Kochi
Toastmasters Club 125th Regular Meeting Minutes
Date:
September 24th 2016
Location:
Kochi University of Technology (KUT), Eikokuji Campus
Attendees:
TM Nagasaki, TM Kunisawa, TM Sachi Nagano, TM Kitaoka, TM Tomonaga, TM Adachi,
TM Hayashi, TM Hashimoto, TM Shinomiya, TM Wong, TM Kamisaka, TM Miyoshi and TM
Cooley
Absentees: TM
Ando, TM Tomii, TM Yoshimoto, TM Fukuda, TM Sawada, TM Rai, TM Tsuchihashi, TM
Machida, TM Youichi Nagano and TM Kumon
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15:00; Call to Order and
Opening Remarks by President TM Sachi
Nagano:
I`d like
to call the 125th Regular Meeting to order. I`d also like to
introduce our 2 guests, Aya Mitsui and Piper O`Dowd as well as our toastmaster
for this meeting, TM Kunisawa.
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Introduction of Guests: Piper
and Aya introduced themselves.
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15:03; Greetings By the
Toastmaster of the meeting, TM Kunisawa:
Welcome
to the meeting. I am very happy. There are two announcements. One, TM Sawada is
not here so TM Nagasaki is now the vote counter. Two, we will use a new
procedure for the Timer`s report: In each speech session whether it is Table
Topics, Formal Speeches or Evaluation, the speakers will give their speeches
first, afterwards the Timer will give their report indicating whether or not
the speech has qualified, finally there
will be the voting session for people to vote for which qualified speech they
liked best. Also, TM Nagasaki would like to mention that he has made a formal
speech planning sheet and a role sheet to help us make Business Sessions run
more smoothly. I hope you will enjoy the meeting by participating. The meeting
has three parts: Table Topics, formal speeches and evaluation.
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Word of the Day by TM Sachi
Nagano: TM Sachi Nagano introduced the word `content`. It is an adjective that
means being happy enough, but not satisfied.
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Introduction of the Evaluation
Team by TM Hayashi:
-Timer:
TM Miyoshi
-Vote
Counter: TM Nagasaki
-Ah
Counter: TM Wong
-Grammarian:
TM Adachi
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15:10; Table Topics Session
presided by TM Shinomiya: TM Shinoniya wanted to prepare TM Cooley and TM Sachi
Nagano for the upcoming Table Topics Contest in Imabari by asking them
interesting questions that would require them to work their brains. She also
asked other members as well. Some examples of questions she asked include “Ten
years from now what will you do”?, “If a humanoid robot showed up at your
house, how would you use it”?, “If you had a universal translator whose voice
would you like to hear translate”?, and “If you had to present something at an
exhibition in 2116, what would it be”?.
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15:40; Formal Speech Session
presided by TM Kunisawa:
-TM
Cooley did her 8th speech in the Competent Communicator Manual. The goal was to
get comfortable using visual aids. Her speech was about working in customer
service. She started her speech by explaining a strange case in which a student
got lost trying to get to the museum she worked at. She showed us a map showing
us exactly how far the student was from the museum. She then went on to explain
how despite having studied in anthropology, she was not able to find work in
her field and instead navigated the perilous confines of the customer service
industry having worked at a children`s and arts museum as well as an expensive
cosmetics company that sold cosmetics that don`t even work. She used pictures
to help illustrate her points. Overall, she has had many experiences good and
bad and learned many things. She feels that she likes helping people and values
kindness above all else.
-TM
Nagasaki gave a speech from the Successful Club Series on Moments of Truth. He
started by saying that “We have to work hard to make our club great. We need to
be in good standing and have a healthy club”. He explained how Moments of Truth
are a way to help make our club better. There are 6 Moments of Truth:
-First
Impressions
-Membership Orientation
-Fellowship, Variety and Communication
-Program Planning and Meeting Organization
-Membership Strength
-Achievement Recognition
After finishing his explanation, he then had
members get into groups to evaluate our club based on these Moments of Truth
and discuss ways to improve in the areas where we are lacking.
16:20; Evaluation Session presided by TM Hayashi:
-Evaluator for TM Cooley: TM Kamisaka
-Evaluator for TM Nagasaki: TM Tomonaga
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16:25,
Evaluation Team Reports:
-Ah Counter` Report: TM Wong
-Grammarian`s Report: TM Adachi
-Word Master`s Report: TM Sachi Nagano
-General Evaluator`s Report: TM Hayashi
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16:25;
Sharing and Awards (Given by TM Nagasaki):
-TM Cooley and TM Kitaoka won the “Best Table
Topics Award”.
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16:40;
Business Session presided by TM Nagasaki:
The following roles were decided for the next
meeting:
-Toastmaster of the meeting: TM Wong
-Word Master: TM Hayashi
-General Evaluator: TM Tsuchihashi
-Timer: TM Rai
-Table Topics Master: TM Tomonaga
-Vote Counter: TM Hashimoto
-Ah Counter: TM Kunisawawa
-Grammarian: TM Cooley
-Formal Speech: TM Miyoshi, TM Adachi and TM Sachi
Nagano
-Speech
Evaluators: TM Kunisawa, TM Sawada and TM Shinomiya
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17:00;
Meeting Adjourned
