To join my geographic groups you have to have more than just the basic information, required by the GSB website, visible on your profile.

Your visible profile MUST have your country of residence at least. The more information you give about yourself, the better the chance of admittence to the group.

My 4 geographic groups are as follows.

UK & IRELAND----- WESTERN EUROPE--- - FRANCE & BE/NE/LUX-----

and IRELAND.