The first meeting of the fall season was held on September 1st. Welcoming our Area Director TM Sam Mchombo for the “Evaluation training” to prepare for the upcoming in-house Evaluation contest (held September 15th), we had a fruitful meeting as always with 4 enjoyable speeches.

☆Congratulations to the winners

Best speaker: TM Ryuji Yokoyama
Best evaluator: TM Mai Araki & TM Kasey Yawata

☆Prepared speakers

1st speaker: TM Yasunari Matsukawa
Project #1 The Ice Breaker
Title: “No Music No Life”
Evaluator: TM Ayah Kakinuma

2nd speaker: TM Naoko Adachi
Project #1 The Ice Breaker
Title: “A Long Journey to Tokyo”
Evaluator: TM Mai Araki

3rd speaker: TM Takuya Tsubota
Project #2 Organize your speech
Title: “Sento to drop in”
Evaluator: TM Tommy Takabu

4th speaker: TM Ryuji Yokoyama
Project #7 Research your topic
Title: “Run Run Run”
Evaluator: TM Kasey Yawata

☆Word of the evening

“Enchant” = attract

☆Thank you for your leaderships

Toastmaster of the Evening: TM Chao Liu
Grammarian: TM Ann Sado Honjo
Am-Uh Counter: TM Fuyuki Kawano
Timer: TM Izumi Matsubara
Vote Counter: TM Zhiqiang Shi

Thought of the Evening: TM Masako Kuroda
Word of the Evening: TM Hidenori Takahashi

☆Business Session

– 2015/2016 Financial report by President TM Mari Kanno
– Renewal fee to be payed to treasurer TM Hidenori Takahashi by end of September