It’s necessary when people from all over the world get together wanting to achieve the goals that are similar enough to align with the purpose of community.
Creating the synchronicity is crucial when feedback and engagement is a part of the work. This is especially challenging when there is no common thread to hold the group like an online course or workshop.
Finding the common ground is an interesting problem to solve for the organizers, and supporting this effort is a part of our alignment with the community purpose and goals.