The last two meetings he's hosted have taken place at night, but today he wakes, goes to check on his plants, and returns to town thinking that now is a perfect time.  The sun has risen in the east a quarter way through the sky — it's still cool, just as it is in the evening, but he relishes in the daylight's warmth on his pelt.  He's always been a morning soul, rising with the sun and falling with the moon like clockwork.  Jericho isn't sure how many others in the little seatown enjoy getting up before noon as he does; a change of pace just sounds nice.  The little ginger tabby leaps up onto the fountain's lip with his usual struggle, pawpads scraping against the coarse concrete until all three feet rest solidly upon the rock and he allows himself to settle into a seated position.  As always, he pauses before to gather himself, exhaling as he goes through his mental checklist that he settled on long before he woke to this sunrise.  He straightens and smooths down his white chest fur, gathering himself, and then blind honey eyes turn forth expectantly.  With a deep inhale to soothe his nerves the tabby raises his voice and calls, “Ah, Sunhaven!  G-Gather for a meeting over here!”

There’s still a touch of hesitance (especially when he has to make himself louder — he worries that he’s being bothersome or too loud or not loud enough) but he still manages to make his voice ring out through the mostly-quiet boardwalk that surrounds the town square.  He falls into silence as he awaits the arrival of his clanmates, allowing a few moments until he hears the shuffle of pawsteps grow and then cease.  Only then does he clear his throat tentatively and begin.

“Uh, so I want to start again by welcoming everyone who’s joined recently!”  His voice is closer to his normal speaking volume, but slightly raised yet due to his typical soft-spokenness and so that those in the back might still hear him.  “I-I’m excited to hear that Cloud, Inu, Beverly, and Sanyi have all decided to join us!  I, uh, hope I got everyone, but if I didn’t I’m sorry.  If we haven’t met I’m J-Jericho, the leader here.  Ah, if you need anything just let me or anyone else know, I’m sure we’re all willing to help.”

He hesitates again, smiling with shy warmth into the crowd in hopes that those named manage to catch it, because his unseeing gaze cannot distinguish between the array of scents and voices among the gathered group.  The feline shuffles his paws a bit and continues on, “I-I know Pele has their reasons for not being around recently, but they’ve missed their weekly tasks, so if anyone else wants to pick those up just say so and feel free!”  The tom feels rather bad for calling out the Hearthkeeper like that, but the tasks need to get done.  “Also, we’ve got a couple... um, a couple guild meetings up!  The art one should b-be coming soon, but for now you can check out the warfare guild and medicine guild meetings.”  Jericho allows a few heartbeats of silence, shifting his weight and idly rubbing the bandages on his foreleg with a paw.  “I, ah, also just wanted to mention that we have a couple more member shops opening now!  I-I’d encourage you all to go give them some business; er, there’s Monroe's fish market, Persephone's fruit stand, and Ilijas's photography studio.  Or you can still open up sh-shops if your own, of course.”

Those announcement are among the less important, yet they’re still things he’s wanted to point out.  Hopefully if the shops really take off they can begin trading with other groups, something that the flower-loving feline himself is rather excited at the prospect of.  He exhales a held breath now and amber eyes peer unseeingly into the crowd once more, flickering blindly even as he speaks, “Um, a-as for promotions, Gordon, Pierce, and Ilijas can become Hearthkeepers and Ishayu can step up to Dawnguard.  Small shoutouts to Buckingham and Persephone, too.  Thank you all for your work — I-I mean and, ah, congrats!”  The male smiles sheepishly at the promotions — he knows how people tend to look forward to them, and he really does owe his clanmates for Sunhaven’s recent activity spike.  Jericho knows that he hasn’t been the one contributing to it, after all.  “Ah, lastly, I think, I-I wanted feedback about our upcoming founding day festival and just... um, everything in general, I suppose.  I want to hear everyone’s voice so, uh, if you have anything to say be sure to let me know here.”

Goodness, done already? Jericho mills over his mental notes one last time and nods hurriedly to himself in confirmation.  This has been a short one (a relief for the ginger tabby), but then again this week has been a slow one until recently.  He doesn’t mind.  “Alright, ah... th-that’s all for this week, I think.  Thank you all for listening!  If you guys have, er, questions or suggestions or anything, I’m always around to listen.”

OOC:  Hey everyone!! Sorry this is a day late, I've been absurdly busy this week.  The next meeting will still be on time on 8/25!  I actually had to write this one on mobile so excuse the mistakes and general shittiness
- Big ol' welcome to everyone who joined this week, including Cloud, Inu, Beverly, and Sanyi!  Sorry to anyone who I missed, but we're happy to have all of y'all!  Let me know if you need anything or have any questions!!
- Pele has given me an inactivity notice but has missed the deadline for their weekly tasks.  If anyone else would like to host them through the 26th, just post below to claim the spot and please have them up asap! <3
- Guild meetings are up!  Check out the warfare guild and medicine guild meetings!  Unfortunately the Art Guild one got deleted by the site, but another will be coming your way soon.  If you haven't joined a guild yet, each meeting links back to the guide where you can do so!
- There's lots of new member shops that have been added as well!  Check out Monroe's fish market, Persephone's fruit stand, and Ilijas's photography studio!
- Gordon, Pierece, and Ilijas. are invited to step up to Hearthkeepers amd Mama Ishayu is promoted to Dawnguard.  Congrats and good work!  Shoutouts to Buckingham and Persephone, I've seen you guys around too!
- We're having an OOC discussion about what y'all would like to see in our upcoming festival and also Sunhaven as a whole, so if you'd have time I'd love to hear everyone's input! Check it out here!