TSUKUBA TOASTMASTERS CLUB Minutes of #484 Regular Meeting Date: May 8, 2010 Time:14:00 - 16:30, Venue: Onogawa public hall Attendees: Y. Ito, Watanabe, Matsushima, Hirayama, Negi, Kaneko, Arai, Yoshida, Tanaka, Denda, Adachi, Zukhra, A. Ikenobe, Kinugasa, Mizuarai, Murakami, Murata, Ogawa, Fukumoto, H. Park, Kim Guests: Kawasaki, Imada Presiding Officer:President TM Fukumoto          VPE TM Ogawa          VPM TM Murata          Secretary TM Adachi          Treasurer TM H. Park          SAA TM A. Ikenobe Thought of the Day:TM Zukhra Toastmaster   :TM Y. Ito Timer: TM Mizuarai Vote Counter:TM Watanabe Grammarian: TM Negi U/A Counter:TM Arai Word of the Day: TM Tanaka "Expect, Anticipate, Envisage, Foresee, Presuppose" --Table Topic session: Table topic mater : TM H. Park Table Topic speaker #1: TM Watanabe 1'59 Table Topic speaker #2: TM A. Ikenobe 1'57 Table Topic speaker #3: TM Negi 2'05 Table Topic speaker #4: TM Watanabe 1'42 Table Topic speaker #5: TM Mizuarai 1'23 Table Topic speaker #6: TM Arai 1'42 Table Topic speaker #7: TM Tanaka 1'58 Table Topic speaker #8: TM Yoshida 1'36 Table Topic speaker #9: TM Zukhra 1'50 Table Topic speaker #10: TM Adachi 1'43 --Prepared speech session Speaker #1 TM Kinugasa 6'27 (CC#1 Ice breaker "Why I am here now") Speaker #2 TM Murakami 6'33 (CC#5 "Toad Grease Ointment") Speaker #3 TM Kim 7'20 (CC#5 "Thinking in an opposite way") Speaker #4 TM Hirayama 7'28 (CC#7 "Enjoy the park to your heart's content ") Speaker #5 TM Kaneko 8'50 (Adv.#5 "Don't be a delicious person") --Evaluation session General Evaluator TM Adachi Evaluator #1 TM Yoshida 3'08 Evaluator #2 TM Murata 2'50 Evaluator #3 TM Denda 3'20 Evaluator #4 TM Ogawa 3'27 Evaluator #5 TM Fukumoto 3'20 *Award session Best TT Speaker: TM Zukhra Best Evaluator: TM Denda Best Prepared Speaker: TM Murakami --Business session 1) Next officers were elected. 2) TM Ogawa will visit Fantasista Toastmasters Club on Saturday, May 15. For those who want to join the meeting, please contact her. 3) TM Ajioka, Area 14 Governor, will visit our and WAGO club's meetings on June 5. The joint drinking party with TM Ajioka and English/WAGO clubs is being planned.