TSUKUBA TOASTMASTERS CLUB (5814-76) Minutes of #454 Regular Meeting Date: Jan. 17, 2009 Time: 14:00 - 16:30, Venue: Onogawa Public Hall 24 Attendees:Matsushima, Nakamura, Kadono, S. Ito, Y. Ikenobe, A. Ikenobe, Y. Itoh, Murata, Adachi, S.Park, Tashiro, Takahashi, Ohno, Negi, Fukumoto, Hashida, Sakaki, Kondo, Hayashi, Zukhra, Ogawa, H.Park, and Yoshida 2 Guests:Mr. Iguchi, and Mr. Kobori Presiding Officer: President Matsushima Word of the Day :Adachi Word of the Day :clear Toastmaster H. Park TOD/ Edu. Session Murata Timer S. Park Vote Counter Y. Ikenobe Grammarian Tashiro Ah Counter Sakaki *Table Topics Nakamura TT Speaker #1 Ohno 2'11" TT Speaker #2 Fukumoto 1'44" TT Speaker #3 Kondo 1'38" TT Speaker #4 Hashida 2'00" TT Speaker #5 A.Ikenobe 2'13" TT Speaker #6 Ogawa 2'41"(dis-quallified) *Prepared speech session Speaker #1 Y.Ito 5'50" Speaker #2 S.Itoh 6'26" Speaker #3 Tamura 6'23" Speaker #4 Hayashi 8'13" *Evaluation session General Evaluator Takahashi Evaluator #1 Zukhra 2'53 Evaluator #2 Hashida 2'44 Evaluator #3 Kadono 3'25 Evaluator #4 Negi 2'53 *Award session Best TT Speaker :Ohno Best Evaluator :Hashida Best Speaker :Tamura *Business Reports 1. Our newest member, Yoshida was inducted into membership. 2. DTM Hayashi won majority vote for the selection of District Governor candidate by in-house electoral vote. 3. Treasurer Kadono reported the club financial status. 4. VPE Takahashi announced modified "Semi-Annual Schedule".