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I have added a signup field like this:

/* Add sign-up field to BuddyPress sign-up array */

function newbp_custom_user_signup_field( $usermeta ) {
$usermeta = $_POST;

return $usermeta;
}
add_filter( 'bp_signup_usermeta', 'newbp_custom_user_signup_field' );

/* Add field_name from sign-up to usermeta on activation */

function newbp_user_activate_field( $signup ) {

update_usermeta( $signup, 'newfield', $signup );

return $signup;
}
add_filter( 'bp_core_activate_account', 'newbp_user_activate_field' );

Have tried the following function

function getnewfield() {
$data = get_user_meta($user_id, $newfield);
if ( $data )
echo "<span>New Field Label: $data </span>";
}
add_action( 'bp_directory_members_item', 'getnewfield' );

But it has not retrieved the data. ?
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> the data is in the wp_usermeta database for each user_id

Any input appreciated.

(why usermeta ? Am trying out multi-networks and profile data appears to be network specific whereas usermeta data attaches to user across entire installation. ie. a user can have different profile info in different networks but his/her usermeta data is universal. I would like some user info to be universal! )

wp 3.4.1,bp 1.6.1, multi-site, bp-multi-networks, networks+