From: cagranda@alewife-energy.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 1:26 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Re: File No. S7-36-02



SEC Secretary Mr. Jonathan G. Katz
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549

Dear SEC Secretary Mr. Jonathan G. Katz,

Re: File No. S7-36-02 

Dear Mr. Katz: 

I strongly support SEC's proposed rule (S7-36-02) that
would require mutual funds to disclose their proxy
voting policies and their actual proxy voting decisions.
 

As a mutual fund investor I allow the mutual fund industry
to speak for me on the issue of proxy voting, but my
interests as an investor may differ from those of my
mutual fund company. I currently have no way to know
whether the mutual funds that I invest in adopt positions
that reflect my interests and beliefs.  

Requiring mutual funds to disclose their proxy votes
in an easily accessible format is the only way that
investors can ensure that mutual fund companies exercise
their proxy voting authority to promote our interests
rather than to boost their own bottom line. 

I strongly urge to SEC to adopt its proposed rule.



Sincerely,

Christopher Granda
156 Gray St.
Arlington, Massachusetts 02476-6339