Tsukuba Toastmasters Club (5814-76)
 Minutes of # 426 Meeting
 Date: Sep.1, 2007, 14:00~16:30     Venue: Onogawa Public Hall

 Attendance:  TM Hashida, TM Zukhra, TM Fukumoto, TM  Negi, TM Denda,
                   TM M.Suzuki, TM Ohno, TM Sakaki, TM Saita, TM Watanabe,
                       TM R.Aoyagi, TM T.Aoyagi, TM Takahashi, TM Mizutani,
                   TM Nagata, TM Kondo, TM Kaneko, TM Park, TM Nakamura

 Guest:         TM Ishizuka ( area Governor, from Tozai TMC )
                   Ms.Shimada, Ms.Murazaki, Ms.Fujita, Ms.Yoshimura

 President Officer:          TM Hashida
 Thought for the Day:      TM R. Aoyagi
 Toastmaster of the Day: TM Kaneko
 Timer:                          TM Watanabe
 Ums&Ahs Counter:         TM Saita
 Grammarian:                 TM Hashida
 Vote Counter:               TM Sakaki
 General Evaluator:         TM Denda

 Business Session : TM Hashida
     1. Induction Ceremony for TM Zukhra
          ( Application from her was discussed and approved unanimously)
     2. TM Mizutani transferred from US club to Our Club
     3. Announcement  from Treasurer TM Denda about the collection of Club
        fee

 Special Feature : Area Governor TM Ishizuka " What is DCP?"

 Table Topic Session: TM M. Suzuki " Memory of the Summer"
     1. TM Sakaki..............  2'12"
     2. TM Ohno.................  2'16"
     3. TM Watanabe........ 1'41"
     4. TM Nakamura....... 2'13"
     5. TM Nagata.............. 2'01"

 Prepared Speech Session
     1. TM T.Aoyagi      " 40.9 degrees C!? "
                                         Basic Manual
#4...........................7'28"
     2. TM Takahashi    " We can't be optimistic any more"
                                         Basic Manual
#9...........................6'31"
     3. TM Kondo         " A Little Care for the Future"
                                         Public Relations Manual
#3.....7'27"

 Evaluation Session
     1. TM Ohno for TM T.Aoyagi..................3'09"
     2. TM Nagata for TM Takahashi..........3'09"
     3. TM Park for TM Kondo.......................2'59"

 Award
 Table Topic Session..........TM Sakaki
 Evaluation Session.............TM Nagata
 Speech Session...................TM Takahashi, TM Kondo

 Announcement
 1. from President Hashida
    * Area 23 Evaluation Contest will be hold on October 28 at EPOCAL
      In house IE Contest will be hold on Oct.6. Anyone who wants to be a
     contestant,      let him or VPE Watanabe know.
    *EC members discussed about some changes about rules. He will e-mail
      the details later.

 2. from TM T.Aoyagi
    * Report of the EC training seminar
      The participants discussed about the policy and goals of TM this
      year, Evaluation Contest and Importance of Home Page.

 3. from TM Negi
    * About new Japanese Club
      Access the HP to increase the members !

 4. from TM Ohno
   * Announce of the things one left at Potluck Party.

 5. from VPE Watanabe
   * About assignment roster
     Find your name and if you have any inconvenience, please tell him in
     advance.
  *About In house Evaluation Contest
    Recruits volunteers(Contestants) as IE for TM Fukumoto and TM Kita's
    speech.

 6.from TM Kondo
  * Got CL Award

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 Thought for the Day              TM R.Aoyagi

 Today is Disaster Prevention Day, Bosainohi.
 The day was established to mark the Great Kanto Earthquake, which took
 place on this day in 1923.
 There are another reason why Bosainohi falls on September 1st.
 According to the solar calendar, September 1st is the 210th day after the
 first day of spring, Rissun.
 Traditionally, this day has been called Nihyaku Toka, the start of the
 typhoon season.
 Around this time, rice plants begin to bloom.
 Therefore farmers keep strict watch on these days because typhoons are
 likely to hit Japan which do a great deal of damage to rice plants.
 It is impossible for humans to control earthquake, typhoon, and any other
 disasters.
 Therefore, we have to always try to be prepared in order to keep damage to
 a minimum.