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
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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
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