Date and Time: 15:00-16:45, Saturday, May 27th 2017
Location: Room A327, Education and Research Building
Eikokuji Campus, Kochi University of Technology/University of Kochi
Attendees: TM Shinomiya, TM Nagasaki, TM Kitaoka, TM
Hayashi, TM Tsuchihashi, TM Hashimoto, TM
Kunisawa, TM Y. Nagano, TM Miyoshi, TM Yamaguchi
Absentees: TM S. Nagano, TM Tomonaga, TM Adachi, TM
Wong, TM Sawada, TM Cooley, TM Rai, TM Machida, TM Kumon, TM O`Dowd,
Guests: Ms.Rei Hamaguchi, Her Mother and the
Mother’s Friend
15 :00 -Opening
address by Nagasaki, Vice President Education of Kochi Toastmasters Club:
President S. Nagano was
absent. Instead, TM Nagasaki called the 133nd regular meeting to order. He also
gave TM Tsuchihashi Advanced Leader Bronze Award. TM Tsuchihashi made a short
speech to encourage members to achieve leadership awards.
15 :03 -Address by
TM Kitaoka Toastmaster of the Day : In his address, he talked about how he would
conduct the meeting.
Word of the Day: Word
Master: TM Nagasaki : He chose the word ‘striking'.
-Introduction of
Evaluation Team:
-General Evaluator: TM Y.
Nagano
-Timer: TM Yamaguchi -Vote-Counter: TM Tsuchihashi
-Ah-Counter: TM Hayashi -Grammarian: TM Shinomiya
15:13- Table Topics
Session Table Topics Master: TM Nagasaki:
During the session, TM Nagasaki had the
participants describe three things that we do for something. The list of
speakers was as follows:
Speaker 1: TM Kitaoka, three
things we should do in our teens.
Speaker 2 :TM
Hayashi, three things we should do after retirement. Speaker 3: TM Kunisawa,
three things she would like to bring on a trip . Speaker 4: TM Shinomiya,
three things when making a good speech.
Speaker 5: TM Miyoshi,
three things she does before she goes to bed.
Speaker 6:
TM Y. Nagano, three things he does when he falls in love with someone.
Speaker 7: TM Tsuchihashi,
three things we should do to become happy. Speaker 8: TM Yamaguchi,three
things he likes about Kochi.
Speaker
9 :TM Hashimoto, three things that go well with cold beer.
-Timer’s
Report & Voting
15:50 -Intermission
15:50 -Formal Speech
Session:
Speaker 1: TM Miyoshi (CC
#4 How to say it, 5-7 min) Title- To stop developing AI
Inspired by Professor
Stephn Hawking’s idea that the development of full artificial intelligence could
prove a fatal mistake because once humans develop AI, it will take off on its own and redesign itself and
beat humans, superseding and replacing us soon, she warned us that if we could not
stop developing AI, there would be a huge catastrophe in the next century.
Speaker 2: TM Hashimoto:
(AD #5 Speak to inform , 5-7 min) Title- Body Language
Refering to TM Dananjaya
Hettiarachchi’s speech at the fall conference in Hiroshima, she gave us some
effective tips for using body language and encouraged us to use them and become
a better speaker.
16:15 -Evaluation Session General
Evaluator, Y. Nagano
Evaluator 1: TM Tsuchihashi
Evaluator 2: TM Kunisawa
16:23 -Reports :
Ah-Counter, Grammarian, Word Master
General Evaluator’s Comments
Sharing
-Award Presentation:
Best TT Speaker: TM Shinomiya
16:55-Business Session was conducted by TM Nagasaki
1 Officer Election : Nominating Committee Acting
Chair TM Tsuchihashi conducted the election. All nominees were elected by a vote by acclamation.
The club officers elect are the following:
TM Adachi for
President
TM Kunisawa for Vice
President Education
TM Miyoshi for Vice President
Membership
TM Nagasaki for Vice
President Public Relations and Webmaster
TM Cooley for
Secretary
TM Kumon for
Treasurer
TM Y Nagano for
Sergeant-at-arms
Address by Vice
President Education elect TM Kunisawa
2 Club Officers
Vice President Membership Kunisawa reported
that four members of Kochi TMC distributed flyers to recruit new members at a
TOEIC exam venue.
Sergeant-at-arms Hayashi announced a plan
to have a beer party on July 22.
• Roles for the next meeting:
TM of the Meeting: TM Hayashi
Table Topics: TM Hashimoto
The rest of the roles will be decided at a later date.
16:45 –Adjourn
