Our current plan is to allow all donators to the test-net, and we'll message all donators at the appropriate time with instructions for testing.
We'll also allow anyone with sufficient post history on bitcointalk to join the test-net, simply reply to the thread if you're interested.
I'd be interested in the test phase as well - I have a background in programming, and would love to see a crypto
that runs at the tps your claiming. Everyone talks about 'Visa Scale' - but even visa scale will be an order of
magnitude too low when every cell phone becomes cash register/bank/etc.