Kochi Toastmasters Club 155th Regular Meeting Minutes
DATE & TIME: 15:00-16:45, Saturday, March23, 2019
VENUE: Room A327, Education & Research Building, Eikokuji Campus, Kochi
University of Technology / University of Kochi
Attendees:
(10/18) TM Tsuchihashi, TM Nagasaki, TM Hashimoto, TM Kunisawa, TM
Hayashi, TM Y. Nagano, TM Tomonaga, TM Komatsu, TM Kida, and TM S.
Nagano,
Guests: (3) Mr. Ueda and Ms. C. Kitaoka
Absentees: (8/18) TM Ohtani, TM Cooley, TM Mizobuchi, TM Adachi, TM Ando, TM Shinomiya, TM Kitaoka, and TM Ikeda
15:00
Call to Order by President: President Tsuchihashi called the 155th
regular meeting to order. At first, she apologized to everyone for her
locking the meeting tools in the locker.
She
reported the result of the Area 72 Speech Contest 2019: TM S. Nagano
won third place in English, and TM Tsuchihashi won second place in
Japanese and will move on to the Division contest.
15:03 Greeting by Toastmaster: TM Tsuchihashi greeted everyone present at the meeting.
Greeting by two guests
Word of the Day: Word Master: TM Kunisawa: She chose the word ‘come to think of it’.
Introduction of Evaluation Team
General Evaluator: TM Hashimoto
Timer: TM Hayashi, TM Kunisawa Vote-Counter: TM Y. Nagano
Ah-Counter: TM Tomonaga Grammarian: TM Y. Nagano
15:10 【Thought of the Day】:
TM Tomonaga- Spring is the season to encounter and to say good-bye.
Her beloved bird, Pi-chan, passed away this spring at the age of 12
years and 6 months. Pi-chan had given her family a lot of joy. She had
to accept this sad event.
15:15 【Formal Speech Session]】
Speaker 1: TM Komatsu
(Pathways, Motivational Strategies, Evaluation and Feedback 2-1, 5-7 min)
Title: History of my relations with foreigners
Her
relationship with foreign people began when she was an elementary
school kid. She tried to communicate with them and learned a lot from
them. Now she decided to spend a meaningful campus life and to begin to
study French.
Speaker 2: TM S. Nagano
(AD 27, Communicating on Video 2, the Interview Show, 5-7 min.
Title: A Gift from My Experience
This
project was a talk show between TM Y. Nagano, the interviewer, and TM
S. Nagano, a popular Japanese language teacher. He asked her why she
became a Japanese language teacher, and how she teaches foreigners
Japanese.
Contest speech practice: 土橋
(コンテストスピーチ練習，日本語 5-7分）
15:40
Timer’s Report & Vote: Every speaker was qualified. Since there
were less than three speakers(TM Tsuchihashi’s contest speech was not
counted as a FS), the vote was not taken.
15:43 【Evaluation Session】by General Evaluator: TM Hashimoto
Evaluator 1: TM Kunisawa
Evaluator 2: TM Hashimoto
参考論評: TM 友永(日本語)
15:52 Timer’s
Report & Vote: Every speaker was qualified. Since there were less
than three speakers, the vote was not taken.
15:55 Sharing & Intermission
16:05 【Table Topics Session】 Table Topics Master: TM Hayashi
During the session, TM Hayashi had the participants make speeches. The list of speakers and topics were as follows:
Speaker 1: TM Tsuchihashi- Why Japanese people are proud of their cherry tree coming into bloom first in Japan?
Speaker 2: TM Y. Nagano- Why Japanese people love cherry blossoms?
Speaker 3: TM Tomonaga- Why Japanese people like going on a sakura viewing picnic?
Speaker 4: Mr. Ueda- Which season do you like best?
Speaker 5: TM Kida- what is your memorable event in spring?
Speaker 6: Ms. C. Kitaoka- What color do you like best?
Speaker 7: TM Nagasaki- Should our government spend more money on education?
Speaker 8: TM Kunisawa- Our government plans nursery school and kindergarten’s fees free. What do you think of that?
Speaker 9: TM S. Nagano- Why do you think Japanese people go to sakura viewing?
Speaker 10: TM Komatsu- What is your memorable school day?
Speaker 11: TM Hashimoto- Why sakura viewing is enjoyable?
16:35 Timer’s Report & Vote: Every speaker was qualified.
16:35 Report
Ah-Counter, Grammarian, Word Master
General Evaluator’s Comments
Award Presentation: President Tsuchihashii announced the winner:
Best TT Speaker: TM Y. Nagano
16:40 Announcement by President:
Division G Speech Contest is scheduled on April 14 in Kobe.
Guest Comment
Business Session conducted by President :
Role Assignment for the next regular meeting (April 20):
Toastmaster of the Day: Thought of the Day: TM , Table Topics Master: TM
FS: TM Kitaoka, TM , TM
Evaluator: TM , TM
The rest of the roles will be appointed by VPE.
17:45 Adjourn
