We can, but as this case study points out, social/unfocused discussions usually have poor attendance because hanging out is harder to justify than having a specific purpose. It would be fine for a first meeting, probably, but I’d expect most would find more important things to do the second or third time around if we’re not doing anything obviously useful.
My experience with similar groups bears this out, although I think I’d loosely construe “obviously useful” as things that make us better/stronger and things that are fun to do.
We can, but as this case study points out, social/unfocused discussions usually have poor attendance because hanging out is harder to justify than having a specific purpose. It would be fine for a first meeting, probably, but I’d expect most would find more important things to do the second or third time around if we’re not doing anything obviously useful.
My experience with similar groups bears this out, although I think I’d loosely construe “obviously useful” as things that make us better/stronger and things that are fun to do.