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Our Special Activities for July 2005 - June 2006
July. 22,Sat. 2006 STMC Discussion Session
TM Kato led the session as a debate. The topic statement was
"English education should be introduced into elementary schools. " @
We formed two groups and exchanged our arguments of pros and cons.
The debate was quite exciting.
Jun. 24,Sat. 2006 STMC Installation Ceremony & Party
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Venue: Fujisawa Industrial Center, 7F Room #2
As Toastmasters' new term has come,
STMC held Installation Ceremony after the regular meeting.
The new club officers were officially introduced to succeed the former officers.
Post-celebration Party was held in the same room from 17:00 to 18:30.
May 27,Sat. 2006 STMC Discussion Session
What points to be valued in voting for the best speaker
in our regular meeting was discussed as to the prepared speech session.
The discussion drifted in some way toward whether or not the best speaker be selected.
But the talks were meaningful to find how members feel about voting.
The further discussion will be planned some other time.
May 20,Sat. 2006 STMC WORKSHOP <The Moment of Truth>
About 20 members gathered and evaluated our club activities of this term to improve the quality of standard of STMC.
And after the workshop, incoming and outgoing officers had the job transfer meeting.
Apr.22, Sat. 2006STMC Discussion Session
We had a discussion about "Television Commercials."
The leader, TM Tsujikawa led the participant's individual talk
to an interesting discussion. We all had a good time
exchaging ideas based on our experience and preference.
Apr.13, Thr. 2006

A Joint Meeting between Waikiki TMC and Shonan TMC
( Hawaii visit : 4/11-4/16)
STMC sent 17 members (including 2 Prepared Speakers and 2 Evaluators)
to the joint meeting in Hawaii.The detailed report with photos is here.
Apr. 8, Sat. 2006STMC NEW CL PROJECT SESSION@@@@
We held a session to learn about the new recognition system,
including the new CL project.
Mar. 24, Sat. 2006STMC Discussion Session
TM Shiobara led the session with an interesting activity named "Two Minute-Speech." Each participant was given two topics and s/he picked up one of them and made a prompt speech upon the topic in two minutes. All the participants had a practical exercise of table topics. Thus this session always gives you chances to talk in English and have fun. Please come and join in the next session.
Mar. 12, Sun. 2006 2006 Area 22 Speech Contest at Werk Yokosuka
As for STMC, overall 14 members went to cheer up our contestant, TM Naruke. Our club contributed to running the contest by sending TM Mizumoto to serve as time keeper and TM Hamai as vote-counter.
TM Naruke won the third place! Congratulations!!
Mar. 11, Sat. 2006 In-House Special Workshop by TM Terri Nii
16 People, 16 Colors
Better Communication through Personality Type Assessment
TM Terri Nii, a CTM member of our club, is a qualified practitioner of Myers Briggs Type Indicator(MBTI), a widely-used and practical tool for psychological personality assessment. In the workshop she inroduced the theory of the MBTI and how to apply it to promote self-understanding and development, two things that are essential for Toastmastering.
Feb. 25, Sat. 2006 STMC Discussion Session
Led by TM Machida, we had an active "show and tell" session. Using pictures, we improvised stories to describe what was so special about the object. It was like a tall tale speech session and so much fun for both speakers and listeners. Please don't miss the next session.
Feb. 11, Sat. 2006 In-House Speech Contest
We had an Exciting In-House Contest conducted by our fabulous Contest Chair TM Hirota, and TM Naruke won the first place! We are very proud to send him the Area 22 Speech Contest dated on March 12.
Jan. 28, Sat. 2006 STMC Discussion Session
Led by TM Hirota, we had an intereting practice of debate in pairs by using the question cards, and a fun practice of table topics speech by using the picture cards.
Dec. 10, Sat. 2005 Joint Meeting -with Den-en Toshi TMC
It was our 4th joint meeting with DenEn-Toshi TMC
in Yokohama. This time we held it at Tana, their home place.
For the meeting we placed concentration on the prepared speeches and evaluation, sending unusual 8 speakers
and 8 evaluators from both parties to the podium.
The audience enjoyed a variety of life topics revealed
throughout the session.
We had a jovial moment together for X'mas party after that
Nov. 26 Sat. 2005 STMC Discussion Session
Led by TM Tanioka, we had a very interesting discussion.
We had a group work to creat original stories
by associating with famous paintings.
Nov. 26 Sat, 2005 Debate Workshop
We invited a professional, TM Inoue of Aoyama TMC,
to conduct the workshop on this particular theme.
This time, he provided the opinion forming training for the debate,
calling on each participant to give his/her thought
on set topics, like, "Husbands cook at home" or
"English education compulsory at elementary schools."
The majority vote judged the side in the argument 
of pros and cons over each topic.
All enjoyed his class in laughter and relaxation.

Our Entertainment Events for July 2005 - June 2006
Aug. 27-28, 2005 STMC SUMMER CAMP in HAKONE

19 STMC members had a happy time at the summer camp, staying overnight at Shiki Hotel Hakone, Sengoku-hara, Hakone, on August 27 Sat. and 28 Sun. @
STMCfs summer camp is the routine workshop every year to enjoy the last moment of summer in an English way.

see the photos and details here
see the program here
Nov. 26 Sat, 2005 Christmas Party of STMC
see the photo and details here
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