User blog comment:Cooksey.michael/Community Connect: A Smashing Success/@comment-26468976-20151010031813/@comment-8005273-20151012160001

No magic forumula! Our main goal was to have a good mix of people in attendance from different backgrounds and from different communities. Some requirements were firm though: 18 years old and up only, fluent in English, and able to travel on the dates specified.