Since I'd like to start working on a new Catalyst-based project, and since I cannot and would rather not chat on irc.perl.org, and since #catalyst (with a single sharp-sign) on Freenode exists only to redirect people to irc.perl.org, and they don't tolerate any other discussion there (which is probably against Freenode policy, but that's life), then I've started a new channel.
Introducing ##catalyst on Freenode - the unofficial and completely non-hostile Catalyst channel. We're already 5 people and one super-intelligent bot there. If you're interested in Catalyst, then please consider joining it too.