The Regular Meeting No. 507, the second meeting in Reiwa era, was held on May 25th at Mina Park with 14 active members.

           

President T. Ono called the meeting to order at 14:10 just on time.
He talked about many issues; As Ministry of foreign affairs suggested to the related organizations that the Japanese order of given name and surname in English text should change: Surname and given name (e.g. Abe Shinzo) ,he announced our club will follow the new rule in the club directory. He expressed gratitude to TM Mizuno for accepting to be the next President of STMC. The meeting for handing over the officers’ roles and The Moment of the Truth are scheduled on June 22.

Then the Word of the Day “splendid” was introduced by Grammarian TM Hirayama, saying she chose the word because it has positive meanings. 

 <Toastmaster of the Day>
Toastmaster of the Day, TM M. I. firstly talked about the leaving of our seasoned and dedicating members, TM Hamai and TM Tsujikawa, and expressed our gratitude. Then she introduced her assistants, Grammarian TM S. H., Vote counter and Timer TM T. O. (double role)

       

 <Joke Session>
Joke master TM M. H. showed us the picture of her lovely and plump one-year-old son on the projector and talked about adorable episodes of him.  Everybody enjoyed her stories. Now her son has become our idol!  

 <Prepared Speech Session>

TMOD TM M. I. asked speakers to give answers to the question;
“What is that you are careful to stay healthy and fit?”

The 1st Speaker was TM J. H. She said she tries to do whatever she likes depending on her feeling at the moment.Her speech title was: “My Shonan Life-How fascinating the Shonan Beach is!” She talked about her background, hobbies, family and the beautiful description of Shonan Beach. This speech was her icebreaker, but she was so confident and natural as she always is.

The 2nd Speaker was TM T. O.  His comment was that his beloved wife’s healthy cooking and the time with his cat make him stay healthy. His speech title was “Olympic Facts” He showed us a lot of interesting tables about Olympics, which was informative, and gave us incentives to watch the games not only on TV but at the Olympic stadium.

      

The 3rd speaker was TM A. M. His answer to the question was “I make it a rule to do 10 minutes’ exercise every morning and night (100 pushups and 200 sit-ups) Wow! His title was “The time changing has to make your leadership style fit the group and issues.” He categorized the typical leadership styles, like Innovative, Coaching, Bureaucratic, and Democratic. And he emphasized the idealistic leadership style should change according to the types of group and timings of implementation.

      

The 4th speaker was TM Y. U. His answer to the question was “I try to smile always, eat good food with moderate(?)amount of alcohol, and do exercise. His title was “English has always been with me.” He talked about anecdotes of his business in terms of English. He was such an entertainer that every member couldn’t help laughing a lot.

 <Table Topics Session>

Table Topics Master TM M. H. took up 7 questions.
Questions were as follows.

1.What’s your first memory when your child said papa or mama for the first time.?
2.What’s your first memory to drink sake with your father?
3.Who is the boss in your family?
4.What English means to you?
5.What is the most splendid memory of view of ocean or beach?
6.In the coming Tokyo Olympic, if you get a ticket for two of baseball game, with whom do you want to watch?
7.What has fired you to start daily exercise?

Every question was cleverly related to the person asked. Great idea!

     

  <Evaluation Session>

After 10-minute intermission, the Evaluation Session started at 4 o’clock. 
General Evaluator TM H. S. introduced 4 evaluators respectively. Evaluators, TM Y. H., TM K. I., TM N. N., and TM T. K. pointed out each speaker’s good points, adding very kind suggestions about each one’s contents & structure & presentation.

  <Award Presentation>

 TMOD Award was given to                                  TM T.O.            because of accepting double role.
 Best Table Topics Award was given to               TM Y. U.
 Best Evaluator Award was given to                    TM Y. H.
 Best Prepared Speaker Award was given to     TM T. O.

  By M. I.    Photos by A. M.