From: Mariaelena Martinez [mym2124@yahoo.com.mx]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 8:00 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Access to the proxy

June 12, 2003 
 

Mr. Jonathan G. Katz
Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549-0609

Re:  File No. S7-10-03

Dear Mr. Katz: 

I write to request that the Securities and Exchange Commission adopt rules 
allowing shareholder nominees on the corporate proxy statement.   

After the recent massive market failure, with $7 trillion lost in equity 
markets in three years, accounting scandals at major companies and a near 
complete absence of corporate accountability to shareholders, it is time to 
grant shareholders a meaningful way to hold directors accountable. This is 
currently made impossible by  the prohibitive costs required to run a proxy 
fight.   

The SEC can bring genuine accountability to the boardroom through authentic 
corporate elections.  Granting equal access to the proxy will allow shareholders 
to nominate directors who independently represent our interests. Therefore, 
I urge the SEC to change the rules governing director nominations and elections 
to give shareholders access to the proxy for our director nominees.   


Sincerely, 



Michael Ring
11 Cambridge Rd.
Kendall Park, NJ 08824




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