Kochi Toastmasters Club 149 Regular Meeting Minutes
DATE & TIME: 15:00-17:00, Saturday, September 15, 2018
VENUE: Room A327, Education & Research Building, Eikokuji Campus, Kochi University of Technology / University of Kochi
Attendees:
(10/16) TM Tsuchihashi, TM Tomonaga, TM Nagasaki, TM Y. Nagano, TM
Kitaoka, TM Shinomiya, TM Hayashi, TM Adachi, TM Ando, and TM S. Nagano,
Absentees: (6) TM Ohtani, TM Cooley, TM Kunisawa, TM Mizobuchi, TM Hashimoto, and TM Hamaguchi,
15:00
Call to Order by President: President Tsuchihashi called the 149th
regular meeting to order. She was regretful about not having any guest.
15:03
Greeting by Toastmaster: TM Kitaoka greeted everyone present at the
meeting. He said that it was becoming cool and we could hear and enjoy
the chirping of crickets at night.
Word of the Day: Word Master: TM Tsuchihashi: She chose the word ‘simple’.
Introduction of Evaluation Team
General Evaluator: TM Tomonaga
Timer: TM Ando Vote-Counter: TM Tomonaga
Ah-Counter: No one Grammarian: TM Ando
15:07 【Thought of the Day】: TM Hayashi
He
referred to Naomi Osaka who captured First Grand Slam Title at 2018 US
Open. He said that he liked her positive thinking comments.
5:10 【Formal Speech Session]】
Speaker 1: TM Y. Nagano
(Pathways, Ice breaker 5-7 min)
Title: Blind men
Long time ago, Three blind men lived in the same village.
They din’t like each other. One day they encountered a huge elephant on the street in the village respectively.
One
thought it was a big bat, because he touched its ear, then other two
blind men thought it was a snake and a tree.They had different ideas. He
thinks that he is as blind as the three blind men as he can’t picture
the whole world. He let concern with other members of Toastmasters so
that they can make a correct figure of a huge elephant.
Speaker 2 TM Adachi
(CC #9, Persuade with Power, 5-7 min)
Title: No Pressure, No Progress
There
are 4 points to improve ourselves: to watch a good example, to have
someone read our speeches, to challenge, to have a concrete goal.
Sometimes we feel pressure, but no pressure, no progress!
Speaker 3 TM Nagasaki
(AD #25, Speaking to Inform #5 The abstract concept 6-8 min)
Title: Unlearn
Unlearning
means discarding something from one's memory, something learned,
especially a bad habit or outdated information. Let’s unlearn and start
anew with a new growth mind-set.
15:40
Timer’s Report & Vote: TM Nagasaki was disqualified. Since there
were less than three speakers, the vote was not taken.
15:43 【Evaluation Session】by General Evaluator: TM Tomonaga
Evaluator 1: TM Tshuchihashi
Evaluator 2: TM S. Nagano
Evaluator 3: TM Shinomiya
15:52 Timer’s Report & Vote: Every speaker was qualified.
16:00 Sharing & Intermission
16:05 【Table Topics Session】 Table Topics Master: TM S. Nagano
During
the session, TM S. Nagano had the participants make speeches on each
topic. The list of speakers and topics were as follows:
Speaker 1: TM Shinomiya- Do you agree with the introduction of daylight-saving time?
Speaker 2: TM Nagasaki- Would you like microchip implantation between your thumb and forefinger to identify yourself?
Speaker 3: TM Kitaoka- Are you interested in genetic testing of yours?
Speaker 4: TM Hayashi- Have you visited オーテピア？
Speaker 5: TM Y. Nagano- Do you have any unique daily routine?
Speaker 6: TM Tsuchihashi- What do you think of the film, 万引き家族?
Speaker 7: TM Ando- Are you interested in space travel?
Speaker 8: TM Adachi- What occasions do you show your leadership abilities?
Speaker 9: TM Tomonaga- What habit do you hate the most if you have?
Speaker 10: TM Shinomiya- What is the smartphone for you?
Speaker
11: TM Kitaoka - If you describe yourself with one word or one Chinese
character, what is it? He chose “謙”. After him, everyone in the
meeting described theirselves: TM Hayashi- normal, TM Ando- 迷, TM
Tomonaga- 友, TM Shinomiya- about, TM Y. Nagano- void, TM Tsuchihashi-
positive, TM Adachi- 追, TM Nagasaki- しん(新+進+心), and TM S. Nagano- 易
16:47 Timer’s Report & Vote: Every speaker was qualified.
16:50 Report
Ah-Counter, Grammarian, Word Master
General Evaluator’s Comments
Award Presentation: President TM Tsuchihashii announced the winners:
Best Evaluator: TM S. Nagano, Best TT Speaker: TM Shinomiya
Address by Toastmaster
Officers’ Announcements conducted by President:
President:-
Area 72 Joint Meeting will be held on October 21 in Tokushima. TM
Tsuchihashi, TM Shinomiya and TM Y. Nagano will be there so far. Our
October meeting will be held at Baiseikan, Nankoku. We will have a
picnic lunch. The contents of the meeting will be the same as usual.
We meet at Kochi Medical School parking lot and the attendees will go to
Baiseikan in 2 or 3 cars.
16:55 Business Session conducted by VPE:
Role Assignment for the next regular meeting (October 27th):
Toastmaster of the Day: TM Nagasaki, Thought of the Day: TM Tsuchihashi, Table Topics Master: TM Y. Nagano,
FS: TM Ando, TM Tsuchihashi, TM Shinomiya, TM Hashimoto, and TM S. Nagano
The rest of the roles will be appointed by VPE.
17:00 Adjourn
