2016/11/ 26 No. 454 Regular Meeting Report

No. 454 regular meeting was held on November 26, 2016 at Tsujido Library. We were so glad to have two new guests in the meeting.

President Chen called No. 454 meeting to order, and TM A. M. explained “Word of the Day.” The word was “perfect [pɚ:ˈfɪˌkt] (adjective) / perfect [pɚfeˈkt] (verb).” This Word of the Day was used so carefully because the position of stress makes the meaning different. The Induction Ceremony was held for our new member, TM A. U. Welcome and Congratulations!

President Chen introduced the TMOD, TM M. K. TMOD encouraged members and guests to enjoy the meeting together. Then, Grammarian TM Y.T., Ah-Uh Counter TM A.M., Vote Counter TM A.S., and Timers TM T.A. explained their roles briefly. The role takers were all ready to support the meeting.

Joke Session relaxes the audience. The Joke Master TM K. K. told three funny stories of his three friends. The first was one in his childhood. When he was late for school, he explained the reason as bellow: I found an old lady picking up coins she had mistakenly scattered on the road. To save her work, I was standing on a 50 sen (now worth 500yen) coin. The second was in his 30s. He was shiningly bald, but his wife and daughter (5-6years old) both had beautiful hair. Someone said to the daughter, “You must have got your hair from Mom.” She replied, “No, I think I got it from Dad.” The third was in his 60s. He received 10,000 yen from his daughter with a note “For anything to make your life more comfortable.” He bought a gift to his wife.

At Prepared Speech Session, we had four mature and talented speakers.

The first speaker TM T. N. delivered the speech titled “Extending Healthy Life Expectancy.” He used some useful facts, such as his experiences and visual aids to support his points and opinions about the topic. Playing tennis is also good for health. It was a wonderful speech that he organized perfectly.

The second speaker TM A. M. delivered the speech titled “From my experience, you know what? Conquering the cold call.” It was about a technique for “cold call” selling of expensive products or services. He tried to approach the buyer by “Blue ocean strategy” against “Red ocean strategy.” It was so effective that he used questions to help the buyer discover problems with the situation.

The third speaker TM H. M. delivered his first speech titled “About Myself” as an ice breaker. He introduced himself. In his childhood he was following after his grandma. But he has been training kendo since he was a schoolboy. Now he works at a tourist enterprise and he wants to speak in English more. That is the reason why he joined STMC. We all welcome you.

The fourth speaker TM Y. H. delivered her speech titled “Thanks to Zipangu Club.” She enjoys travels by using the discount tickets of the club. In her speech she used stance, movement, gestures, facial expressions, and eye contact to the audience. It was easy to know her and we enjoy the speech so much.

The next session was The Table Topics Session conducted by TM K. M.
Q1: Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing day by day. Can AI take the most work of human in the future? What do you think? ⇒ TM A.U.
Q2: If you were an inventor, what kind of things would you like to invent? ⇒ TM C.M.
Q3: Recently aged drivers are increasing rapidly and they make many troubles. Do you want to return your driver’s license to the police? If so, when and why? If you don’t, why?　⇒ TM Y.U.
Q4: Which year is the best year for you, these three years, 2014, 2015 or 2016? And why? ⇒ TM L.C.
Q5. If you moved to another country, which country would you choose to live? And why?　⇒ TM A.T.
Q6. If you could be an animal, what would you (choose to) be? Why? 　⇒ TM A.S.

The Award Presentation

The TMOD Award: TM K. M.
The Best Table Topics Speaker: TM C. M.
The Best Evaluator: TM Y. W.
The Best-Prepared Speaker: TM T. N.

At last, today’s two guests delivered their comments. Mrs. Y. T. moved into Kanagawa prefecture recently and wants to join STMC. Mr. H. K. said that he was looking for a club that fits himself.
The meeting was fruitful and closed successfully. Thanks for all role takers and attendants.