If it would encourage the younger element to keep up their membership and perhaps one day themselves to become old farts dampening the comfy chairs in the corner, I'd certainly add my vote to a scheme reserving a number of rooms for serving officers until a week beforehand.Sentence too long and insufficiently punctuated.
However, it must be for a 'young blade' to propose this - secure in the knowledge that many of the old and once-bold would support it.
Are you going to be meeting with the likes of foldie next week?? Have a great time!