Tsukuba Toastmasters Club (5814-76)
Record of #390 Meeting
Date: October 1, 2005, Venue: Onogawa Public Hall

Presiding Officer: TM Fukumoto
Business Session
1)Report on the resignation of President TM Machida and
  the election of the new president. The election will be held
  on Oct 15. TM Watanabe is a candidate.

2)Announcement of the recruitment of “Master of Ceremony”

3)Recommendation of the book by TM Watanabe

Toastmaster of the day: TM Sakamoto
Timer: TM Sugiyama,   Vote Counter: TM Kishimoto,
Grammarian: TM Hayashi,   Ums and Ahs Counter: TM Hashida

Special Feature: TM Hirano
       “Never ending fight between plant and the pathogen”

Table Topic Session: TM Watanabe, “Risks”
Darrel Johnson (1’14”), TM Takahashi (1’24”), TM Hayashi (2’06”)
TM Matsushima (1’56”), TM Hashida (1’24”), TM Shibata (1’03”)
TM Kishimoto (2’20”), TM Sugiyama (2’06”), TM Fukumoto (1’46”)
TM Sakamoto (2’02”)

Prepared Speech Session:
1. TM shimizu, Advanced Manual, The Entertaining Speaker #5
   (Speaking After Dinner) (8-10 min.)
      “I am a dog” (10’30”)

2. TM Noguchi, Basic Manual #10 (Inspire Your Audience) (8-10 min.)
      “Jewels of Toastmastering” (8’40”)

3. TM M. Nakamura, Basic Manual#3 (Get to the Point) (5-7 min.)
        “I can count the number”(6’22”)

Evaluation Session:
General evaluator: TM Park
1. TM Shimizu’s speech:   TM Kaneko (2’44”)
2. TM Noguchi’s speech:   TM Takebe  (3’15”)
3. TM M. Nakamura’s speech: TM Negi (3’06”)

Best Individual Evaluator:TM Takebe
Best Table Topic Speaker: TM Takahashi, TM Hashida
Best Prepared Speaker:   TM Nakamura


Guests: Mr.Darrel Johnson, Mrs. Joanne Pang, Ms.Sugimoto

Attendance: Sakamoto, Park, Hashida, Noguchi, Kaneko, Shibata, Matsushima,
Kishimoto, Shimizu, Sugiyama, Negi, Takahashi, M Nakamura,
Takebe, Hirano, Watanabe, Hayashi, Fukumoto, S Suzuki

Thought for the day                         by TM Shibata

Hanshin Tigers won the Central League championship. Osaka and the rest of
the
Kansai region exploded in celebration this Thursday.

I am going back to Osaka tomorrow. This is the first time in 2 months since
I
came to Tsukuba. I am so happy that I can’t wait for tomorrow.

But I have a problem. I am not a big fan of Tigers. I’d rather stay at
Tsukub
a this time. But Business is business. An important meeting is going to be
hel
d at the office. I have to go back to Osaka.

However, I don't want to see the happy faces of Hanshin Tigers fans. And
what
’s worse, I have a feeling that Tigers will win the Japan Series this year
be
cause Tigers won the Japan Series in 1985. This is the time when I first
came
to Tsukuba to visit Tsukuba Science Exposition. And this year 2005 is when I
c
ame back to Tsukuba. This forecast makes me more and more disappointed.

I wish Hanshin good luck.