Meeting minutes of March 6th, 2012

Attendees - 11 regular members and 3 guests.

* Opening Remarks &Guest Introduction by President Rieko Ichiya

* Business Session by President Rieko Ichiya

　 1. Information of　Area 23 Spring Speech Contest on Mar.31^st.

2. Plan of By-Law of Keyforce Club

* Thought of the Evening: “Spring as the season for Festival

TM Mari Kanno

* Toastmaster of the Day: TM Moto Kanokogi

*Word of the Evening: [Auspicious] TM Mariko Misaka

* Table Topics Session: [Power of the word]　TM Kazuko Iwatsuki

* Prepared Speech Session

1. Project 3 “Get to the Point”

Title: [Step out from your comfort zone] TM Ayah Kakinuma

* Evaluation Session:

General Evaluator ：TM Ann Sado Honjo

Evaluators: TM Masako Kuroda for TM Ayah Kakinuma

* Report Session

Am-Uh Counter: TM Yasuyo Sato

Timer: TM Ayako Hirota

Grammarian TM Rieko Ichiya

Vote Counter: TM Mari Kanno

* Speech Practice for Area Int’l Speech Contest

[The Last Moment] TM Mariko Misaka

Japanese Speech [Double Miracle] TM Taeko Hayashi

* Best Speaker of the day

Best Table Topic Speaker: TM Masako Kuroda &

TM Ann Sado Honjo

* Closing Remarks by President Rieko Ichiya

* We have started the new role “Word of Evening” from this meeting in order to enrich our vocabulary.

We were excited to include the word [Auspicious] in each speech.

The meeting was so auspicious from the start of spring!

Although we only had one prepared speech, the audience

was inspired by the shocking and intriguing theme of the speech.

In addition, we enjoyed hearing the contest speeches

both in English and Japanese and discussing the feedback

on them.

Contestants appreciated the helpful comments as well as

the team spirit of Keyforce Club.

Meeting minutes of February 7th, 2012

Meeting Theme: "Do you celebrate St. Valentine's Day?"

Attendees - 16 regular members and 6 guests

* Opening Remarks &Guest Introduction

by President Rieko Ichiya

* Business Session by President Rieko Ichiya

　1.Area 23 Spring Speech Contest on Mar.31^st

　2.Keyforce In-house Speech Contest on Feb.21^st.

* Thought of the Evening: “Glad to be back” TM Aya Kakinuma

* Toastmaster of the Day: TM Ann Sado-Honjo

* Table Topics Session: 「sex‐choice birth」　TM Garmon Yuen

* Prepared Speech Session

1. Project 3 “Get to the Point”

Title: “How to Sleep Effectively” TM Mari Kanno

2. Project 6 “Vocal Variety”

Title: “What Happened in Seoul?” TM Hideki Hashimoto

3. Project 8 “”Get Comfortable with Visual Aids”

Title: “Fashion Tells A lot” TM Miki Saito

4. Project 5”The Oratorical Speech from Advanced Manual

”Interpretive Reading”“

Title: “You’ve got to Find What You Love, Jobs Says”

TM　Masako Kuroda

* Evaluation Session:

General Evaluator ：TM Akemi Maruyama

Evaluators:

TM Mariko Misaka for TM Kanno’s speech

TM Mineko Hasegawa for TM Hashimoto’s speech

　 TM Kazuko Iwatsuki for TM Saito’s speech

TM Rieko Ichiya for TM Kuroda’s speech

*Report Session

Am-Uh Counter: TM Ayako Hirota

Timer: TM Motokazu Kanokogi

Grammarian TM Yasuyo Sato

Vote Counter: TM Atsuko Karakasa

* General Evaluation by TM Akemi Maruyama

* Best Speaker of the day

Best Table Topic Speaker: TM Aya Kakinuma

Best Evaluator: TM Kazuko Iwatsuki ＆TM Rieko Ichiya

Best Prepared Speaker: TM Miki Saito

* Closing Remarks by President Rieko Ichiya

* All of participants enjoyed the exciting, intriguing and

fruitful meeting having six guests and a fellow member’s

return after long absence. In addition, we were excited

hearing the decision to join us from one of the guests.

Thanks to the positive participation of guests in the

discussion time, the meeting was so animated.

How happy to have many guests!

We always most welcome any one who wants to join us!

Meeting minutes of Jauary 17th, 2012

Meeting minutes of January　17^th , 2012

Attendees – 16 regular members and 2guests

Meeting Theme: “New Year’s Resolution”

* Opening Remarks : President Rieko Ichiya

* Business Session: President Rieko Ichiya

　Information of　(1)　Winter Gala of Aoyama Lunch TMC.

　　　　　　　　　　 (2)　Sendai/Kesennuma Joint Meeting Tour

(3) District 76 Spring Conference 2012

* Thought of the Evening: “Father’s Pray” TM Taeko Hayashi

* Toastmaster of the Day: TM Masako Kuroda

* Table Topics Session: TM Rieko Ichiya

* Prepared Speech Session

1. Project 2 “Organize your speech”

Title: “Now of Broadcasting Woman” TM Ayako Hirota

2. Project 2 “Organize your speech”

Title: “This year’s plan” TM Mika Murata

3. Project 5 “”Your body speaks”

Title: “Hong Kong is a vital city” TM Hideki Hashimoto

4. Project 4”How to say it“

Title: “Romeo and Juliet (and I)” TM Yuen Garmon

* Evaluation Session:

Introduction of Evaluators by General Evaluator

TM Kazuko Iwatsuki

TM Atsuko Karakasa for TM Hirota’s speech

TM Mineko Hasegawa for TM Murata’s speech

TM Akemi Maruyama for TM Hashimoto’s speech

TM Ann Sado Honjo for TM Yuen’s speech

*Report Session

Am-Uh Counter: TM Mariko Misaka

Timer: TM Miki Saito

Grammarian TM Mari Kanno

Vote Counter: TM Yasuyo Sato

* General Evaluation by TM Kazuko Iwatsuki

* Best Speaker of the day

Best Table Topic Speaker: TM Miki Saito

Best Evaluator: TM Akemi Maruyama

Best Prepared Speaker: TM Yuen Garmon

* Closing Remarks by President Rieko

* We have started the first meeting　2012 sharing each one’s

New Year’s resolution. With guest’s positive cooperation,

we enjoyed a lot of unique ideas how we face New Year.

We, KeyForce Club member made resolution to keep our

efforts to improve Communication and Leadership skill

through speeches at the first meeting of 2012. We look

forward to having many new members in order to develop

club activities more vivid and fruitful.

We always most welcome guests.