One benefit of this approach is it requires the organizer do work to justify the cost of the meeting. Also to embellish your last point, every meeting ends wit

One benefit of this approach is it requires the organizer do work to justify the cost of the meeting. Also to embellish your last point, every meeting ends with distribution of a list of decisions made and responsible parties for implementing them. That ensures every meeting generates tangible benefits, and you don’t have the same meeting over and over again.