Worcester, MA

Attendees: 17 members –Dan Abraham, Fred Nathan, Ananth Ram, Kavitha Subramanian, Rob Koenig, Al Wheeler, Helen Valinski, Joe Mewhiney, John Keeton, Peter Hoag, Filomena Didiano, Max Zormello, Gene Brady, Dick Brady, Wayne Dupont, George Hast, Mary Alice Widness – 1 guest.
We meet every Wednesday from 7-9 pm at the Thyme’s Square Restaurant, 455 Pleasant Street, Worcester, Mass.
Personal Note: Congratulations to Therese Delongchamp on the birth of her son, Ryan Daniel, who weighed in at 6 lbs, 15 oz. on July 26.
Important Note to all Officers: Please make every attempt to be in attendance next week (August 8) as we plan to have an Executive meeting immediately following the regular meeting.
The next cookout will be hosted by Rob Koenig on Aug 22. Directions will be posted in a future bulletin.

Meeting Chair	John Keeton	Toastmaster	George Hast
Invocation	Kavitha Subramanian	Topicsmaster	Joe Mewhiney
Thought	Dick Brady	General Evaluator	Dick Brady
Joke	Gene Brady	Timer	Dan Abraham
Grammarian	Fred Nathan	Word	parity *

Speaker	Speech title	Evaluator	Summary
Max Zormello	"Eyes in the Dark"	Helen Valinski	Max outlined features of computer security, and noted that some people can steal your identity with your Social Security number and IP address.
Ananth Ram	"Software of the Mind"	Mary Alice Widness	In Ananth’s third speech, he explained that values and beliefs based on culture create a glass that you look through.
Rob Koenig & Peter Hoag	"The Digital Divide"	Wayne Dupont	Rob and Pete engaged in a debate over the benefit of having a computer in your home. Rob’s position was that computers are unnecessary and isolating, while Pete extolled the benefits of computer use.

AWARDS "

Best Impromptu	Dan Abraham
Best Prepared Speech	Max Zormello
Best Evaluator	Wayne Dupont

UPCOMING MEETINGS "

	August 8, 2001	August 15, 2001	August 22, 2001
Toastmaster	Don MacIntyre	Dan Abraham	Cookout at
Topicsmaster	Ananth Ram	Dick Brady	Rob Koenig’s
Gen. Evaluator	Fred Nathan	Joe Mewhiney	house
Grammarian	Terry Londergan	Filomena Didiano
Timer	George McKenna	Bill Dussault
Speaker 1	Rob Koenig	Terry Londergan
Speaker 2	Peter Hoag	George Hast
Speaker 3	Triin Tammenru	Al Wheeler
Evaluator 1	Filomena Didiano	Fred Nathan
Evaluator 2	Bill Dussault	Bill Londergan
Evaluator 3	Joe Mewhiney	Ralph Lacerte

• Just a reminder: Please buy a meal and/or drink at the meetings to help our club maintain the room availability.
• The toastmaster of the evening and the Sergeant of Arms are responsible for arranging the tables suitably for the meeting
• Notice to all Club Officers - please have a speech ready at all times so we can replace any no shows. This is a good practice for all Toastmasters as well – BE PREPARED!
• Be sure to contact Therese Delongchamp (VP of Education) if you want to get on the schedule for a role or speech. Therese’s home phone is 508-797-0974.
• If you have an e-mail address (home or work) and are still receiving the Bulletin via regular mail please contact Pete Hoag ("mailto:peter.hoag@staples.com") so we can add you to our e-mail distribution.
• Meetings are held every Wednesday from 7:00 – 9:00 PM at the Thyme's Square Restaurant on the corner of Pleasant and Hudson Streets in Worcester - see directions below for our location.

Directions to location at Thyme’s Square Restaurant: From CLARION SUITES AKA REGENCY SUITES at 70 SOUTHBRIDGE ST: Start out going South on SOUTHBRIDGE ST towards MADISON ST/MA-122 by turning left. Turn sharp right onto MADISON ST/MA-122.
From I-290 W: Take the RT-122A/VERNON ST exit, exit number 13, towards KELLEY SQ. Keep right at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto VERNON ST/MA-122A. VERNON ST/MA-122A becomes VERNON ST/MA-122. Turn slight right onto GREEN ST/MA-122A. Turn left onto MADISON ST/MA-122.
From MADISON ST: MADISON ST/MA-122 becomes CHANDLER ST/MA-122. Turn right onto PARK AVE/MA-12/MA-9. Turn right onto PLEASANT ST. Turn left onto HUDSON ST.