Date: 12/17/1999 8:04 AM Subject: Proposed Regulation FD In this age of the "individual investor" when the average person is playing a much more active role in his or her financial future, I think it is imperative to that future that full public disclosure not only be recommended, but highly enforced. Pete Krockta Network Engineer BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. phone: 508.651.6588 fax: 508.651.6141 mailto: pkrockta@bjs.com