Just add a "National" or seperate "Regional" boards.
www.neweclipse.org does that, and it seems to work well... Most local 3g guys are from the Normal ILL area...
Make the Parking Lot a private area if you want to keep the family feel. Everyone allowed to play games is allowed in the Parking Lot.
National imput on problems would probably only benefit those involved... giving it a national name, and keeping a local area for us to BS seems to be a decent proposal for both problems...
Just my two cents.