From: Sally Rodgers [sally@centrum.org]
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 7:32 PM
To: rule-comment@sec.gov
Subject: Proxy Rules

Dear  SEC:

I am writing to applaud the SEC for considering how proxy rules should be
changed to help protect investors more.  I have money in a pension fund and
therefore care about how US companies are managed.  While this is a tricky
business for me with a fund that I have only minimum knowledge of, I count
on the board of this organization to be responsible and reliable. As an
aging citizen, I would hope that the places where my money is invested will
be responsible and honest in their business.   I therefore appreciate the
SEC reviewing the proxy rules to see how they can be improved to protect
shareholders, and hope that they are amended to give shareholders a greater
say in how directors are selected and in how companies are overseen.  I
would feel much happier if I thought that shareholders had some say in the
operation of corporations, especially given recent history of CEOs and
corporate fraud.

I thank you for your attention to this issue.

Sally Rodgers