Date: July
23rd 2016
Location:
Kochi University of Technology (KUT), Eikokuji Campus
Attendees:
TM Shinomiya, TM Nagasaki, TM Kitaoka, TM Sachi Nagano, TM Hayashi, TM
Tomonaga, TM Ando, TM Tsuchihashi, TM Hashimoto, TM Wong, TM Kunisawa, TM
Machida, TM Cooley, TM Kamisaka, TM Youichi Nagano, TM Miyoshi
Absentees: TM
Adachi, TM Tomii, TM Yoshimoto, TM Fukuda, TM Sawada, TM Rai and TM Kumon
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15:00; Call to Order and
Opening Remarks by President TM Nagano:
It`s
finally summer and it`s hot. What are your plans for the summer? Please share
after the meeting during the Drinking Party.
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Introduction of Guests: Lori
and Fumika showed their smiles but did not introduce themselves.
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15:03; Greetings By the
Toastmaster of the meeting, TM Hayashi:
I am
honored to be here, I am TM Hayashi. I want you all to remember this club`s
motto because I think it is important: To be powerful, enjoyable and variable.
We will have a drinking party in Obiyamachi after the meeting, I hope you will
attend. A toastmaster`s meeting is divided into three parts: Table Topics,
Formal Speeches and the Evaluation Session.
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Word of the Day by TM Kunisawa:
TM Kunisawa introduced the word `considerate`. It means showing concern for other
people.
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Introduction of the Evaluation
Team by TM Kunisawa:
-Timer:
TM Machida
-Vote
Counter: TM Kamisaka
-Ah
Counter: TM Hashimoto
-Grammarian:
None
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15:10; Table Topics Session
presided by TM Nagasaki: TM Nagasaki decided to prepare everyone for the upcoming
Table Topics Contest by having them get into groups of 4. In their group each
person was asked to speak for up to two minutes on a topic that was given by
the Table Topics Master. After each person had spoken, the other members of the
group would give feedback for another two minutes. One person in the group was
also designated as the leader and would take notes and report to the person
what they had said.
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15:50; Formal Speech Session
presided by TM Hayashi:
-TM
Hayashi was not giving a speech but instead completing Project #10 of the
Specialty Speeches: Introduce the Speaker.
-TM
Miyoshi did her Icebreaker Speech in which she talked about her husband and his
love for a strange form of Ikebana: I am very happy to be here. I`ve talked
about myself in the past so now I want to talk about my husband. We met at
Kochi University in chorus club. He likes painting, listening to music and
photography. He practices a form of ikebana without flowers. He believes that
every living thing including flowers has a spirit. When we kill a flower, we
also kill that spirit. We must instead practice empty-mindedness and connect
with the spirit of the flower.
-TM Wong
gave his 3rd speech in the AC Manual “The Entertaining Speaker”. The goal of
the speech was “To Make Them Laugh”. In his speech he talked about a strange
hobby. We now return to another exciting episode of “An Interview with Myself”.
My strange hobby is I like to find fear. I am scared of heights but I do rock
climbing. I don`t like roller coasters because I don`t like surprises when they
involve not knowing a metallic vehicle will suddenly drop.
-TM Tsuchihashi did the same speech project as TM Wong but instead
of talking about a strange hobby, she talked about her experience learning how
to sing. She learned that passion
goes beyond techniques through music lessons. She also found ways to be an
impressive speaker and to gain Distinguished Club points.
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16:10;
Evaluation Session presided by TM Kunisawa:
-Evaluator for TM Hayashi: TM Ando
-Evaluator for TM Miyoshi: TM Kitaoka
-Evaluator for TM Wong: TM Tomonaga
-Evaluator for TM Tsuchihashi: TM Nagano
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16:15,
Evaluation Team Reports:
-Timer`s Report: TM Machida
-Ah Counter` Report: TM Hashimoto
-Grammarian`s Report: None
-Word Master`s Report: TM Kunisawa
-General Evaluator`s Report: TM Kunisawa
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16:25;
Sharing and Awards (Given by TM Kamisaka):
-TM Tsuchihashi won the “Best Speaker Award”.
-TM Nagano won the “Best Evaluator 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 Tsuchihashi
-Word Master: TM Sachi Nagano
-General Evaluator: TM Tomonaga
-Table Topics Master: TM Adachi
-Vote Counter: TM Shinomiya
-Ah Counter: TM Cooley
-Grammarian: TM Kunisawa
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17:00;
Meeting Adjourned
