Phil,
perhaps poo pooing was the wrong way to put it, more pessimistic.
if we dismiss it before we look into it then it is us biting off our noses to spite our faces.
we would need to get the go ahead to look into it from the club before approaching the licensing authorities, councip, GMP, and locals.
i would personally be up for helping out on say oxford or york as a trial and i'm sure there are a few others who would, for the good of the club, give it a go.
i appreciate there are implications to be looked into and lots of questioned to be asked, but i feel they should be asked in a matter of course so we should be inquiring into things with the above authorities while looking into volunteers and who would be willing to help. then looking into getting beer and a marquee and the other things. if the club were willing i would be happy to make in roads into the subject but without a little vision we could pull this off