Dear friends,
Thank you for perticipating #578 regular meeting despite Bon vacation.
Your contribution helped me a lot to move the meeting forward as first-time Toastmaster of the Day.
Especially, I thank TM K from Yokohama Ocean TMC and TM S from Yamato Bilingual TMC for taking their roles.
I enjoyed the meeting very much and hope you did likewise.
TM O.M
YTMC 574th regular meeting is the last meeting in this term.
I was happy to take TMOD at such a special day!!
At this meeting, we had Installation Ceremony. New officers were selected in the last meeting. YMTC makes a new start on July.
Before that I really want to appreciate current officers. Especially I’d like to say “thank you” to our president TM Nirupam!! He thought of YTMC members first and he chose members who contributed greatly to development of YTMC. He called them “Star of YTMC” and gave some materials like Trophy or pin badge to them. His attempt made many members active to YTMC meeting. Unfortunately, he left Japan on last February, and he couldn’t continue to lead YTMC as the president. But I think that he served as YTMC president!!
Next month I am the president of YTMC. It is very big role for me, but I work for our club members, and create splendid club at Yokohama!!!
Let’s enjoy New YTMC together!!
2014.07.05
*** The comment from TMOD ***
The YTMC ♯575
I have been in Den-en Toshi TMC for 22 years, which was built by one member of Yokohama TMC. Den-en Toshi TMC has the different atmosphere from that of Yokohama TMC, as it’s members are relatively elder, and it’s atmosphere is stable, reliable, and traditional.
Yokohama TMC, I joined last year, has been vivid with many of young members, and it is led by young officer team, though the elderly members contribute a lot. I like Yokohama TMC members’ attitude, which are enthusiastic in learning Communications, enthusiastic in learning English abilities.
In many of the meeting, always young guests people have attended Yokohama TMC.
This shows Yokohama TMC is attractive and friendly club.
Let’s learn communications and leadership, positively, in friendly atmosphere!!
TM A.I
Award Session!
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YTMC meeting #577,8/2 at Seishonen Kouryu center
Dearest all officers and members
First af all, Thank you Continue reading
2014.06.07
*** The comment from TMOD ***
The YTMC #573 meeting was held on June 7th at Seishonen-ikusei Kaikan.
In spite of heavy rain and 16 members joined today’s meeting. Also, we had 3 guests. The meeting started with VPE R.K.(acting President)’s opening remarks and at the beginning of today’s meeting, we had an officers Election! Nominating Committee members (TM T.M and TM S.I) and VPE R.K conducted the election and it run smoothly. Then…. new offices from this July were all elected!! I believe that new officers will build more attractive club and make all members more fun!!
<New Officers>
President :TM Taketomi, VP Education : TM Sato, VP Members : TM Takanashi,
VP Public Relations : TM Saito, Secretary : TM Sakai, Tresurer : TM Nakanishi, Sergeant-AT-Arms : TM Koganei
After the officers election, the meeting control was passed to today’s TMOD, KT(‘me’!). Today’s my meeting theme is “Rainy Season”. As I hate the rainy season,
I had asked all role takers ‘how do you enjoy rainy season?’ All role takes gave me very unique idea and good advisements to enjoy the rainy days.
For example, in rainy season, someone said that he will enjoy watch World Cup Soccer game, and someone said that he will visit Kamakura area as middle of Jun is the best season for fireflies watching in Kamakura area. That was sound great !
Today’s Table Topic Master was TM S.I. At first, he showed one scene from cartoon film. Then, he gave us some questions about our imagination of next story and next scene of the cartoon film. It was a very new and unique way for all members!
After that, we had 3 speech sessions. One of the speakers, TM T.Y gave us his speech about how to get DTM award! He showed 2 DTM award plates and explained about his effort and episode about them. Through his speech, we all knew and learned how difficult it is and how much he did hard work during his Toastmasters club activities.
At the evaluation session, TM T.S gave us a great feedback to each role takers even it was a short time. Also, today’s Gracho, TM T.M, gave us sound advices.
It is not easy to find the mistakes of grammar and use of sentences but he pointed out those errors and explained us correctly. Thank you for giving us advicements!!
Although today’s agenda was a tight schedule, all role takers conducted their roles on time. In today’s meeting, one of our new members, TM M.F took his first role as Vote Counter, and he did a great job without any issue, congratulation!
We will have a #574 regular meeting on June 21th @Yoshino-cho Plaza Meeting Room (http://www.yaf.or.jp/yoshino/access.html) See you then!!
