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<h2 class="date-header">Saturday, November 8, 2008</h2>

 <h3 class="post-title">Recap 11/08/08    </h3>

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Toastmaster:  Taka<br>

Theme:  Culture Shock <br>

Word of the Day:  Bewildering まごつかせる、ひどく困惑させる<br><br>

Speaker 1: Taka (English)<br>
Title: Social Entrepreneurship - After-school Tutoring Service for Students with Dasabilities<br>
Advanced Manual #3 The Winning Proposal<br>
Taka took the hot seat and gave a speech in a short notice.  
He spoke passionately about his business idea to open an after-school tutoring service for students with disabilities 
which can utilize his special education background.<br><br>

Speaker 2: Shiro (Japanese)<br>
Title: 自己紹介<br>
Basic Manual #1<br>
史朗さんの最初の自己紹介のスピーチでした。米国に渡ってきた経緯を波乱に満ちた色々なエピソードで面白くお話されました。<br><br>

Speaker 3: Masako (English) <br>
Title: Nate Silver<br>
Basic Manual #7 Research Your Topic<br>
Masako-san spoke about Nate Silver's statistical analysis using various supporting materials. <br><br>

Other Meeting Roles:<br><br>
Evaluator 1: Yuriko<br>
Evaluator 2: Yoko<br>
Table Topics: Vince<br>
General Evaluator: Aya N <br>
Timer: Yuriko <br>
Grammarian: Aya N <br>
Mentor Minutes: Mike <br>
Snack: Vince <br><br>

Club Business: <br><br>
Short review of the Moments of Truth conducted on October 25.  We will follow-up the result again in the following meetings.
<br>District 2 Conference is on November 14 and 15.  Everyone is encouraged to attend 
at least some of the educational sessions and contests.<br><br>
Next meeting is on November 22.<br><br>

Yoko<br><br>


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