Absolutely! Forced meetings suck the life out of any community effort. My old neighborhood tried a required social gathering, and it just made people avoid each other more. It turns willing helpers into annoyed folks who show up just to check a box. @grantb92, that's why your question about skipping hits the nail on the head.

Oh man, my friend Sam tried to make some last month and it was a total disaster. He just tossed plain cubes in there, no coating or anything. They came out looking like little beige sponges, zero crunch. We still give him a hard time about his "soggy air fryer experiment.