To whom it may concern, I believe SR-NYSE-2024-35 to be well intentioned, but fatally flawed. While exempting CEFs from annual meetings can save them time and money, which can potentially benefit it's shareholders, it comes at the expense of removing the assurance of accountability to those shareholders. It creates a way to game the system that will be attractive to the worst operators, ultimately costing the investing public far more. Having a segment of the market which cannot be trusted will have an impact systemically. This proposed rule change should not be permitted to pass. Respectfully, Mark Kasson