From: Collinge/Thiel/Weygant [capejo@localnet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 4:00 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: File #S7-19-03

I support the SEC proposals to give long-term shareholders the right to 
use company proxy materials to nominate up to three directors. These 
rules are a vital, though insufficient, step toward empowering 
shareholders and reining in excesses of corporate management. I would 
suppport strengthening these rules by lowering ownership requirements 
and speeding up the two-year nominating process, but even without those 
improvements the proposed rules are worthy of support.

Peter Collinge
77 Tall Oak Lane
Pittsford, NY 14534