It is hard to believe that we are just a week away from the Online Community Unconference in Mountain View. This is the 4th year that Forum One has hosted the Unconference, and this always proves to be the “gathering of the tribe” for online community pros. We have a great group of folks coming (see below), a great facilitator in Kaliya Hamlin, a great set of topics percolating, and we still have open seats (including a limited number of $25 tickets for those out of work).

In short, the news highlights are:

• We have seats available. The price is $195 pre-event and $250 at the door
• We have discounted seats for community pros that have been recently laid off for $25 (email me)
• We will be holding a Tweetup in Palo Alto on 6/9, the night before the Unconference
• We are still looking for a couple of sponsors for the Unconference (starting @ 1k) and 1 sponsor for tweetup on 6/9 ($500)

The price to value equation is really strong – only $195 for a full day of sessions, lunch and networking for what is likely to be 200+ online community and social media professionals. You can register at: http://ocu2009-ocr62.eventbrite.com

Who is coming?
AARP
alliant international university
Ant’s Eye View
Athena East
Autodesk
Autodesk Education
BoonEx
Brevidia
Business.com
Care2.com
Caring.com
ChefsBest
Cisco Systems Inc.
Civic Ventures
Clear Capital
ClickMarkets & WiredSonoma
CollabNet, Inc.
Diddit
EAA
Egret Endeavors, Inc.
Engine 16
eTouch System corp
Executive Networks
FocusCatalyst
Funambol, Inc
FutureU
Get Satisfaction
Gigya, Inc.
Google, Inc.
Gravit8 Social Marketing
GreatSchools.org
hi5
Impact Interactions
Infield Parking
Informatica
Intel
Intuit
Keibi
KickApps
Legal Resource Centre of Alberta, Ltd.
LinkedIn
LiveOps
LiveWorld
LiveWorld, Inc.
Lockheed Martin @ NASA Ames Research Center
LSF Interactive
MarketMind Consulting
Microsoft
MLS/Terraverde
MontaVista Software
mp3Car
NetApp
netinfluence
Networked Insights
NewsGang Live
officialCOMMUNITY
OMNIFUSE INC.
Overtone Inc.
packard foundation
PARC
PayCycle
PGi
Platform Associates
Posit Science
Propel Media
Rackspace
Radian6 Technologies Inc.
REI
riveraphotography.smugmug.com
sacramento bee
Salon.com and The WELL
Scottrade
Seven Sacred Pools
Small Consulting Firm
SmarterTravel
Social Alliance Network
Social Edge
SocialRep
Stealthmode Partners
Strayer & Co., Inc.
Symantec
Tatu Digital Media
TechSoup
Telligent Systems
Tendo Communications
thcg
the groupery
The Maryam Webster Group
The Whetstone Edge, LLC
TIBCO Software
Tonka Media
Toolbox.com
TripIt
Twine.com
Walmart.com
West Corporation
Western Governors University
White Space Ventures
WOM-buzz
Yahoo! Inc.

Again – we still have seats available for the Unconference. If you would like a seat, register here.

A note to those looking for work
Again, we have reserved a number of $25 tickets for community pros that have recently been laid off. If you are interested in learning more, please let me know

A note to potential sponsors
We have sponsorship opportunities for the Unconference starting at $1000. If you would like to get your product or brand in front of 200+ online community and social media pros, many of whom make or significantly influence purchase decisions, please contact me – bjohnston@forumone.com .