From: Ed Dodds
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 7:38 PM
Subject: Do it, Signed Edward Dodds

                       Shareholders Unite!

        Shareholders should be entitled to nominate and elect
truly independent Directors --- those who are not beholden to
Management and/or fellow Directors for their selection, retention
and/or the financing of their proxy solicitation efforts.


       Will corporations voluntarily make it realistically
possible for Shareholders to elect Directors not selected by
Management and/or incumbent Directors?  The last time someone
voluntarily relinquished real power was in 1798 --- George
Washington resigned from office.


        On August 2, 2002, the Committee and James McRitchie
jointly filed a formal Petition for Rulemaking with the SEC
whereby it was requested, in substance, that Rule 14a-8(i)8 be
eliminated.  You may obtain copy of the Petition for Rulemaking
and Description of Proposed Amendments by contacting the
Committee or, on the web, at CorpGov.Net.


       Will the SEC modify SEC Rule 14a-8(i) to provide
Shareholders with a level playing field?  It all depends on you!
Join us with our efforts.  Please e-mail (1)  Mr. Harvey L. Pitt,
Chairman and/or (2) Mr. Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary, at the SEC,
indicating that you support the Petition for Rulemaking submitted
by the Committee and James McRitchie.


        If YOU want corporate governance to improve, YOU must
take action to improve it.  Otherwise, after a cooling off
period, corporations and their Boards of Directors will go back
to "business as usual."



Committee of Concerned Shareholders

P.O. Box 2171

Culver City, CA  90231-2171

Information@ConcernedShareholders.com