I recently spoke to Quinn duffy. He has told me that a date has been picked, and at this point they're just waiting for the beta forums to be sorted out before confirming it. So guys! please be patient. The beta should be here soon.
As with the others, I am patiently waiting for Beta. I am a bit annoyed at the secrecy of announcing when Beta will start. Goodness, they announced the date of when the game will actually be released which IMHO is a far more important date. Some folks might be trying to arrange their schedule to be available when it starts. If they don't know for sure because they are waiting on specific forums to be set up, why not tell us that.
A statement like the following from SEGA/Relic would do wonders:
"To the CoH2 community:
We currently anticipate a start date of approximately xx/xx/xx assuming no mitigating factors occurring in the meantime. We will keep you posted on developments as we approach this date. Thank you for your patience!"