I don't think any of us are going to Athens.
No? How come? Why?
Gabriel and I are busy -- we're hard at work wrapping up some stuff we've been working on for the last four years, we hope to finish soon. I cannot speak for the others.
There Ain't No Cabal, if that's what you mean. However, in my personal case, there's also the fact that WBM has been evolving in a direction that I don't feel comfortable with (less technical content, more self- promotion, tolerance for bomb-makers, etc.)
-- Juliusz