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 Mailing list: groups.google.com/group/opscode-chef-openstack
-IRC: #openstack-chef is our channel on irc.freenode.net
+IRC: #openstack-chef is our channel on irc.oftc.net
 Wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Chef/GettingStarted and https://docs.getchef.com/openstack.html
 Twitter: @chefopenstack