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No.633 Regular Meeting was held on December 14, 2024 at Fplace 301. Seven toastmasters participated and there was no guest at the meeting. VP Education TM Eiki called the meeting to order in place of President TM Tsukasa who was away on a business trip.
In the Business Session, TM Eiki announced the date and the place of Area speech contest on March 20 at Odawara and Division speech contest on April 13.
TMOD for the meeting was TM Takeo and the Grammarian was TM Eiki, the Vote Counter was TM Hiroko and the Timer was TM Jade.

[Word of the Day]
Word of the Day was “crucial” (adjective) as selected by TMOD Takeo. The word has two important meanings. Extremely important or necessary aspects, or subjects as:

1. Her work has been crucial to the project’s success.
2. It is crucial that the problem is tackled immediately.
※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.

The first speaker was TM Ichii and the title of his speech was “To be better communicator.” He introduced one way for grouping communication styles into four – Analytical, Amiable, Driver, and Expressive – using two axis of Emotion and Assertiveness. Where do you fit? Understanding the style of your speech may be the key to be a successful communicator.

The second speaker was TM Hiroko and the title of her speech was “My precious ordinary backpack.” So light, so handy, yet so practical to carry, that she takes it to wherever she goes. We enjoyed listening to some precious memories she had with her ordinary backpack.

[Table Topics Session]
Table Topics Master of the meeting was Jade. Her table topics questions theme was HEALTH.  Various questions were posed on topics such as exercising, drinking, and health checkups!

[Best Table Topics Speaker Award and TMOD Award winners]

In the General Evaluation Session, the G.E. Master, TM Kaneko asked TM Mizuno to do the Grammarian’s report and then TM Kenko did the General Evaluation Report.

In the Award Presentation, TMOD announced three best table topics speakers: TM Hiroko, TM Icchi and TM Yassi. Congratulations!

As for the TMOD Award, it was presented to TM Hiroko, because she bought the Christmas goods for the meeting and displayed these for the meeting.

  TM Hiroko, thank you for your time and efforts!

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Our next regular meeting will be January 11th, when we will have a New Year Party. 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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湘南の例会は17時まで約3時間。英語を聞きに、話しに、来ませんか？12月の例会開催場所は通常の開催地 Fプレイスです。 Accessでご確認ください。

● 見学・体験参加はいつでも大歓迎です！！ 是非一度、私達の例会においで下さい。 例会の見学・体験参加希望は、こちらまでメールでお気軽にご連絡ください。お待ちしております！！！

みなさん、こんにちは。
湘南トーストマスターズクラブのブログをご覧いただき、ありがとうございます。
＜例会の見学・体験参加希望は、こちらまでメールでお気軽にご連絡ください♪＞

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Here is the report of the Day by TMOD Tsukasa.  TMOD serves as emcee.
This time our venue was Fujisawa City Hall. With a small attendance of just seven including one guest, our meeting went on quite active as usual. Moreover, TM Ishii who are one of the veteran members positively participated after a long absence and gave a prepared speech!

[Word of the Day]
Word of the Day was “miscellaneous” (adjective) as selected by me, Tsukasa. The word has two important meanings:
1. consisting of elements of different kinds
2. having various qualities, aspects, or subjects
※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.
※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.

Prepared speech 1 was Toastmaster or TM Ishii’s “Chigasaki Cross Culture Festival”, in which he stated why he joined the local cultural exchange program with foreign people in Chigasaki. The 2nd was “My Resolution” by TM Eiki in which he explained how it was inevitable to get ready for the final moment.

[Table Topics Session]
Table Topics Master of the meeting was Kazuo. Here is his report on his table topics questions on miscellaneous topics:

1. Who, among those in the history, would you like to meet and talk with? Answered by Hirota
2. Who, among those in the present world, would you like to meet and talk with? Answered by Mizuno
3. What scene in the history, would you like to be in? Answered by Aizawa
4. What scene in the present world, would you like to be in? Answered by Sugiyama
5. Where in the world, would like to visit? Answered by Ishii
6. What time of your past, would you like to go back in, just for one or two months? Answered by Guest Yoshikawa

[Best Table Topics Speaker Award and TMOD Award winners]

– Best TTS: Guest Yoshikawa, TMOD Award: Icchi, because he made lots of contact with new members and took double roles.
Congratulations, Yoshikawa-san!  Good job, all!

