2012-09-01

It was a first day of September, but it was still very hot and humid day.

The 535^th Meeting started with a great announcement by President Matsuzaki.
YTMC was given the ribbon of president distinguished club!!!
We had a great honor!! Wow.

The today’s TMOD was TM A.T who is the youngest member in YTMC.
Although he has joined the club about a year ago, he did a great job today
as TMOD and always made us laugh with his joke.   ^^

There are 5 speakers today and there were various topics and message on their
speechessuch as about his and her experiences, hobby, Home countries
and life style.
For the audience (listeners), we are able to learn many things through their speech.
This is the one of the interesting and valuable points on YTMC!
All speakers and evaluators did great job but unfortunately, some of them were
not able to finish within the time limit….

Yes,  time management is always very important in YTMC.

Next meeting on Sep 15th is In-House contest!! We are so excited it!
Please be sure to join Danjyo Kyodo Sankaku Senter Yokohama-minami !!

by TM  K.T

Award session

The 534th meeting report was held during Obon holiday. But many members joined the meeting!

Today, there was a special speech. The program title was “Problem-Solving Discussion”.
Speech time was 45-50 min! Very Very Long!
TM Y.K took a facilitator. And the theme of discussion was “Be more attractive TMC”. 
We discussed how every meeting becomes more active. 

The discussion was exciting, and there were many ideas to solve this problem.
During the discussion, I noticed it is important to contact with inactive members.

So, I’ll do that, and I’ll update this website more to inform atmosphere of every meeting to them!

TM A.T

The facilitator TM Y.K
The discussion time
The Award session

‘Time management is very important!’

The 533 th meeting was adjourned by president message. Today there were five prepared speakers. So time table was very tight.

But five speeches were very exciting! There were various theme, for example African journey, Love!, Words and so on.
In addition, evaluation session was also exciting. All evaluators performed good time management, except for one.
This is…. PRESIDENT! It was overrun of only 3 seconds. But Toastmasters rule is very severe!
It was disqualified even just three seconds.

Time management is very important in Toastmasters club.
All member’s cooperation leads to close the meeting on time.
Let’s try to close the meeting at just 4 PM!

TM A.T

TMOD and Winners of each session

Summer has come. It was very hot. But YTMC meeting was hotter than summer!

Today, a special guest joined the meeting. Mr. O was former YTMC member.
He involved chartering YTMC 24 years ago. He was glad YTMC continue even now.
He was assigned Tale topic speaker, and got the best table topic speaker! Great!!

After that, we went to Chinese restaurant. YTMC members have used this restaurant since YTMC started.
It means 24 years! Wow!!

A woman of Chinese restaurant said ‘Dumplings are Chinese croissants. So at first, you should eat it without source.’
Let’s try it!

TM A.T

Award session
Mr. O is right side

At chinese restaurant

The 531th regular meeting was held in Tanabata.
It was the first time since officers changed.

In addition, we had new member’s induction ceremony.
Mr. T became a new member. Congratulations! Let’s enjoy every meeting together.

However…

We never meet without a parting.
TM M.F and TM T.K leave from YTMC. I’ll really miss them.
But they got the best prepared speaker and the best table topic speaker.
It was Wonderful! They brought their speeches to successful conclusion.
After meeting, we enjoyed Karaoke!!

TM M.F and TM T.K, please come back anytime!

TM A.T

New member’s Induction ceremony

 Award session

Karaoke party!

There were many special events in the 530th meeting. Especially, Facilitating Discussion was interesting. 
Three panelists discussed 20% Consumption Tax. It is a serious problem in Japan.
So, discussion was very exciting and real. TM Y.K took panel moderator.
This session is very long time 28 to 30 minutes, but his time management was great!

Next, we took new officer installation ceremony. In YTMC, Officers change in July.
YTMC will become new color in the next month! I’m looking forward to joining the next meeting.
In addition, I really appreciate former officers.
Thanks to their works, YTMC members enjoyed every meeting in 2011-2012!
Finally, TM R.K introduced YTMC in his company. Here is an article. Thank you very much!

TM A.T

 Facilitationg Discussion

 Three presidents of YTMC
left:Former President, center:New President, right: Current President

 Article of YTMC

The 529th regular meeting was held in June 2nd.
Today, there were four prepared speakers.
All speeches were project#1 of basic or advanced manual.
So it was very exciting!
Best prepared speaker was TM T.S. He was very pleased  :-D.

Winners of each session and TMOD

  TM A.T