I'm not a tech guy BUT is there a way to put in place a program or some sort of must fill in fields
when a new user is signing up to this forum that if you skip this section (location) the form is incomplete and has to be filled in ,This would make it nessesary to do before being registered (or something like that)

I'm just saying because i see many many requests form site admin's to fill in location ,you have got to have other things to do

Or am I

I am working on something similar right now.

Should have something in place this weekend that will make people want to fill out a location.

perfect

Ok.. So, I have coded in a 'thing' to maybe help people become motivated to update their profiles. Find any person who doesn't have a location listed and you will see what I mean.

Thats funny!

so are you making it a points game?(ie:to find members with a location ) if so I'm in

Naw, just for a reference on how heavy handed we are around here.... Which isn't very heavy.

Aw shoot, I have a big Black GSD licking my hand