From: sanlewis@igc.apc.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 10:20 AM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Re: File No. S7-36-02



SEC Secretary Mr. Jonathan G. Katz
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549

Dear SEC Secretary Mr. Jonathan G. Katz,

Re: File No. S7-36-02 

Dear Mr. Katz: 

I am writing to express my strong support for the SEC's
proposed rule (S7-36-02) to require mutual funds to
disclose their proxy voting policies and, most importantly,
their actual proxy voting decisions.  

I am a mutual fund investor and I care. I have been
active in scrutinizing my mutual fund investments,
but I have only limited information about how the proxies
are voted. I need more information, and moreover, I
want the information across the marketplace. 

Mutual fund companies have enormous power to shape
corporate governance to better protect investors like
me. 

Requiring mutual funds to disclose their proxy votes
in an easily accessible format is the only way that
investors can ensure that mutual fund companies exercise
their proxy voting authority to promote our interests
rather than to boost their own bottom line. 

I strongly urge to SEC to adopt its proposed rule.



Sincerely,

Sanford Lewis
371 Moody St. #110
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453