The Regular Meeting No. 504 was held on April 13 at Mina Park (501) with 15 active members and 1 guest.
                                            
President T. O. called the meeting to order at 14:10 just on time.
He talked about the announcement of the new era named “Reiwa” which sounded nicely soft.
                                          
And the Word of the Day “Promising” was introduced by Grammarian TM M. H.

<Toastmaster of the Day>
Toastmaster of the Day, TM T. K. introduced her 2 powerful assistants, Grammarian/Vote counter TM M. H., as double roles, and Timer TM Y. H.
Since we had 1 guest, the 2 assistants explained their roles briefly but precisely for the guest. And then, she also talked about the new name “Reiwa” from a historical viewpoint.
                                          

<Joke Session>
Joke master TM L.C. told funny stories based on idioms in Chinese using the Projector.
                                                                                           
<Prepared Speech Session>
Three prepared speakers made their speeches under the new education system “Pathways” and one speaker on her last project of CC manuals.
TMOD TM T. K. asked 4 speakers to give the comment on new “Reiwa” (令和) . The question was “What do you think of new era named “Reiwa”?

The 1st Speaker was TM M. I., her comment was “I like its origin, 万葉集. It’s　a quite rare book that collected all kinds of Japanese people’ poems, like peasants, military men, nobles and emperors. ” 
She delivered her speech titled “Preventing juvenile suicide” using the projector skillfully.
She found the survey that gave her the hint to understand the basic mentality of juvenile suicide. It is their too-easy-fantastic way of thinking about life and death. The point is not focusing on bullying problems but figuring out the way to save them from those fantasies.
                                               
The 2nd Speaker is TM A. M. and his comment was “I love Reiwa.Because this name reminds me of my beloved daughter. My daughter’s name is Rena.”
His speech title is “Learning a lot from Indian guys and then moving forward to the next step.”
In his speech, he said, during his stay in India, he found a big difference between Japan and India. For Indians, the most important thing is “Are you happy?” And their policy is “Family first.”We Japanese must think of “Happiness of our life and family ties” again.

 The 3rd speaker was TM L.C.. His answer for the question was “I think Reiwa is
a good name. I believe it will be an era with peace and happiness.”
His speech title was, “Mentoring program of our club”
In his speech, he said that “In order to activate our mentoring program, there are some characteristics that mentor and mentee need. Mentors need to show their willingness that they want to help their mentees. On the other hand, mentees need to be eager to learn with open-mind, gratefully.
In the end, mentors should learn much more from their mentees.”
                                              
The 4th Speaker was TM E.M. He answered to the question, “I am very happy that my first grandchild’s name is Ray. It’s the same pronunciation.”
His speech title was, “My home doctor.”
In his speech, he told that he had suffered from three big diseases for a long time. He paid much amount of money as medical expense every month. But he is going to get along with his home doctor from now on, because the doctor has accumulated big data of his for 3 decades or more.  

<Table Topics Session>                   
Table Topics Master TM N. N. took up 4 simple questions (topics) on this season.
     1. The trip you’ve enjoyed most.         
     2. The best book you’ve ever read.
     3. What special holiday would you like to add?
     4. The happy experience you’ve ever had. 
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<Evaluation Session>
After 10-minute intermission, the Evaluation Session started at 4 o’clock. General Evaluator TM Y.U. introduced 4 evaluators humorously.
                                                           
Four Evaluators, started from TM T. O., TM T. O., TM K. T. and TM T. I., did appropriate, encouraging evaluations. 
       

<Award Presentation>
TMOD Award was given to TM L. C. because of his taking double roles as
                      Joke  Master and Prepared Speaker.
Best Table Topics Award :           TM A. M.
Best Evaluator Award :                 TM K. T.
Best Prepared Speaker Award :   TM M. I.
                                                             

After the regular meeting, Declaration/Induction ceremony for Ms. Hyun Jung Soon was held.
She expressed her joy of joining this club and she was accepted warmly unanimously by the members.
Congratulations!                

                                           Written by T. K.        Photos by M. I.