From: JOHN KICHLINE [jt062693@prodigy.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:35 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: File # S7-36-02

Ladies & Gentlemen:  

I would like to support the above-referenced rule to improve corporate 
governance and greater social and 
environmental responsibility on the part of America's corporations.  Mutual 
fund shareholders will finally have a right to know how their fund 
managers are voting their proxies, and because fund managers will be more 
accountable, they will be less likely to vote down the line with company 
management and more likely to vote in the best interests of their 
shareholders.  This in turn could have a beneficial impact on corporate 
governance and corporate social responsibility.  Thus, the proposed rule 
not only has the potential to make mutual funds more accountable to their 
shareholders, but to make corporations more responsible to their 
shareholders as well -- and to society at large.  I feel this is a priority 
for all of us investing in mutual funds, as well as citizens in general.

Respectfully, 

Tina Kichline