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No.636 Regular Meeting was held on February 8, 2025 at Fplace 301 with 9 members including our new member Miwa. We had a Declaration and Induction ceremony for her. Newcomer, welcome to Shonan! We also had 2 guests. Former member Helen made her second visit at recent meetings. She says she plans to reinstate from the next meeting. Great news! Here is the meeting report by TMOD Ichi.
[Word of the Day]
Word of the Day was “mitigate” (verb) as selected by TMOD Ichi. The word means to make more bearable or less severe. The joyful meeting brought us the warmth we needed to mitigate the day’s cold. We really enjoyed the meeting!
※A Word of the Day is selected by a member for every meeting. Members try to use the word as often as possible for practice.
[Prepared Speech Session]
※Speakers are assigned a few weeks prior to the meeting for a 5- to 7-minute speech based on a manual called “Path”, which has various objectives including presentation, facilitation, and panel discussion.
In the Prepared Speech Session, the first speaker was TM Eiki. The title of his speech was “Jinchoge” He made a speech about his favorite flower, Jinchoge. His speech was based on his happy life while doing daily walking exercises with watching his favorite flowers at his neighbor’s park. It is really a good habit. In his speech, the English word for the expression “凛とした” was discussed. Later, TMOD Ichi found that the word would be “dignified” or “noble”.
The second speaker was TM Kaneko and the title of her speech was “Mentor from the Viewpoint of Mentee.” His speech was based on his experience with the types of mentoring. The discussion point was there basically were 2 types of mentors – authoritarian vs generous. He explained the merits and demerits of these two. He described his happiness having a generous type of mentor when he was at his job.
[Table Topics Session]
Table Topics Master of the meeting was Tsukasa. He gave table topic questions based on the speeches of the day – a new trial.
Q1. Miserable memory of snow. Answered by Yassi
Q2. Favorite winter sport. Answered by Jade
Q3. Which do you like cherry blossom or Plum blossom? Answered by Eiki
Q4. Memory of your best mentor. Answered by KK
Q5. How did you feel for your first contest? Answered by Keiko
Q6. Memory of Division Director. Answered by Take
Q7. Pronunciation Coach. Answered by Miwa
Q8. Your life in Hong Kong. Answered by Helen
[Best Table Topics Speaker Award and TMOD Award winners]
In the Award Presentation, TMOD announced best TT speaker to be TM Ichi. TMOD award went to new face Miwa for her effort to check the pronunciation of spoken words by each member.
Congratulations, TM Ichi and TM Miwa!
Our next regular meeting will be February 22nd. Doors will open from 13:50 at Fujisawa City Hall and online ZOOM. Everybody is welcome. Please check the venue at Access.
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