TSUKUBA TOASTMASTERS CLUB (5814-76) Minutes of #453 Regular Meeting Date: Dec. 20, 2008 Time: 14:00 - 17:00, Venue: Onogawa Public Hall 24 Attendees: Matsushima, Takahashi, H. Park, Hashida, Y. Ito, Hayashi, Kaneko, Y. Ikenobe, A. Ikenobe, Tanaka, Ohno, Denda, Adachi, Zukhra, S. Ito, Murata, Jaya, Lie, Nakamura, Aoyagi, Kondo, Tamura, and Mizutani 1 Guest:Mr. Yoshida Presiding Officer: President Matsushima Toastmaster Takahashi TOD/ Edu. Session Jaya Timer Mizutani Vote Counter Adachi Grammarian Aoyagi Ah Counter Tanaka *Table Topics A. Ikenobe TT Speaker #1 Denda 1' 27" TT Speaker #2 Lie 2' 01" TT Speaker #3 Tamura 1' 56" TT Speaker #4 Kaneko 2' 28" TT Speaker #5 Hayashi 2' 32" *Prepared speech session Speaker #1 Y. Ikenobe 5' 01" Speaker #2 Zukhra 7' 36" Speaker #3 H. Park 6' 33" Speaker #4 Hashida 6' 52" Speaker #5 Kondo 16' 46" *Evaluation session General Evaluator S. Ito Evaluator #1 Murata 3' 32" Evaluator #2 Tashiro 2' 28" Evaluator #3 Nakamura 3' 23" Evaluator #4 Ohno 3' 33" Evaluator #5 Hayashi 3' 20" *Award session Best TT Speaker Tamura Best Evaluator Hayashi Best Speaker Kondo *Business Reports 1. Our newest member, Y. Ito was inducted into membership. 2. "District Governor's by-election and its procedure" were discussed. President Matsushima introduced the amendment by DTM Hayashi carried: "In January 17 meeting, the in-house election of District Governor is done by secret ballot. The first place winner gets two votes of our club delegates." The seconded motion means that "We of Tsukuba Toastmasters Club induct the Electoral Vote System for the selection of District Governor in order to every Toastmaster will be able to vote for the candidate who receives the majority vote in the Club. "