Alright so if all of us are interested we would have 9 of us, which wouldn't be terrible for a beta season to see how things work out. I'm pretty sure I can ask a friend who was sorta interest so that would make 10.
This sounds cool. The draft is the best way to go, but maybe do it by tiers of Pokemon. Like their strength or whatever I think you can find that stuff on a site called Smogon or something.