From: DinahMcC@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:16 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: S7-19-03

Please open the Boardrooms of America to the people who should have some say in 
how these companies are run...the shareholders.  The corporate boards of America 
should be ashamed of this self-perpetuating system, which has been exposed to be 
so obviously flawed.  Change is good.  It is time something good happened to 
restore the confidence American stockholders have in their investments.

And while we're at it...I propose that NO CEO of any company should sit on the 
Board of any other company.  Any good CEO should devote his complete energies to 
the success of the company he is currently leading...leaving no time to serve on 
the Boards of friends and cronies.  No wonder we have seen corporate malfeasance 
and underhanded tricks ...these powerful Board members don't have the time to do 
the work necessary to root out these problems.  Once a CEO is retired, he/she 
should be available to serve on as many Boards as time permits.  Until then, 
they should stay in their own Board Rooms and only pay attention to the 
companies they are getting paid to run.

Dinah McClymonds, Concerned Stockholder
Houston, TX