Clan Meeting

A Clan Meeting is an event held in the Clan camp when a Clan Leader convokes the Clan members to share important information with them.

Purpose
A Clan Meeting has one or more of the following purposes:
 * Announcing important events or sharing information. (such as relating what happened at a Gathering.)
 * Example: Bayclaw sharing the news of the Gathering when Leaf Clan proclaimed that the river was theirs.


 * Conduct a ceremony (such as appointing new apprentices, warriors and deputies, confirming the retirement of elders, or changing the name of a cat.)
 * Example: Sunclaw calling a Clan meeting for the appointment of Leaftail, Flowerleap, Peachfur, Lightcloud, Lilynose, Darkpaw, Molepaw, Tumblepelt, Smokekit, Brightkit and Mistykit.


 * Warn Clan members about dangers. (such as the fox traps, a flood, or an impending attack.)
 * Example: Sunclaw calling a Clan meeting from the results of the battle with Smoke Clan.


 * Bring the Clan members together to discuss an important matter.
 * Example: Skygaze calling the cats together to decide what to do about the formation of Smoke Clan.

Procedure
It is the privilege of the Clan Leader to convoke a meeting. However, sometimes other Clan cats do it; for example if they feel that an important information or question must be brought to the Clan (such as Skygaze calling a meeting), or if the leader is not available (such as when Leafheart called a meeting.)

To begin the meeting, the leader climbs to a high place (such as the Creekbranch in the Leaf Clan Forest Camp) where all cats gathered below can see and hear them well. They open the meeting with the words "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the Creekbranch for a Clan meeting".This type of call has only been verified for Leaf Clan. Bay Clan's call is: "Let all cats old enough to fish gather to hear my words!". Smoke Clan's is "Let all cats old enough to climb the Tall Oak gather here!" Once having the attention of all cats, the leader passes the message or performs the required ceremony.

Clan Meetings happen at dawn and dusk, but can also be called at noon or midnight.

Leaf Clan:
Creekbranch: A branch sticking out from the leader's tree.

Bay Clan:
Sun Stones: A clump of large stones, with a crack allowing sunlight to heat up the stones.

Smoke Clan:
Clan Roots: The large roots coming out from the warrior's den.