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Our next regular meeting will be December 14th. 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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湘南の例会は17時まで約3時間。英語を聞きに、話しに、来ませんか？12月の例会開催場所は通常の開催地 Fプレイスです。 Accessでご確認ください。

● 見学・体験参加はいつでも大歓迎です！！ 是非一度、私達の例会においで下さい。 例会の見学・体験参加希望は、こちらまでメールでお気軽にご連絡ください。お待ちしております！！！

みなさん、こんにちは。
湘南トーストマスターズクラブのブログをご覧いただき、ありがとうございます。
＜例会の見学・体験参加希望は、こちらまでメールでお気軽にご連絡ください♪＞

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Here is the report of the Day by TMOD Kazuo.  TMOD serves as emcee.
Regrettably, we had only a small attendance of six including. Never-the-less the meeting went on quite active as every member took double roles. Moreover, three guests, including one first-time visitor, positively participated in giving prompt short speeches in Table Topics Session. Two non-toastmaster guests decided to join the club on the day in the presence of the third guest- Area Director Matsuno – making her official visit to the club.

[Word of the Day]
Word of the Day was “Faint”（adjective）as selected by TM Yassi. The word has various meanings such as not strong, not clear, feeling weak.
※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.

Prepared speech 1 was Toastmaster or TM Sugiyama’s “Why I joined STMC”, which he started from his experiences in U.S.A. The 2nd was “New Pathways” by TM Hirota in which she explained the basic procedures to deal with the revised Toastmasters International education system.

[Table Topics Session]
Table Topics Master of the meeting was Yassi. Here is his report on the meeting table topic theme 5 senses:
From morning till night, and even while we are asleep, we feel something all the time. That is because we have five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch Thanks to these senses, our lives are full of wonder and joy. Yes, “feeling is being alive.” Today’s topic is such a blessed matter, “the five senses.”

1. What do you most enjoy watching or seeing? And tell us how you enjoy that. Answered by TM Mizuno and Guest Umeshita
2. What was the most impressive sound or voice you’ve ever heard? And please describe that to us. Answered by TM Sugiyama
3. What smell or taste sharpens your appetite most? And tell us something about that. Answered by TM Kaneko
4. Please tell us about an experience you had with touch, one of the five senses. For example, something your parents taught you as a child. Answered by TM Hirota
5. Which sense do you think you are most sensitive to? And why do you think so? Answered by TM Yaoita
6. If you were to lose one of the five senses by some misfortune,which one would you give up? And why is that? Answered by Area Director Matsuno
7. Do you know what anniversary today, November 9th, is? It’s the day of the telephone number 119. So, if you have any stories related to 119. Example you have ever called an ambulance, please tell us about. Answered by Guest Takuma

[Best Table Topics Speaker Award and TMOD Award winners]

– Best TTS: Guest Umeshita talking on his hobbies.
– TMOD Award: All attendants who took double roles to make the meeting quite successful and jolly that made 2 guests decided to join!
Our Vice President Education Eiki is on the photo as our representative.

Congratulations, Umeshita-san!  Good job, all!

