exactly.

God damn  it, I guess I better donate. If I donate just after it gets released to donors, will I still be able to get it early? Or will I have to wait until the actual release date?

So donors get the UGX 1.1 beta before anyone else? So the possible August release date doesn't apply to the average forum member? 
"Excited? - Do you want to try it out?
I try to get a stable version done as fast as possible.
We hope we can deliver the first public alpha ve...

I'm happy with just winning an early build of 1.1 or 1.2 or whatever version it is LOOKS AWESOM