From: RonaldER1@aol.com
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 1:25 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Mutual Fund Proxy Voting (s7-36-02)

Disclosure of Mutual Fund Proxy Voting Should Be Mandatory!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As an individual investor, I quite often abstain from voting for directors of 
companies that I own stock in because of changes in company policies that 
stuff the pockets of high level executives and are supported by the board.
I feel that if I dont know how Mutual Funds are voting with their proxy 
ballots, I cant make a good judgement on what funds I want to own. Some of 
these funds even manage the pension funds of the companies they have 
ownership in!
I dont think the mail should be cluttered with voting records, but Mutual 
Funds ought to make there voting records available on their websites in a 
timely manner or the SEC should post the results on their website.
It wouldn't surprise me if the buddy-buddy system exists between Mutual Funds 
and the companies they hold stock in, the same as it exists with companies 
and their auditors!

Sincerely yours,

Ronald E. Roeser
RonaldER1@AOL.COM