It is a good idea. Perhaps activations can be pairs of operators, so each one has a helper to figure out logging, assemble the antenna etc. Have each op take it in turns to operate, or hand the mike over after each contact so the second op can make contacts. This works well if one is very experienced and the second person is less experienced.
SOTA does work well when a bunch of people know each other and are happy to chat about their experiences. We have done that in vk1 for some time - we have a few days each year when we have an activation QSO party, then meet for lunch afterwards.
To echo Andrew’s comments it’s also a good for rolling “days of action” to have a theme - the recent one in VK1 was 6m. Personally I, and I know others, had not use this band before so it gave us a chance to build and test antennas together with the purpose of working during the day of action.