Report of Regular Meeting February 2003
Chisato Koriyama, Secretary
Under the title of CS-TOF night, we had the regular meeting which lacked a meal like February of every year. We all advocated the Y's motto (five oaths) following the Y's song. Our guests were Mr. Tatsuo Honma and Ms. Emiko Honma who have returned home from America after a long time.
Like February of every year, we did the election of president and vice-president of the next term. President Ms. Sato reported: "As the vice-president candidate (president candidate of the following periode), Mr. Kano Yamamoto are recommended by the 3 successive president: Mr. Yamanaka, Mr. Eguchi and me.
Mr. Kazuo Sato and Mr. Yasuhiro Kuroiwa served as the election conservator. They reported the result of the vote: total 23; valid 23; agreeing 23. We trusted Mr. Hiroyuki Tanaka, president candidate, and Mr. Kano Yamamoto, vice-president candidate. They won equal to or more than 2/3 pieces of the confidence of the attendee. We confirmed that they were installed in the president and the vice-president of the next term filling the article of 12th rule of the Tokyo Club.
These 2 Y's men expressed their determination respectively with a remarkable personality. Then, the 2 Y's menettes, their wives, greeted.
[Mr. and Ms. Honma and President Ms. Sato(center)]
As the first guest speech, Ms. Emiko Honma talked under the title: "the Japanese young men whom I met 27 years later". She embarked, as deputy leader, the 9th "Ship of Young Men" sent by the Prime Minister's Office in 1975. She went over 2 months to Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and, at the first time, Kuwait. She associated with the people in the place while she studied. The members continue association after home-returning. They had become 40 years old or 50 years old now. They have the eyes opened over the world. They are playing an active part respectively for the living improvement of the area. Moreover, they aim at the activity with high quality. The reunion, which is done once by about 3 years, was done at the "Japanese Young Men's House" in February 8th - 9th in Tokyo. She was invited to it. She was impressed by the long way of their activity. The YMCA should learn greatly this last long-ability. Her story is filled by suggestions.
Mr. Tatsuo Honma recalled his YMCA activity in Japan-U.S. for many years. Specifically, he told what he thought associating among Japan-U.S. meanwhile. He told a difference among Japan-U.S., according to the substance effect, specifically about the culture, the way to build human relations and so on. It merely is not the one only of the language. We were impressed by his persuasible story which reached his relation to his wife.
After that, the secretary released the result of the questionnaire: where we hold our regular meeting after the Tokyo YMCA retires from the Kanda hall. Toyo-cho center 15; downtown 13; alternately 3; anywhere 2;
The closing chime of President Ms. Sato closed our regular meeting, but to utilize precious opportunity, the interested persons proposed that we held the welcome meeting for Mr. and Ms. Honma. Meanwhile, we enjoyed being magnificent.