May 30th Senri TMC Special Meeting had a theme of “Sci-Fi”, which was set by our Captain of the Starship (Toastmaster of the Day), Anne, and brought a total fun time, in spite of the minimum crew of only 8 attendees. When it launched on time, I, the Chief Analyst (General Evaluator) was still driving home, connected by the modern science benefit of smartphone, without feeling "alienated" (Word of the Day from Mats), and managed to slip into the Starship in 30 mins.
Our Communication Scanner (Ah-Counter) Kankan suddenly got very sick and had to cancel her boarding, but our President Eri kindly and swiftly took her place. I believe it was not only me who was looking forward to Kankan's "Here's My Trick," but it will surely have another chance before long (with a larger audience!)
Today's three main projects (prepared speeches) were more than great. The first project commander Tenten showed us interesting comparisons between "Two Approaches" of a space station staff (contest staff) and an astronaut (contestant). The second project commander Marylin gave us truly practical and beneficial hints of "Managing Anxiety". And the third project commander Jinyoung guided us into an amazing tour of South Korea!
The following analyses (the Evaluation Session) was offered by a team of acrobatic aviators. Eri evaluated our most skillful speaker Tenten very well after speaking as President and Ah-Counter, Tenten evaluated Marylin's 15-min-flight after his own flight, and Marylin evaluated Jinyoung's 25-min-tour after her own 15-min-flight!
The Table Topics Session was conducted by Tenten, who had prepared lots of topics about science fictions. He wisely warned us beforehand that we could be called on twice, so we remained thrilled and on guard until the end of the session. Among the speeches, all of which were eligible(!!!), Marylin's exhortation to a Black Hole Tour in 2050, full of humor and suspense, quoting her own prepared speech, was literally out of this world. No wonder she won the double crown of the best table-topics and prepared speaker! (She might have won even a triple crown if her evaluation speech had not overtimed again( ´艸｀).)
Today's captain's goal as TMOD was to create an energetic sci-fi atmosphere while still keeping the meeting professional and organized, which was undoubtedly achieved and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you everyone, for your full team work. Mission completed!
(by Momoko)
