There’s still time for professional associations to redefine their value to members, but I’m not aware of any such initiatives among any of these groups. The clock is ticking.
People felt left out of Web 2.0 in past events because of the cost of attending such a high-powered professionally produced program. Similar to how some people felt left out from FooCamp by not being invited, but channeled their energies positively to create Barcamp with an open door principle.
As the guy who pitched in for both BarCamp and MashupCamp, I should comment on the back and forth that happened this weekend.
It's all happening. MashupCamp is a loosely joined open space event for mashing APIs and open source.