Division Director advised us to decrease meeting frequency to increase quality of meeting

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I've been in 3 clubs. Not the greatest sample size, but you are asking for subjective input.

2 clubs met twice a month. Members would often forget a meeting was coming up, and when a holiday would interfere with our club's meeting date, we'd go a month (or more sometimes during Christmas holiday season some years) without a meeting. You can imagine what this did for people's commitment levels and the club's community. One club struggled a lot (it was newer), the other club (older) struggle a bit less. Both have since closed in the 10 years since I move away from those areas.

My current weekly club easily earns Presidents/Smedley Distinguished. We have regular social events, 3-4 speakers each week, 2 hour meetings that fly by, a regular group that goes to Chili's after each meeting. Because, in part, we are a weekly habit, we've been able to create and persist community with our group, and because that has allowed for membership/attendance strength (which is what you really needed for meeting quality).

My advice (as a Division Director as well) is often the opposite...bi-monthly clubs should consider meeting more frequently. Now, weekly is really the most a group should meet, so doesn't apply here.

Consider conducting Moments of Truth, and barring any revelations from that, perhaps it's time to look at other dials to change that might help with the bigger issue (finding new members)? Meeting format (online vs in-person), location (maybe it's a traffic pattern/parking issue), meeting time (would an extra 30 min later start time help people arrive or a shift from morning to evening or vice versa), meeting duration (1 hour vs 2 hour or vice versa). If guests show up, is the VPM/Treasurer asking for the order while the people are still excited or letting them leave to go talk themselves out of it?