> From: 	Kumar, Punit[SMTP:KUMARP@AGNESIAN.COM]
> Sent: 	Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:13:44 PM
> To: 	'IMOCC@sec.gov'
> Subject: 	Mutual Funds Proxy votes
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Dear Sir or Madam, 

I am a individual investor like most folks and I strongly believe that
mutual funds should disclose how the mutual funds and most institutional
investors have voted in proxy proposals. This will bring a new era of
responsibility during the proxy votes for most mutual funds. Most people
like me invest in mutual funds trusting the mutual funds to do what is best
for us and since we are all paying them to manage our money, it is our right
to know how they have voted in corporate decision making. Are they working
for us or against us? The investors in mutual funds have the right to know. 

-Punit Kumar, MD