Kochi Toastmasters Club 156th Regular Meeting Minutes
DATE & TIME: 15:00-16:32, Saturday, April 20, 2019
VENUE: Room A327, Education & Research Building, Eikokuji Campus, Kochi
University of Technology / University of Kochi
Attendees: (7/15) TM Tsuchihashi, TM Nagasaki, TM Kunisawa, TM Hayashi, TM Tomonaga, TM Y. Nagano, and TM S. Nagano,
Absentees: (8/15) TM Hashimoto, TM Mizobuchi, TM Adachi, TM Ando, TM Shinomiya, TM Kida, TM Kitaoka, and TM Ikeda
15:00
Call to Order by President: President Tsuchihashi called the 156th
regular meeting to order. She announced that TM Tsuchihashi won second
place in Division G Speech Contest, Japanese, on 14th of this month.
15:03 Greeting by Toastmaster: TM Tomonaga greeted everyone present at the meeting.
Word of the Day: Word Master: TM Hayashi: He chose the word ‘cordial’.
Introduction of Evaluation Team by General Evaluator
General Evaluator: TM Nagasaki
Timer: TM Y. Nagano Vote-Counter: TM Kunisawa
Ah-Counter: TM Y. Nagano Grammarian: TM Tsuchihashi
15:08 【Thought of the Day】:
TM Hayashi- He said that communication was great. The other day he
talked to his little grandson on the phone for the first time. After
that he somehow felt happy. ”Happiness is nearby”. Have “the sun” in
your mind.
15:11 【Formal Speech Session]】
Speaker 1: TM Nagano
(Pathways, Innovative Planning, ice Breaker, 4-6 min)
Title: I should be aware of warnings
She
talked about what she does in her spare time. After trying to do some
activities, she came to recognize that she should be aware of warnings
from her body and her own instincts to prevent her from injuring her
body.
Speaker 2: TM Kunisawa
(CC #9, Persuade with Power, 5-7 min)
Title: Increase or Raise
Her
speech was about the club's financial situation. Kochi Toastmasters
Club should take an action against the less club budget. She thinks
increasing the club members or raising the club membership dues would be
a solution.
15:30
Timer’s Report & Vote: Speaker 1 was qualified and Speaker 2 was
disqualified. Since there were less than three speakers, the vote was
not taken.
15:32 【Evaluation Session】by General Evaluator: TM Nagasaki
Evaluator 1: TM Tsuchihashi
Evaluator 2: TM Tomonaga
15:39 Timer’s
Report & Vote: Every speaker was qualified. Since there were less
than three speakers, the vote was not taken.
15:40 Sharing & Intermission
15:50 【Table Topics Session】 Table Topics Master: TM Nagasaki
During the session, TM Nagasaki had the participants make speeches. The list of speakers and topics were as follows.
At first he divided the participants into two groups during Part 1 and Part 2.
Part 1 Quick Speech
During this part, TM Nagasaki had each participant make four 30-second speeches. The topics were as follows:
1 What is your favorite book?
2 What is the best movie in the human history?
3 What is the worst TV program you’ve ever watched?
4 Tell about your memories of movie theatre?
Part 2 Chained Story Making
During this part, TM Nagasaki had each group make three chained stories. The topics were as follows:
1 Group 1 with a baby photo
2 Group 2 with a girl standing by a tank photo
3 Everyone with a couple photo against sunset
Part 3 Table topics session
During this part, TM Nagasaki had the participants make speeches. The list of speakers and topics were as follows:
1 TM Kunisawa- Tell us about the future of books.
2 TM Tomonaga- Tell us about the future of libraries
3 TM Hayashi- Will TV be replaced by tablets or smartphones?
4 TM Y. Nagano- If you are invited to Hollywood to make a movie, what kind of movie would you like to make?
5 TM S. Nagano- If you are invited to Hollywood as an actress, what kind of heroin would you like to be?
6 TM Tsuchihashi- If you are asked to write and publish a book, what will the book be like?
16:25 Timer’s Report & Vote: Every speaker was qualified.
16:25 Report
Ah-Counter, Grammarian, Word Master
General Evaluator’s Comments
Award Presentation: President Tsuchihashii announced the winner:
Best TT Speaker: TM S. Nagano
16:28 Business Session conducted by President :
TM
Tsuchihashi appointed the nomination committee members, TM Adachi for
the Committee chair, TM Kunisawa and TM Ando for the committee members.
The
committee selects candidates to fill officer positions for the coming
term. Any current active member of the club is eligible to run for
office and members may run for more than one office.
Role Assignment for the next regular meeting (May 25):
Any role was not decided.
The roles will be appointed by VPE.
16:32 Adjourn
