From: Bob Tutelman [btutelman@cohu.com]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 1:28 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Cc: webeditorial@Fool.com
Subject: Mutual Fund Proxy Vote Disclosure

Sirs:

As an investor, both in individual stocks and mutual funds, I feel the
proposed rule to require mutual funds to disclose their proxy votes is an
important and beneficial step toward good corporate governance. In the vast
majority of cases the mutual fund management will be a disinterested party
in such votes. Probably in far too many cases, they have been uninterested
parties, and have voted with management without much consideration.

Knowing that both their investing public and the regulatory agencies will
have the opportunity to scrutinize *their* governance of the funds entrusted
to them will, at least, encourage considered voting; and in the few cases
where temptation may exist, to discourage self-interested voting.

It is unnecessary to require broad, direct (mailed) notification of this
information to individual investors. Posting to a public web site is more
than sufficient, and would hardly be an unreasonable burden on mutual fund
management.

I hope you will institute a strong rule to this effect in the immediate
future. Sincerely yours,

R.A. Tutelman