dsatish,
I think the NJ team should explore the conference call avenue instead of meeting face to face. This is something I had envisioned as being a problem to face to face meetings which are definitely more difficult to organize as well as more difficult to make time for. It is much easier to just sit back in your house on in the midst of a blizzard and speak over the phone as compared to drive over for a meeting.
As far as making positive strides is concerned. If someone is motivated enough to come on conference calls, he/she will come to an agreement very fast (as apparent in our core team conference calls).
CSC bay area chapter has started a yahoo group id, which we plan to use for this kind of purposes. The only times we meet is at Town halls or appointments at the district office of Congressmen.
Also, it is impossible for one person to run the show, it is too difficult to work in the core team as well as in the state teams as a lead person. Someone else should shoulder the responsibility in NJ to make appointments and schedule meetings.
Just my 2 cents, but IMHO it will definitely help NJ team get going asap!