You can join other software activists working to prepare the SFD on IRC. You have 3 options to connect to #sfd on Freenode:
Javascript based : http://webchat.freenode.net/ - find a username that is not already taken and type in "#sfd" as channel.
Connect via IRC client. irc://chat.freenode.net/sfd
Java Webclient: http://java.freenode.net//index.php?channel=sfd