TSUKUBA TOASTMASTERS CLUB (5814-76) Minutes of #461 Regular Meeting Date: May. 16, 2009 Time: 14:00 - 16:30, Venue: Als Hall 25 Attendees: Matsushima, Tashiro, S.Park, Y.Ito, Kobori, Kikukawa, Nagata, Nakamura, Kita, Kondo, Zukhura, S.Ito, Tamura, Murata, Kaneko, Negi, Kadono, H.Park, Takahashi, Jaya, Ogawa, Hayashi, Adachi, Sakaki, Aoyagi 3 Guests: TM Takimoto, Mr. M.E.Pauly, Ms. Kwon Presiding Officer: President Matsushima Toastmaster Tashiro Thought of the Day Kondo Timer Y.Ito Vote Counter Kobori Grammarian Takahashi Ah Counter Tamura *Word of the Day Hayashi "a few and far between" *Table Topics Kadono TT Speaker #1 S.Ito 1'49" TT Speaker #2 Ogawa 2'18" TT Speaker #3 Mr. Pauly 1'02" TT Speaker #4 Sakaki 2'20" TT Speaker #5 Matsushima 2'26" *Prepared speech session Speaker #1 Kikukawa 5'08" Speaker #2 Zukhura 6'50" Speaker #3 S.Park 7'10" Speaker #4 Kaneko 7'55" *Evaluation session General Evaluator Nagata Evaluator #1 Jaya 1'14" Evaluator #2 Aoyagi 3'02" Evaluator #3 Kita 3'05" Evaluator #4 H.Park 2'34" *Award session Best TT Speaker :Sakaki Best Evaluator :S.Park Best Speakers :Kita *Business Reports 1. New member TM Kikukawa was inducted. His mentor will be set later. 2. Election of Officers 2009-2010 was held. Results: All candidates won the vote of confidence. The officers for new term: President: TM Fukumoto Vice President Education: TM Ogawa Vice President Membership: TM Murata Vice President Public Relations: S.Ito Secretary: TM Adachi Treasurer: TM Y.Ikenobe Sergeant At Arms: TM A. Ikenobe 3. Preliminary election for District Officers was held. Results: Lieutenant Governor Education and Training: Matsumoto Seiko Lieutenant Governor Marketing: Hiroaki Ichihara Division B Governor: Nobuo Adachi Our club delegates regard this results on the election for District Officers. 4. VPE Takahashi reported about Division B speech contest. 1st place: TM Tabayashi 2nd place: TM Hosaka 3rd place: TM Kondo And TM Kondo acknowledged us for supporting and encouraged us for next contest. 5. VPE Takahashi made us sure to exchange CL manuals to neighbors and to certificate the record of CC and CL manual.