I think I hear what Chris is saying :
1) Some Organizers plan their Ontario Open over a year ahead of time. I was not aware of that, and am having trouble coming to terms with it. If there are other Ontario Open Organizers, even potential ones, who feel the same way as Chris regarding ensuring a planning period of over a year, please either reply here, or email Chris and me, thanks!
2) Chris is also concerned, appropriately, that if a league passes in their year, then that puts pressure on the next league to either take that spot, or the rotation continues. I feel that the evaluation of this point depends on two things. First of all, it would be the usual preparation time referred to in the first bullet above. I would be fine with receiving notice of just 6 months to organize an Ontario Open, but what about other Organizers? This is probably the most important consideration in considering my "you are the next cook or get out of the kitchen" proposal. If Organizers generally want notice of more than 6 months, then I withdraw my proposal. However, if most Organizers are fine with at least 6 months, then the next question becomes who will be after NOCL in the new rotation, as that is the league that is most likely to be surprised. I can ask my executive.
In summary, if most people agree with the concerns listed by Chris, then I would have to withdraw my proposal. At that point, I cannot think of a better alternative than when a league passes on their turn, that turn is lost, and any of the other 3 leagues can bid on running an "extra" Ontario Open. There would be no shifting up, so that Organizers would know for sure what year they were up next, and 4 years after that, and so on.
However, if we do go with this "open bid after a pass" proposal, I would really like to see something much tighter than last year, with explicit cooperation between the 4 Regional Vice-Presidents, a bid process including dates and an evaluation committee, and so on.
Looking forward to feedback, as we shouldn't waste time voting on a bad proposal!