We have 7 topics and limited time. In case that your interest is limited to following the discussion, I would suggest you to wait for the transcript of the meeting which will be published here (since you are not familiar with irc).

There is a topic with title Ask the Council in Community section of this forum, where you can ask the questions at any time. You can read what others have asked/suggested too. Depending on the importance/relevance, some of the questions from there can be added as a topic for future meetings.

In addition, I would like to suggest to you to learn more about irc before actively participating in any online meeting. The excelent starting points are:
http://freenode.net/faq.shtml
http://freenode.net/policy.shtml
http://xchat.org/