Regular Meeting April 14, 2018

    President N. N. called the Meeting No.483 to order and welcomed two guests.

    TM N. N. presented “Word of the day: “Awesome (adjective) and Awe (n)”. Two speakers used this word.

Business Session
     * VPPR TM Y.W explained the new idea, in order to put the proper photos of speakers at the meeting on STMC Home Page, that the photographers will take those during the 1-minute silence.
     * VPE TM Y. T. announced the meeting of Moment of Truth to be held on June 23. The detailed information will be sent by e-mail later.
    
* STMC Presidential Election
      
On behalf of the presidential election committee, TM N.N. announced that only TM T. O. to run for the presidency. TM T. O. delivered his speech for running for the election. After that, TM Y. Watanabe made a supportive speech for TM T.O. Finally, TM T.O. was selected as the President in the next term by a unanimous vote.
                                            

     TMOD: TM T. I.
     Grammarian: TM Y. T.
     Ah/Uh Counter: TM N.N.
     Vote Counter: TM T. O.
     Timer: TM M. I.

Joke Session
    The Joke Master is TM H.S. She introduced two jokes.

Prepared Speech Session
    First Speaker: TM T.S.
   
TOMD asked all speakers to answer his question “What is your most memorable event in April? Her answer was “It is having entered the university and started the dorm life. ”The title of her speech was “All I need is love”.
 
  Second Speaker: TM K. K.
    His answer was “Strolling in the sea of cherry blossoms in Ninna-Ji. There the height of the trees is only 2 – 3m. The title of his speech was ”Cherry Blossoms in Japan”. 
                  

    Third Speaker: TM M. H.
    Her answer was “I have experienced entrance ceremonies on various occasions in my life, and the most unforgettable one is that of the primary school. I was born in March and the smallest one in the class – People before me stood tall, and they had such a serious look during the ceremony. I later learned these people are called ‘teachers’”. Her speech manual is Pathways, Icebreaker.The title of her speech was “Being Fresh”.
   
Fourth Speaker: TM Y. W.
    His answer was “As I have many memorable events in April, I can’t decide one.Thus I’ll select the oldest memorable event that I was so crying for my mother after I took the bus to the kindergarten for the first time.His speech manual is Pathways, Icebreaker. The title of his speech was “The child is father of the man.”
                            

                                                                                    
Table Topics Session
   
The Table Topics Master is TM T. K. He asked the following 5 questions concerning High School.
     1. What kind of sports did you concentrate on at your high school?
     2. Who is an unforgettable teacher?
     3. What subject did you concentrate on except sports?
     4. What is an unforgettable experience?
     5. Do you meet with any class mates?   

     TM T. O., TM A. T., TM T. A., TM H. S. and TM M. K. made wonderful prompt speeches, respectively.

After 10 minute- break, Evaluation Sessio
    The General Evaluator was TM E. M.
    Four evaluators evaluated each speaker’s speech.
   
TM K. I. evaluated TM T. S.’s speech.
 TM A. M. evaluated TM K.K.’s speech.
 TM Y. H. evaluated TM M. H.’s speech.
    TM Y. U. evaluated TM Y. W.’s speech.

 

 

Award Presentation  
     The TMOD Award:                       TM T. O.
                             for accepting the unexpected change of the
role to Vote Counter.
    The Best Table Topics Speaker:  TM A. T.
    The Best Evaluator:                      TM Y. H.
    The Best Prepared Speaker:       TM M. H.
                                       By T. I.