Regular Meeting #462 was held at Mina Park with 22 members and 2 guests.
President Chen called the meeting to order and welcomed 2 guests; Area 57 Director, TM K. M. and TM Y.M. from Keyforce TMC.

TM M. K. explained “Amazing” as “Word of the Day” using 2 big sheets of paper which were large enough to see and nice.

After Business Session, President Chen introduced TM A.S. as Toastmaster of the Day (TMOD) to start the program. Then TMOD introduced the co-workers; Grammarian : TM T.O., Au-Uh Counter: TM M.K., Vote Counter: TM Y.T., and Timer: TM T.N.
This time the role explanation was omitted since all attendees are the toastmaster members and know what the roles are.

Joke Session:
Joke Master TM Y.U. introduced 3 jokes to give us relaxation.
One of them is ; After enjoying the show with his wife, a man suddenly realized that he left his car key in the car and locked it up. With fear he returned to his car but soon relieved. Because his car was an open style car (convertible sports type) ,and no trouble getting in.

Prepared Speech Session.
The first speaker TM J. Y. delivered the speech Project #1 Ice Breaker from Competent Communication by the title of “Who I am”.
By showing many beautiful pictures she introduced how she was bought up. The question she threw to the audience, “Do I look introvert or extrovert?” was unique and interesting.

The second speaker, TM H. M. delivered the speech Project #3 Get to the Point from Competent Communication by the title of  “One of the Best Activities in this Season”.
He recommended the bus tour to Meiji Shrine, Imperial Palace, Asakusa, etc. by showing many beautiful pictures . His past experience as a tour guide helped to explain it effectively.

The third speaker, TM K.K. delivered the speech, Project #2 Uplift the Spirit from Specialty Speeches by the title of “Now, the Time to Rise Up”.
He spoke on the issue of Fujisawa City’s plan to construct a big new road in Kugenuma area which will subdivide Kugenuma into pieces. He fully explained the demerit of this plan by using many pictures and emphasized that it’s the time to rise up and oppose to the plan.

The fourth speaker, TM A. M. delivered the speech, Project #5 the Persuasive Leader, from Persuasive Speaking by the title of “Move Forward to the Next Stage”.
He spoke to the member of his group about his new job; introducing and providing “Suica” to Indian Train companies. He introduced himself first then explained his experience and then his vision.

The fifth speaker, TM S. N. delivered his speech Project #5 Accepting an Award, from Special Occasion Speech by the title of  “The 2016 Overseas Fellowship Program, in Japanese Scientific Promotion of Science (JSPS), Host Reserchers Hospitality Award”.
TM L.C. acted as the representative of Presenting Organizasion. TM S.N. accepted the award with great honor and talked about 2 ph.D. lady students he assisted as host researcher.
The report on Newly-wed Swedish student and a Finnish student with Chinese character tattoo on her back was unique and full of humor.

Table Topics Session. TM M.H. was the Topics Mater and she prepared 6 questions with the assumption that the audience is Shonan Elementary School pupil.

1. On the School Entrance Day, what will you do to make many friends?

2. In the classroom when you see your classmates fighting over a pencase, what would you do?

3. You forgot about the homework. When the teacher asks you to submit the homework, what would you do?

4. You don’t like onion and bell pepper. At school lunch you have Subuta which contains both Onion and bell pepper. What would you do?

5. Your next seat pupil is a beautiful girl. What would you do to become a good friend with her?

6. At Katase Seashore, Tombi snatched your Onigiri. What would you do?

6 members responded the questions humorously.

After 10 minutes break, the Evaluation Session started.
General Evaluator TM A.M. introduced 5 Evaluators; TMs M.H., N.S., H.S., N.N., Y.W., and all of them evaluated the Prepared Speeches nicely with proper suggestions for future improvement.
TM A.M. evaluated the whole meeting after Ah-Uh Counter’s Report and Grammarian’s Report.

Award Presentation
TMOD Award : TM L.C. for assisting the speaker’s sudden request.
The Best Table Topic Speaker Award : TM Y. T.
The Best Evaluator Award : TM M. H.
The Best Prepared Speaker Award : TM A. M.