The Regular Meeting No. 506, the first meeting in Reiwa era, was held on May 11th at Mina Park with 13 active members with one guest, Ms. M. Y. who was going to join our club.

           

President T. O. called the meeting to order at 14:10 just on time.
He talked about many issues; the revised Questionnaire sheet, attendee’s sheet etc. The meeting for handing over the officers’ roles and The Moment of the Truth are scheduled on June 22.

TM K. Tsujikawa announced the result of the club presidential election. TM E. Mizuno was elected next President of STMC. We are looking forward to working with TM E. M.

Then the Word of the Day “Nice(adj) and Nicely(adv)” were introduced by Grammarian TM H.Sekine

 

<Toastmaster of the Day>
Toastmaster of the Day, TM A. M. introduced his 3 powerful assistants, Grammarian TM H. S., Vote counter TM H. S. (double role) and Timer TM T. O.

 We had 1 guest; 2 assistants explained their roles briefly.

     

<Joke Session>
Joke master TM T. U. told funny stories. Everybody enjoyed his stories.  It was his double role with a very short notice but he perfectly did it!  

 

<Prepared Speech Session>

TMOD TM A.M. asked 3 speakers to give answers to the question;
“How do you feel “Reiwa era starts?”

 

The 1st Speaker was TM T. O. His comment was that Reiwa” sounds light and graceful. So, I hope Reiwa Era would bring peaceful lives to all Japanese.”

He made his speech based on The better Speakers Series “Using Body Language”

 

The 2nd Speaker was TM M. I. Her comment was that the number of people who celebrated new era, including youth was much bigger than I had imagined.  Young Japanese seemed to enjoy New event. That is nice for everyone to feel positive for new era.

Her speech title was “The second Ice Breaker” She proceeded to Passways project L1-1 and delivered her speech. It was about her family business that we don’t know much about. She emphasized the fact that the trust between client and agent is crucial. I’ve learned a lot from her insightful speech based on the active business.

           

The 3rd speaker was TM L. C. His answer to the question was “I had a long vacation at the start of Reiwa, so I feel very good.” His speech title was “Proposal to be well off”. He recommended to us that investment makes us feel confident in every aspect of ordinary life. From his anecdotes, I’ve learned a lot about the importance of investment.

              

 

<Table Topics Session>
Table Topics Master TM Y. H. took up 7 questions.
Questions were as follows.
  1. How did you spend this big sized Golden Week?                                                                  

 2.What is the most memorable Golden Week you have ever had?     

  3.Did you travel during Golden Week?

  4.Have you ever traveled in foreign countries during Golden Week?

  5.During Golden Week, Era changed. Were you conscious of Reiwa?

  6.Did you watch the abdication and enthronement of the emperors on TV?

 All of us shared the memories of Golden Week, which was very timely.

 <Evaluation Session>

After 15-minute intermission, the Evaluation Session started at 4 o’clock. 
General Evaluator TM E. M., a pinch hitter for TM T. I. introduced 2 evaluators humorously. Evaluators, TM L. C. and TM T. U., gave appropriate, encouraging evaluations.

<Award Presentation>

TMOD Award was given to                             TM T. O.  because of his dedication to set up PC.
Best Table Topics Award was given to           TM A. T.
Best Evaluator Award was given to                TM T. U.                                                                      Best Prepared Speaker Award was given to  TM L. C.

 

  After the regular meeting, Declaration/Induction ceremony for Ms. Midori Yano was held. She expressed her will to join us and she was accepted unanimously by the members.  We are excited to have you with us!

 

 

 

 

 

  By A. M. & M. I     Photos by M. I