Brendy,

I think the attributes you ask of a club organiser are the same as are required by a successful musician, a successful salesman, a successful ....well anything really....it's funny your (quoted) comment regarding the musician being a low man on the totem pole....I really cannot see things like this, the whole point of folk clubs is to provide a theatre for the musician (pro, semi-pro or amateur).

How can that put the musician at the bottom of the pole?

Probably a different argument in a more commercial setting, where the aim of the venue is to make money not music. Looking at your website, this seems to be more of your experience?