TSUKUBA TOASTMASTERS CLUB Minutes of #475 Regular Meeting Date: December 19, 2009 Time:14:00 - 16:30, Venue: Onogawa public hall Attendees: Fukumoto, Yoshida, Murakami, Kikukawa, Arai, Kadono,   Hashida, H.Park,  Ogawa, Tanaka, Kobori, Matsushima, Hirayama, A. Ikenobe, Y. Ikenobe,   Negi,  Matsushima, Zukhra, Adachi, Takahashi, Nakamura, Murata, Guests: Mizuarai, Yamane Presiding Officer:President   Fukumoto                                   VPE  Ogawa                                   VPM  Murata                                   SAA  A. Ikenobe                                   Secretary  Adachi           Treasurer  Y. Ikenobe Thought of the Day:Yoshida Toastmaster   :H. Park Timer   : Negi Vote Counter:Matsumoto Grammarian: A. Ikenobe U/A Counter:Arai *Word of the Day: Kikukawa   "Boost" Table Topic session: Table topic mater : Murata TT Speaker #1  Nakamura 1'53 TT Speaker #2  Y. Ikenobe  0' 51 TT Speaker #3  Takahashi  1'49 TT Speaker #4  A. Ikenobe  1'30 TT Speaker #5  Negi   1'36 Prepared speech session Speaker #1 Murakami     5'58 (CC#3 "Joke of the day") Speaker #2 Hirayama    6'35 (CC#4 "TV debut") Speaker #3    Adachi         7'03 (CC#5 "Fitness habit") Speaker #4:   Tanaka        9'48 (CC#5 "Excuses and Resolutions") Speaker #5:   Kobori         6'19 (CC#7 "Still butterflies in my   stomach") Speaker #6:   Kadono       7'30 (CC#7 "Operation cat drop") Evaluation session General Evaluator Hashida Evaluator #1  Ogawa        3'24 Evaluator #2  Nakamura     3'30 Evaluator #3  Zukhra            3'09 Evaluator #4  Takahashi      3'19 Evaluator #5  Fukumoto       3'06 Evaluator #6  Matsushima    3'12 *Award session Best TT Speaker   Negi Best Evaluator      Fukumoto Best Prepared Speaker  Kobori *Business Reports 1. The schedule of In-house speech contest was fixed on March 6th.    If you are willing to take the role of Contest chair, please   contact to VPE, TM Ogawa. 2. Officer training is scheduled for Jan. 10th in Sendai.    All member can attend the training. If you want to attend it,   please contact to Secretary, TM Adachi by Dec. 25th. 3. Meeting schedule in January is Jan. 9 and 23. 4. The election of tresurer for next term was held and TM H. Park was   elected.