From: rick@cleanyield.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 1:14 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: File No. S7-36-02



Dear SEC Secretary,

Please register my family's support for the SEC proposal to require 
mutual funds to disclose how they vote their proxies.

My wife and I hold shares in several mutual funds. Because we don't 
know how our funds vote on proxies, we fear we are unknowing accomplices 
to corporate misfeasance and malfeasance.  

Knowing how our funds vote proxies would be a significant factor in 
choosing mutual funds in which to invest.

We want to know how my mutual fund is voting on issues related to 
executive pay, board make-up and independence, global warming and 
other environmental issues, worker rights, gender discrimination and 
other issues that matter to me.  We want potential conflicts of 
interest exposed. We want to know what principles will guide the 
mutual fund in determining how it votes in corporate proxy contests. 

We urge the SEC to stand up for investors and for corporate 
accountability and to vote in favor of the proposed proxy voting rule.

Richard Hausman
802-584-3874

Rick Hausman

1584 Jefferson Hill Road

South Ryegate, VT 
05069