TSUKUBA TOASTMASTERS CLUB (5814-76)
Minutes of #447 Regular Meeting
Date: Sep. 20, 2008, September 14:00 -16:30, Venue: Onogawa public hall

20 Attendance: TM Tamura, TM S. Suzuki, TM M. Suzuki, TM Murata, TM
Kaneko, TM Nakamura, TM Adachi, TM Kadono, TM Denda, TM Takahashi, TM
H. Park, TM Zukhra, TM Shimada, TM Watanabe, TM Ohno TM Hayashi, TM
Tashiro, TM Negi, TM Matsushima and TM Mizutani

5 Guests: Ms. Akiko Ogawa, Mr. Choi, Mr. Lee, Ms Kang, and Mr. Miyagi


Presiding Officer: President Matsushima
Thought of the Day: TM Shimada
Toastmasters of the Day: TM Watanabe
Timer and Vote counter: TM H. Park
Grammarian: TM Denda
U/A counter: TM Takahashi
The word of the Day: TM Nakamura "honest"

Business Session: President Matsushima
*TM Tamura introduced five guests to all the members.
*TM Takahashi explained "Educational track" using "Member Achievement
Record for"
*TM Kadono informed the time to pay membership fees during Oct. 1,
2008 to Mar. 31, 2009.
*TM Tamura informed the venue will change to multi-purpose room on the
2nd floor on October.

Regular Session:
Table Topic Session: TM Hayashi "Open policy, Open country"
1.	TM OgawaÉÉÉÉÉÉ2' 08"
2.	TM Tamura ÉÉÉÉÉÉ2' 15"
3.	TM ZukhraÉÉÉÉÉÉ1' 28"
4.	TM Nakamura ÉÉÉÉÉÉ1' 55"
5.	TM Denda ÉÉÉÉÉÉ2' 03"
6.	TM Mizutani ÉÉÉÉÉÉ1' 07"
7.	TM Negi ÉÉÉÉÉÉ1' 56"


Prepared Speech Session
1. TM Adachi #2 "Kikuichimonji" ÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ.É.5' 54"
2. TM Murata #3 "A little kindness brings great benefit".......6' 43"
3. TM Mizutani #7 "Gifts of marathon"ÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ.É.7' 50"
4. TM S. Suzuki #10 <The moral of the story> "One good turn deserves
another"É5' 45"

Evaluation Session: General Evaluator: TM Negi
1. Evaluator for TM Adachi            TM Tashiro..............2' 54"
2. Evaluator for TM Murata           TM Zukhra..............2' 54"
3. Evaluator for TM Mizutani         TM Kaneko..............3' 01"
4. Evaluator for TM S. Suzuki          TM Ohno..............3' 20"

Award
Table Topic Session............TM Denda
Evaluation Session...............TM Ohno
Speech Session.......TM Murata



Thought of the Day: TM Shimada
Cosmos are blooming now. They are blown down by the strong wind or
rain, but they don't die.  Like cosmos flowers we'd like to live
strongly and beautifully.