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Our next regular meeting will be November 23rd. 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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湘南の例会は17時まで約3時間。英語を聞きに、話しに、来ませんか？11月の例会開催場所は通常の開催地 Fプレイスではなく、市役所会議室です。 Accessでご確認ください。

● 見学・体験参加はいつでも大歓迎です！！ 是非一度、私達の例会においで下さい。 例会の見学・体験参加希望は、こちらまでメールでお気軽にご連絡ください。お待ちしております！！！

みなさん、こんにちは。
湘南トーストマスターズクラブのブログをご覧いただき、ありがとうございます。
＜例会の見学・体験参加希望は、こちらまでメールでお気軽にご連絡ください♪＞

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今日はハロウィーン例会となり、部屋が可愛らしくハロウィーンの装飾で盛り上がりました
本日の司会のひろこさん、色々なご準備 ありがとうございました
Happy Halloweenの言葉そのままですね

[Word of the Day]
Word of the Day（今日の言葉）は、”embarrass（動詞）”　「ろうばいさせる」「当惑させる」という意味ですが受け身にすると「当惑させられる」という逆の意味になります。
※毎回“本日の単語”を設定します。指定された言葉をなるべく例会中に使うように全員心がけます。今日も数多く使われました。

[Prepared Speech Session]
※スピーカーは、数週間前からスピーチの準備をし、本番（当日）に臨みます。スピーチ時間は約５～７分。その後で４分の自由参加·フリートーク形式のQ&Aセッションがあり、実践でプレゼン能力を鍛えます。それぞれいろいろな分野のスピーチを集めたPathというオンラインベースのマニュアルで学びます。

Speech#1:Bobさん　Title: 「Serendipity」　No Project
仕事をしていたころは毎日ストレスがたまり大変だったそうです。退職して頻繁に沖縄に行くようになり、何か新しいものをしようと考えていたところ、素敵なヨガのインストラクターに出逢いヨガに夢中になったそうです。　　　　　　　
Serendipityという言葉はあまり聞きなれない言葉ですが、Bobさんにとっては、ヨガのインストラクターに出会ったこと、ヨガに夢中になれたことで、Serendipityというtitleをつけられたそうです。ヨガのおもにbreathingの部分を披露され、私たちもBobさんに教わりながら体験しました。退職されてなお生き生きとした毎日を送られている様子に心を打たれました

Speech#2: Eikiさん　Title: 「Story of Toilet」　Presentation Mastery　L3（Increasing Knowledge）　Creating Effective Visual Aids）
一口にトイレといっても日本のトイレの歴史の長いこと. Eikiさんは、トイレの歴史をパワポを使い詳しく説明してくれました。和式のトイレから洋式のトイレに変わり、暖かな便座までついていて、日本のトイレは快適で外国の人々にも人気があります。誰もが毎日使うもの、身近なものに着眼され取り上げたのは見事です。

[Table Topics Session]
Table Topics Master of the meeting was Tsukasa.
Some table topics were closely related to the second speech by TM Eiki , on the history of Toilet. Others were to Culture day. It seems that there is some difference in Western culture and Eastern culture.

1. In some English-speaking countries they have unisex toilet. What do you think of this?
2. As for sports training we Japanese students were obliged to have irrational training like rabbit-leaping and so forth. Have you had this type of training before?
3. What is culture for you? Answered by Kazuo-san
4. Music – what is your recent recommendation? Answered by Guest Keiko-san
Autumn is said to be a season good for sports. What are your favorite sports, why? Answered by Yassi-san
5. Autumn is said to be a season that makes us feel hungry! Is there any food that makes you feel Autumn has come? Answered by Ichi-san
6. Autumn also makes us feel sleepy! How many hours do you sleep a day? Answered by Jade-san

最後にアワード受賞式です 。
Best TTS: Ichi-san
TMOD Award: 今日スピーチをされたEikiさんと、もうひとりはJadeさん いつも喜んでスピーカーを引き受けてくれます

Ichiさん、Eikiさん、Jadeさん　おめでとうございます！！

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次回の例会は11月9日(土)13時50分開場、湘南の定会場のFプレイスとオンラインで開催します。ご参加はどなたでも大歓迎です。Accessで確認してくださいね。

湘南の例会は17時まで約3時間。英語を聞きに、話しに、来ませんか？

● 見学・体験参加はいつでも大歓迎です！！ 是非一度、私達の例会においで下さい。 例会の見学・体験参加希望は、こちらまでメールでお気軽にご連絡ください。お待ちしております！！！