After much debate and controversy, the hard fork is coming in block #1920000 which is due Wednesday 20th of July. If you are an Ethereum Mist user like myself, You will need to download to the updated version 0.8.1 and accept the prompt I have screen shot below.
I have just done this, and it was a nice and easy process, as the updates usually are. This will activate the new chain where DAO funds can be recovered, and keep your Ethereum on the 'right' chain.