{"id":1627,"date":"2018-03-12T23:26:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T14:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stmc.holy.jp\/shonan\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2018-03-18T15:15:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T06:15:37","slug":"regular-meeting-maarch-10-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmc.holy.jp\/shonan\/2018\/03\/12\/regular-meeting-maarch-10-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Regular Meeting March 10, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On March 10th, 17 members gathered at Mina-Park for the #481 regular meeting presided by TM K. K.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We had three guests including Area Governor.
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the Business Session<\/strong>, President N. N. reminded us of Area Speech Contest to be held on April 1 in Odawara. Our representative speakers are TM N. N. and TM Y. W. Ten of us are expected to attend and some are taking various roles.
\n <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TM Y. W. introduced what he had learnt in Officers Training to invite more visitors and emphasized the important elements of the Web page: attractive photos of the meeting, keywords easy to be picked up and interesting meeting minutes.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>TM L. C. announced the procedures for the coming presidential election.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>VPM N. S. conducted TM T. S.\u2019s induction<\/strong> into our club.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After the Word of the Day<\/strong> \u201cinspire\u201d was presented by TM N. S., Joke Master<\/strong> TM M. I. presented a few jokes to let the audience relax. One of those was about national traits of Americans, some others and, of course, Japanese.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the Prepared Speech Session<\/strong>, four speakers gave speeches as follows:
\n <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The first one titled \u201cIf you can\u2019t stop laughing or crying\u201d was made by TM J. Y. It was from Competent Communication manual and based on its project #7 \u201cResearch Your Topic\u201d. Her intention was to illustrate three major causes of such phenomena, though the countermeasures were not shown.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The second one made by TM M. K. was \u201cIt\u2019s important to participate\u201d. It was for the project #5 Speaking After Dinner in Entertaining Speaker manual. He talked about the spirit of Olympics as in the title and encouraged us to participate as various sorts of volunteers.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The third one was by TM Y. W. It was for the project #5 Your Body Speaks in Competent Communication manual and titled \u201cToastmasters\u201d, in which he described what he has gained through Toastmasters activity and how it helped him in his business career. This is to present at the coming Area Speech Contest and he requested comments and advice from the audience for further improvement.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>TM L. C.\u2019s speech \u201cWhy don\u2019t you run for the next President?\u201d was the fourth one. The project #9 Persuade With Power in Competent Communication manual was the issue he should have worked on. In this speech, he wanted, in view of recent passive atmosphere, to encourage the members to assume the responsibility in operating our club.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>TM L. C. won the best speaker award for his sincere, enthusiastic and persuasive speech.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the Table Topics Session<\/strong>, Table Topics Master TM T. K. presented five topics, which were about heavy snow, Olympics, a figure skater, Dan\u30fbsha\u30fbri and foreign tourists\u2019 interest in traditional Japan. TM H. S., Guest TM T., TM T. S., TM N. S. and TM H. M. each made prompt speech on the given topic.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TM N. S. received the best speaker award for her clear and decisive speech about Dan\u30fbsha\u30fbri.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the Evaluation Session<\/strong>, four evaluators, TM Y. H., TM H. S., TM T. O. and TM M. H. gave positive and instructive comments on the prepared speeches, respectively.\u00a0
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TM M. H. won the best evaluator award for her detailed evaluation of TM L. C.\u2019s speech.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>General Evaluator TM T. I. assessed the overall atmosphere and proceedings of the meeting as friendly and smooth. He suggested that more members join in setting tables before meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n

The award winners<\/strong>:
\n <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For the TMOD award TM T. S. was chosen in view of her double roles on her first day of role taking.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The best Evaluator\u00a0\u00a0 TM M. H.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The best Table Topics Speaker\u00a0\u00a0 TM N. S.
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The best Prepared Speaker\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TM L. C.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Award Winners
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Some Speakers
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