Update README and community doc page. refs #14617

Arvados-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Peter Amstutz <pamstutz@veritasgenetics.com>

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 ## Community
 
-The [#arvados](irc://irc.oftc.net:6667/#arvados) IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
-channel at the
-[Open and Free Technology Community (irc.oftc.net)](http://www.oftc.net/oftc/)
-is available for live discussion and support.  You can use a traditional IRC
-client or [join OFTC over the web.](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=arvados)
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/curoverse/arvados](https://badges.gitter.im/curoverse/arvados.svg)](https://gitter.im/curoverse/arvados?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+
+The [curoverse/arvados channel](https://gitter.im/curoverse/arvados)
+channel at [gitter.im](https://gitter.im) is available for live
+discussion and support.
 
 The
 [Arvados user mailing list](http://lists.arvados.org/mailman/listinfo/arvados)

diff --git a/doc/user/getting_started/community.html.textile.liquid b/doc/user/getting_started/community.html.textile.liquid
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@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ h2. Mailing lists
 
 The "Arvados user mailing list":http://lists.arvados.org/mailman/listinfo/arvados is a forum for general discussion, questions, and news about Arvados development.  The "Arvados developer mailing list":http://lists.arvados.org/mailman/listinfo/arvados-dev is a forum for more technical discussion, intended for developers and contributers to Arvados.
 
-h2. IRC
+h2. Chat
 
-The "#arvados":irc://irc.oftc.net:6667/#arvados IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel at the "Open and Free Technology Community (irc.oftc.net)":http://www.oftc.net/oftc/ is available for live discussion and support.  You can use a traditional IRC client or "join OFTC over the web.":https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=arvados
+The "curoverse/arvados channel":https://gitter.im/curoverse/arvados channel at "gitter.im":https://gitter.im is available for live discussion and support.
 
 h2. Bug tracking