2017/2/25 Regular meeting

Report of RM on February 25, 2017
1. TMOD: TM T.I.
 
2. Assistants
*The Ah/Uh Counter is TM T.O.
*The Vote counter is TM A.M.
*The Timer is TM Y.U.

3. Joke Master
Today’s Joke master is TM N.N. and he introduced many jokes concerning many famous persons.

4. Prepares Speech Session
  I asked all speakers to answer to my question, “What is your most memorial event or something in February?
 

First Speaker; TM T. N
His answer to my question is “I don’t have any particular event to say in February.
Since we are having comparatively nice weather this month, I usually enjoy playing tennis in the morning”.
The Title of his speech is “Beauty of the Japan Alps” and he showed many beautiful phots of Japan Alps using PC.

Second Speaker: TM Y.W.
His answer to my question is ”My brother-in-low passed away of a subarachnoid hemorrhage suddenly on Feb 5, 2005 though he was just 52 years old. I was so shocked and visited a hospital soon to scan my brain with a CT. It cost 21K Yen under Japanese national health insurance but no issue was found “
The title of his speech is “Is your PC slow?” He explained some factors which the PC became slow and advised us how to solve the problems.

Third Speaker: TM H.M.
His answer to my question is “When I was 19 years old, In February, I passed the entrance examination of the university which I graduated from. I really wanted to attend it, that is a milestone of my life”.
The title of his speech is “’Turning a new page”. He explained his good experiences of his jobs after he graduated a university. He worked for Imperial Hotel, Hato Bus and JTB.


Forth Speaker: TM H.S.

Her answer to my question is “Every year at the beginning of February, I prepare my husband’s birthday”.
The title of her speech is “Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves”. She spoke the famous story dramatically using wonderful body language.


Fifth Speaker: TM L.C.
His answer is “My first visiting to STMC was in February five years ago”.
The title of his speech is “Waste is part of our life?”. He spoke some samples of the waste in our life.

 

5. Table Topics Session
Table Topic Master is TM A.M. and he gave 5 following table topics.
1) What is the good experience for your Saint Valentine’s Day?
2) What was the happy experience for the Chinese New Year Holiday?
3) During Feb./Mar. period, we have examinations, say, to enter universities or for qualifications to get the drivers’license etc. What was your specifically unforgettable experience on your exam.?
4) If you were the president of the company and the company went bankrupt, how do you explain such the situation to your employees?
5) What was your happy experience of Ume flower?

6. Intermission from 15:50 to 16:00

7. Evaluation Session
The General evaluator is TM T.K.
Five evaluators evaluated each speaker’s speech.
TM M.H. evaluated TM T.N.’s speech.
    TM C.M. evaluated TM Y.W.’s speech.
    TM Y.H. evaluated TM A.M.’s speech
    TM E.M. evaluated TM H.S.’s speech.
    TM S.N. evaluated TM L.C.’s speech.
She also did the general evaluation for Today’s meeting.

8. Award Presentation
The award of TMOD went to TM A.U, because he designed the wonderful flyer of Area 57 International Speech Contest which will be held at Chigasaki Citzen’s labor Hall on March 5, 2017.
The award of the best Table Topic speaker went to TM Y.T.
The award of the best Evaluator went to TM C.M.
The award of the best Speaker in the Prepared Speech session went TM H.S.

2017/2/11 Regular Meeting

No.458 regular meeting was held on Saturday, February 11 at Fujisawa Meiten Bdg・C Hall. President Chen called No.458 meeting to order. The day was “In-house International Speech Contest” and we welcomed 2 guests. One was her first visit and Ms.J.Y. had held Declaration & Induction Ceremony today.

Then President Chen introduced TM E.M. as “Contest Chair” to start the contest program and he introduced his Opening Address, Introduction of contest officials(Contest Chair, Chief Judge, Timers, Tally Counters, Interviewer, Sergeant at arms) and Explanation of the Contest Rule.

Chief Judge, TM Y.T. reported Judging Verification.
We moved to Speech Contest and we had five speakers.
They delivered their speech successfully.

After intermission, Contest Certificate Presentation was held by Contest Chair.

Contest Interview was held by TM A. S. The interview was very interesting and all contestants responded enjoyably.

After deliberate vote-counting by the Chief Judge and the Tally Counters, the winners of the Contest have just been decided. But It was regrettable one Contestant was disqualified due to overtime.

Three Contestants were awarded by President Liang Chen
The first place was TM Y. W.
The second place was TM N.N.
The third place was TM A. M.

