #3116 College Park, Md. 20742-7111 301/405-7200 or 301/405-7300 fax mcrane@jmail.umd.edu www.child-family.umd.edu