Tsukuba Toastmasters Club (5814-76)
Record of #397 Meeting
Date: February 4, 2005, Venue: Onogawa Public Hall

Presiding Officer: TM Watanabe (President)

Business Session: TM Watanabe
1. Appreciation to TM.Matsushima, TM S.Suzuki, TM Hashida, TM Kaneko
  and TM Shimizu for their efforts in arranging the enjoyable year-end party
  which took place on December 17 last year

2. TM Shimizu has been registered as an inactive member.

3. TM Akiyama resigned from this club.

4. Announcement of the joint Area 11 Speech Contest,
   hosted by Saitama TMC and Sakitama TMC
   Date: March 25th (Sat), 2006, 14:00-17:00, Venue: Gyoda educational
culture center

   Tsukuba TMC will have an in-house speech contest on March 4th.

5.Announcement of the 5th anniversary of the Leadership TMC (Area 13)
   Date: February 25th (Sat), 11:00-13:00, Venue: the Tokyo Dome Hotel in
Korakuen.

6. Announcement of the Second Officers Training of Division A
   Date: February 26 (Sun) 13:30-16:30, Venue: Saitama Kaikan

7. EC meeting is scheduled for 16:00 today.

Toastmaster of the day: TM Matsushima
[Helpers] Timer: TM M, Suzuki,       Vote Counter: TM Fukumoto
             Grammarian: TM Sakamoto, Um�fs and Ah�fs Counter: TM M. Suzuki

Table Topics Session: TM Negi, �gOlympic Winter Games�h
1. TM Fukumoto [1�f50�h ]  2. TM M.Suzuki [1�f45�h ]
3. TM Denda [1�f58�h ]   4. TM Sakamoto [2�f24�h  ]
5. TM Nakamura [1�f53�h ]

Prepared Speech Session:
1.TM Pang, Basic manual #2, Organize your speech  (5-7 min.)
      "Spring Festival" [5�f34�h]
2.TM Takahashi, #4, How to say it   (5-7 min.)
     "A story which consoled me"  [6�f20�h]
3.TM Watanabe, #19The abstract concept (Speaking to inform No.5) (6-8min)
     "Die Hard Part 1"[7�f57�h]

Evaluation Session:
General Evaluator: TM Kondo
1. TM M. Pang�fs speech: TM Nakamura (3�f30�h)
2. TM Takahashi�fs speech: TM Denda (3�f18�h)
3. TM Watanabe�fs speech: TM Kaneko  (2�f40�h)

Awards
Best Table Topic Speaker: TM Sakamoto
Best Evaluator:    TM Denda
Best Prepared Speaker:  TM Takahashi

Attendance: TMs Watanabe, Fukumoto, Matsushima, Negi, Sakamoto,
Kondo, M.Suzuki, Kaneko, Takahashi, Pang, M. Nakamura, Denda

Thought for the day      by TM Fukumoto
 Let me quote Somerset Maugham�fs words.  �gOnly a mediocre person
 is always at his best.�h  I think there are several ways of interpreting
 these words. In my interpretation, the message is:  �gThe more competent
 you become, the more sensitive you will be to your faults or mistakes.�h
 So if you feel unsatisfied with your speech or the results of any other
thing
 you make, you don�ft have to worry.  It just means you made progress.