Recent Banter News
A Grateful Universe
Wed, Jan 25th, 2012
January 19, 2012 - First time chair Elena Nistor selected "universe" and "grateful" as theme and word of the meeting and asked us all to be grateful for everything we ...
Happy New Year
Fri, Jan 13th, 2012
Laurie Stapleton chaired the January 5th meeting, the first of 2012, with the theme and word "New Beginnings" and "Start". She welcomed guests Tony, Angela and Marva. Table Topics Chair ...
Wed, Jan 25th, 2012
January 19, 2012 - First time chair Elena Nistor selected "universe" and "grateful" as theme and word of the meeting and asked us all to be grateful for everything we ...
Fri, Jan 13th, 2012
Laurie Stapleton chaired the January 5th meeting, the first of 2012, with the theme and word "New Beginnings" and "Start". She welcomed guests Tony, Angela and Marva. Table Topics Chair ...
Mon, Dec 19th, 2011
Members of Bolton Banter plus most welcome guests Tony, Paula and John gathered in Lorraine Van Wagner's rec room for a holiday meeting/party. Chair Brendan Dineen appropriately enough chose "celebration" ...
Fri, Dec 9th, 2011
Val Koncan likes snow so much that he choose "winter" as theme of our December 1st meeting. Given that his furnace died on November 30th, it isn't surprising that he ...
Wed, Nov 23rd, 2011
Alan Keyes chaired our November 17th meeting with the theme and word of "You can do this" and "mantra". The theme stems from his half marathon (that's 21.1K folks) in ...
Thu, Nov 10th, 2011
Our resident rocket scientist Eric Solowka chaired our November 3rd meeting featuring "Space" and "Launch" as theme and word of the meeting. Did you know that when you're in orbit, ...
Wed, Oct 26th, 2011
We had our share of spookiness at our Halloween themed meeting on October 20th, led by chair Ben Allison masquerading as a Japanese "sensei". At this meeting we were pleased ...
Wed, Oct 12th, 2011
Val Koncan chaired our October 6th meeting and chose as theme and word of the meeting, appropriately enough, Thanksgiving and "Thank You". The theme of thanks was incorporated into Table ...
Tue, Oct 4th, 2011
Autumn in Toastmasters means falling leaves, brilliant colours and contests . On September 29th, Bolton Banter held its Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest chaired by Carol Dowell. We were ...
Wed, Sep 7th, 2011
Hello All - I was happy to chair our September 1st meeting and chose "nature" and "awe" as theme and word of the meeting. My choice was in deference to ...
Wed, Aug 24th, 2011
Chair Vince Capicotto was at the podium for our August 18th meeting and chose "Economy" and "Yo Yo" as theme and word of the day. The markets are going up ...
Mon, Aug 8th, 2011
Our August 4th meeting was graced by four guests, Bob, Elizabeth, Caroline and all the way from Chicago, Carolyn Young's sister Theresa. Chair Catherine Keyes selected "Growth" and "Cultivate" as ...
Wed, Jul 13th, 2011
Hello Everyone - Our first meeting of the new Toastmasters year was chaired by new President Eric Solowka. In his opening address as new President, Eric drew on his theme ...
Mon, Jul 4th, 2011
Although there was no red carpet and we didn't hand out Oscars, the June 30th meeting was very special indeed for we honoured those who achieved designations and those who were ...
Wed, Jun 22nd, 2011
Chair Eric Solowka's theme for the June 16th meeting of Bolton Banter Toastmasters was "Respond, Reflect, Renew" and the word of the meeting was "laud", the first cousin of "applaud". ...
Mon, Jun 6th, 2011
We are nearing the conclusion of our Toastmasters year and everyone is eager to complete their projects by June 30. We were treated to no less than five speeches this ...
Mon, May 16th, 2011
Thursday, May 12th was a memorable evening for all members of the Bolton Banter Toastmasters Club. We celebrated our fith annivesary as a chartered club with a special event at ...
Tue, May 10th, 2011
Hello Everyone - Canada held a federal election on May 2nd and Bolton Banter, not to be outdone, elected its new slate of officers for the 2011/12 year on May 5th. Our ...
Wed, Apr 27th, 2011
Hi Folks - Hope you and your families enjoyed a peaceful Easter/Passover season. Spring is well and truly upon us. For Bolton Banter Toastmasters, May promises to be an exciting ...
Tue, Apr 12th, 2011
We've been busy here at Bolton Banter Toastmasters. On March 31st, which happened to be the fifth Thursday of the month and hence an opportunity for an educational session, Eric ...