Congratulations!

The first place winner TM Y. W. and second winner TM N. N. will represent Shonan Toastmasters Club at the Area 57 International Speech Contest to be held on March 5 at Chigasaki Kinro Shimin Kaikan in Chigasaki City.

The third place winner TM A. M. is the alternate.

I’d like to thank all Contestants, Chief Judge, all Judges, Tally counters, Timers, Interviewer, and Sergeant at arms for your participation and cooperation.

All fellow members and guests!

Thank you very much for your kind support and cooperation.

2017/1/28 Regular Meeting

No.457 regular meeting was held on Saturday, January 28 at Tsujido Library. President Chen called No.457 meeting to order. The day was “Chinese New Year” . We said “Happy New Year” at the start of the meeting and we welcomed a guest. This is her 2nd visit.
TM A.M. was introduced to explain “Word of the Day” he selected for the day. The word was “Curious(adj)/Curiosity(noun)”.
Then President Chen introduced TM Y.U. as “Toastmaster of the Day(TMOD)” to start the main program and TMOD introduced his supporters – Grammarian, Ah/Uh Counter, Vote Counter and Timer. They explained their roles for the benefits of guests.
Then TMOD introduced Joke Master President Chen to have the audience relax by telling some funny stories. He gave 5 funny stories with cartoons. All stories were short comical stories. We enjoyed the session very much.
We moved to Prepared Speech Session. As usual, we had five speakers.
The first speaker, TM M.K. delivered the speech titled “The Irreplaceable Existence” based on the Manual “The Entertaining, Project: Resources for Entertainment”. His speech was about the face. If each part, such as the mouth, nose, eye, eye brow could speak, what would happen next? He used pictures and vocal variety very effectively. We enjoyed his speech.
The second speaker TM H.S. delivered the speech titled “ I have been continuing on different stages” based on the Manual “Story telling, Project: Let’s Get Personal”. Her speech was about her challenge for continuing participating in International Exchange Festival as a dancer. She has been participating in it since 2006. “Continuing is a power!”
The third speaker TM T.K. delivered the speech titled “My Posture” based on the Manual “Competent Communication, Project: Your Body Speaks”. He is anxious about his posture because his wife said “You look like an old man”. He explained his challenge to improve his posture. His speech with a lot of gestures was easy to understand.
The fourth speaker TM T.O. delivered his speech titled “Let’s enjoy STMC Activity” based on the Manual “Public Relations, Project: The Radio Talk Show”. This was a special speech. He hid behind the white board(see the picture)

and gave a speech from there. He introduced STMC Activity with a clear voice. We enjoyed his speech as if we were listening to the real Radio Talk Show.
The fifth speaker TM T.I. delivered the speech titled “Special award Presentation” based on the Manual “Special award Presentation, Project: Presenting an Award”. His speech was also a special speech. In his speech, he celebrated 50th celebration of a company and awarded TM A.T. as a special sales person. TM T.I. explained how TM A.T. dedicated and contributed to the company with dignity.
Next session was Table Topics Session conducted by TM A.S.. She prepared the following four questions calling for “quick thinking and speaking skills”.
Q1. January is the start of the New Year. Do you have any plans or anything new?
A1. TM A.M. answered waking up early, taking a walk near the park, and doing physical exercise.
Q2. Do you like January?
A2. TM T.A. answered she dislike coldness but January is the month of celebrating New Year, enjoyable month since she was a child. And She likes Japanese sake.
Q3. Do you enjoy winter sports or do you like watching winter sports ?
A3. TM H.M. answered he is interested in playing snowboarding but he is now practicing playing surfing. He enjoys surfing every week and he also enjoy the view of Fujiyama from the beach.
Q4. Looking back to last year, what was most impressive or depressing?
A4. TM E.M. answered nothing was depressing for him and impressive thing was visiting Singapore 2 times last year to see his children. His grandchild had learned some words. He was happy to see the growth of his grandchild.
After Intermission, Evaluation Session was started by General Evaluator TM Y.W. with five evaluators. The evaluators provided their personal opinions and suggestions to the prepared speeches based on the speech objectives in the Toastmaster’s Manual.
Finally, TMOD announced the following Award Winners.
The TMOD Award: TM A.M.
The Best Table Topic Award: TM H.M. This is his first award! Congratulations!!
The Best Evaluator: TM Y.T.
The Best Prepared Speaker: TM K.T.