Agreed. Amiga is 68K to me as well. I'm far more interested in 68K related projects (Natami, FPGA Replay) than anything PPC or next gen. I would like to see the 68K Amiga advance, but certainly not in the way it has.
I'd be interested in attending AmiWest but it's a cross-country flight for me and right around my youngest's birthday so it just hasn't worked out yet.