From: Debra Peter [ironweed@one.net]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:56 AM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Re: File No. S7-36-02

I would like to register my support for the adoption of proposed 
rule S7-36-02.  The new rule would be a giant step forward for 
mutual fund transparency, improved corporate governance and greater 
social and environmental responsibility on the part of America's 
corporations.  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.

Thank you, 
Debra Peter