On July 22, a hot day, we held the regular meeting #469 with 17 members and 2 guests at Tsujido Library. To our regret, a prepared speaker was unable to attend because of sudden illness.

Word of the Day presented by TM Y.U. was “Critical (adjective)”.

Business Session

VPE TM M.K. announced the outline of the summer event.
President N.N informed members that we were going to try new QA sessions in our regular meetings in October and Novemberr.

Introduction of Partners

TMOD A.U. introduced Grammarian TM N.N., Ah-Uh Counter TM Y.U., Vote Counter TM T.I. and Timer TM T.O.. The all role takers explained their own roles briefly for the guests.

Joke Session

Joke Master TM K.T. told some funny short stories about Doctors in a nice tempo. It was impressive that he repeated “Doc, ….”

Prepared Speech Session

We had four prepared speakers.

1st speaker was TM K.K. The title was “Roaming Another World” (CC#1 Ice Breaker for his 2nd round. He introduced historic remains and told how he goes into those eras.

2nd speaker was TM.H.S. The title was “Love at First Sight” (Storytelling#4 The Touching Story). She talked a story of one couole having fallen in love at first sight with gestures and vocal variety full of emotion.

3rd speaker was TM E.M. The title was “Three Words for Survival” (Humorously Speaking#1 Warm up Your Audience). He delivered a story that his grandchild acquired three words for survive in a preschool abroad: No, Mine and More.

4th speaker was TM J.Y. The title was “Poor memory, good luck” (CC#4 How to Say It). She talked anecdotes about her forgatfullness and happy reovery of the things left behind.

Table Topics Session

Table Topics Master was TM Y.H. gave seven questions all about summer. All the attendees except one had their own roles, she struggled to call on the speakers.
The questions were as follows:

• What is your plan during this summer vacation?（TM M.H.）
• What do you want to do most during this summer vacation?　(TM C.T.)
• When you were a pupil or a student, did you finish your homework earlier or just before the deadline? (TM T.I.)
• Have you ever been to a summer festival or firework festival wearing Yukata? (TM Y.U.)
• What is your most favorite taste of your mother’s in summer? (TM K.T.)
• When you were a pupil, did you attend the radio gymnastic exercises early in the morning without being absent? (TM K.K.)
• What is your most memorable incident during summer vacation? (TM H.S.)

Evaluation Session

After 10 minutes’ break, we had Evaluation Session. TM N.S. took the role of General Evaluator.

• 1st evaluator was TM L.C.
• 2nd evaluator was TM M.K.
• 3rd evaluator was TM Y.H.
• 4th evaluator was TM S.N.

Award presentation

TMOD Award : TM T.O. (He achieved the Timer’s role without gadgets.)
Best Table Topics Speaker : TM H.S.
Best Evaluator : TM S.N.
Best Prepared Speaker : TM E.M.