That request sounds more like a census than an "area director's report", but I think that information would be a good idea.

I'm sure it's based on two very crucial points:
- every regatta submit their results to USS
- some poor volunteer (or area person) compile all the data. This mght work if there were some common technology used (spreadsheet, etc)to facilitate

What would be the purpose of this data? Designing future regattas? Area 'marketing' and regatta promotion?