No point in worrying about the York Meet. Just plan to attend at every opportunity and enjoy it as it is. It truly is the world's greatest (and largest) toy train meet, so take advantage of that unique experience.
About the only thing you can be certain of is that the meet will continue to progressively shrink in size over the years to come. That's pretty much a guarantee no matter what the Eastern Div. does or fails to do. Opening it to the public wouldn't make a bit of difference, aside from a slight upward tick the first time that option is made available. It's all in the demographics, folks, as I've stated probably a hundred times before over the past decade or so.
