Would be nice to have regional areas- NorCal, SoCal, North East, etc. as well as all around the country as is done on many other sites. Event postings would be more noticed for the area.
The whole idea is to encourage area folks to communicate with each other as to local events as well as communicating with other members. Europe would be another region as would Asia, etc. I think it helps better build sites. Oh and BTW no one is a foreigner anymore!!!