From: Michelle Stoehr-Mccarthy [mermaidshel@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 7:10 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: File No. S7-36-02

We are strong supporters of corporate accountability, and strongly 
support the Domini Investment Group's Proxy Voting Guidelines.

We feel that there is too much temptation to act in an unscrupulous 
manner, and to "screw" shareholders, employees, citizens and consumers 
when corporations and their executives are allowed to conduct business 
in secret.

Mutual fund shareholders will finally have a right to know how their 
fund managers are voting their proxies, and because fund managers will 
be more accountable, they will be less likely to vote down the line with 
company management and more likely to vote in the best interests of 
their shareholders.  This in turn could have a beneficial impact on 
corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.  Thus, the 
proposed rule not only has the potential to make mutual funds more 
accountable to their shareholders, but to make corporations more 
responsible to their shareholders as well -- and to society at large.

Chris and Michelle McCarthy
38 Prospect Ave.
West Haven, CT 06516