is there a form that will let me find people in my area?

If I understand you and you want to find people on this rcu then click on the "member list" yellow rectangle button above and to the right. It will allow you to search by area. I hope this is what you are after, welcome to RCU.

also check out the growing frappr list here

http://www.frappr.com/rcuniverse

only contains a small portion of our members but is graphical and cool

welcome.