TM K.T
New Officers!
DTM award! Congratulations!
Award Session!
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2014.05.24
*** The comment from TMOD ***
The YTMC ♯572 meeting hold on May 24th at Hatobakaikan
In this time we hold the meeting at the different week, because previous week was District conference. Due to very irregular schedule, relatively less member could participate in this meeting. Then we felt little bit difficult to assign each role.
But, despite such a difficult situation, we could carried out this session by cooperating with each other. TM S undertook double roles , as a speaker and an evaluator. I’m sure this was really tough challenge for him. But he delivered very humorous and inspirational and humorous speech. And he also gained best evaluator award！He made rally good job!!
And TM N take took charge of sudden role as supporter (Vote counter).
Other speakers preformed very well with their original and informative speeches.
With many voluntary cooperation of each member, we could achieve this meeting very successfully. I ‘d like to say many thanks for all members as TMOD!!
TM T.S.
Award Session!
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Dear All Members of Yokohama TMC, and All friends of TMs,
Hello, it is my pleasure that we, YTMC got Perfect 10 DCP Points!
It was long long journey, but, I have confidence that all officers and members kept supporting others, and kept laughing.
I love this atmosphere, and I hope all members keep it.
Vice President Education
Ryuma Koganei
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2014.05.03
*** The comment from TMOD ***
The YTMC #571 meeting held on May 3rd at Seishonen-ikusei Kaikan. The day,
May 3rd was in the middle of Golden Week and also the International Costume Procession Festival was held on the main streets in Yokohama. So the street along our way of the venue was very busy with spectators to see the cheerful scene.
The meeting started at 14:00 in a joyous mood with 10 guests. We were first planning to have an induction ceremony for 2 persons, but happily 3 persons
in the end. How gorgeous we had the meeting with 3 new members !
On top of that, one of them made a speech, “Ice Break Speech.”
The theme of the meeting: What’s your one more step forward in TM ?
I think a member joins this club to be a better speaker, but we don’t have any teachers. So we support one another by making a speech, evaluating a speech or taking any roles including an officer’s role to serve members and the club, that is, we learn by doing. Every member is asked to act one more step.
The meeting was a regular one with Table Topic and 4 Prepared- Speakers.
At the topic session, the theme was timely, “Golden Week”. All speeches were
great and full of variety.
And an officer’s election for the next term is close at hand, so that we had
a special session by nomination committee. The title was “ What is club officers ?”
Each current officer introduced his/her responsibility and role explanation.
They inspired members to become a candidate for the next officer.
On June 7th we will have an election.
The meeting was very vivid, fantastic and a full program.
TM T.T.
3 new members!
What is club officers?
Wow, our President!?
Award Session!
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2014.04.19
*** The comment from TMOD ***
April 19th YTMC #570 Meeting Report
Our 570th meeting was held on April 19th at Hatoba Kaikan. After we had a wonderful walk under the beautiful sun, we started the meeting at 14:20:-).
It was so nice to have 5 guests, and surprisingly, 4 were non-Toastmasters!
The meeting started with VPE R.K.(acting President)’s opening remarks, and
he smoothly passed the baton to the Toastmaster of the Day (TMOD, me!).
Because each members have their own goals of what they want to achieve in Toastmaster activities, I decided to have this theme “I AM A TOASTMASTER!”
I asked all role takers how they would describe Toastmaster in 1 word. We were able to learn different perspectives that we wouldn’t come up by your own. FRIENDS, POIZON, CROSSROAD, TESTING etc… I liked SODA the best!
I, TM T.S., was so pleased to take the TMOD’s role before our Officers’ election.
It was a great opportunity to rediscover what we can benefit from both Competent Communication and Competent Leadership programs. We practiced public speaking in our regular session (Joke, Tips, Table Topic, Prepared Speeches, and Evaluation), and also we practiced building leadership skills in Workshop session which was based on Successful Leader series, hosted by TM T.Y.. In this workshop, we were able to learn the Club Officers ‘ duties and discuss the effective way to operate our club.
I think the best part of TMOD is that you can do whatever you want (to the extent that it does not interfere with the members’ welfare)! For instance, you can assign 3 Evaluators for 1 Speaker (lucky Speaker TM O.M.). But again, no matter how you plan the meeting, it is always important that the meeting agenda is tailored to the members’ benefit. I was so glad that my meeting was successfully adjourned, everybody being happy to be there.
Thank you all for joining the meeting.
TM T.S.
Lucky Speaker!
Leadership skills Workshop!
Award Session!
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