diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 178c9e4e..5a271ae9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ db.sqlite3
 .env
 *.pyc
 venv/
+venv3/
diff --git a/bornhack/settings.py b/bornhack/settings.py
index 7640f228..8a7a12d1 100644
--- a/bornhack/settings.py
+++ b/bornhack/settings.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'program',
     'info',
     'sponsors',
+    'ircbot',
 
     'allauth',
     'allauth.account',
diff --git a/ircbot/__init__.py b/ircbot/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/ircbot/admin.py b/ircbot/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c38f3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ircbot/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/ircbot/apps.py b/ircbot/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f25a77f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ircbot/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class IrcbotConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'ircbot'
diff --git a/ircbot/irc3module.py b/ircbot/irc3module.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..feb28369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ircbot/irc3module.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import irc3
+from ircbot.models import OutgoingIrcMessage
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+@irc3.plugin
+class Plugin(object):
+    """BornHack IRC3 class"""
+
+    requires = [
+        'irc3.plugins.core', # makes the bot able to connect to an irc server and do basic irc stuff
+        'irc3.plugins.userlist', # maintains a convenient list of the channels the bot is in and their users
+        'irc3.plugins.command', # what does this do?
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, bot):
+        self.bot = bot
+        self.log = self.bot.log
+
+
+    ###############################################################################################
+    ### builtin irc3 event methods
+
+    def server_ready(self, **kwargs):
+        """triggered after the server sent the MOTD (require core plugin)"""
+        if settings.DEBUG:
+            print("inside server_ready(), kwargs: %s" % kwargs)
+
+
+    def connection_lost(self, **kwargs):
+        """triggered when connection is lost"""
+        if settings.DEBUG:
+            print("inside connection_lost(), kwargs: %s" % kwargs)
+
+
+    def connection_made(self, **kwargs):
+        """triggered when connection is up"""
+        if settings.DEBUG:
+            print("inside connection_made(), kwargs: %s" % kwargs)
+
+
+    ###############################################################################################
+    ### decorated irc3 event methods
+
+    @irc3.event(irc3.rfc.JOIN_PART_QUIT)
+    def on_join_part_quit(self, **kwargs):
+        """triggered when there is a join part or quit on a channel the bot is in"""
+        if settings.DEBUG:
+            print("inside on_join_part_quit(), kwargs: %s" % kwargs)
+        if self.bot.nick == kwargs['mask'].split("!")[0] and kwargs['channel'] == "#tirsdagsfilm":
+            self.bot.loop.call_later(1, self.bot.get_outgoing_messages)
+
+
+    @irc3.event(irc3.rfc.PRIVMSG)
+    def on_privmsg(self, **kwargs):
+        """triggered when a privmsg is sent to the bot or to a channel the bot is in"""
+        if settings.DEBUG:
+            print("inside on_privmsg(), kwargs: %s" % kwargs)
+
+
+    @irc3.event(irc3.rfc.KICK)
+    def on_kick(self, **kwargs):
+        if settings.DEBUG:
+            print("inside on_kick(), kwargs: %s" % kwargs)
+
+
+    ###############################################################################################
+    ### custom irc3 methods
+    @irc3.extend
+    def get_outgoing_messages(self):
+        """
+            This method gets unprocessed OutgoingIrcMessage objects and attempts to send them to
+            the target channel. Messages are skipped if the bot is not in the channel.
+        """
+        # TODO: handle privmsg to users
+        # TODO: set a timeout for messages.. a few minutes maybe?
+        # TODO: make sleep time configurable
+        print("inside get_outgoing_messages()")
+        for msg in OutgoingIrcMessage.objects.filter(processed=False).order_by('created_date'):
+            if msg.target[0] == "#" and msg.target in self.bot.channels:
+                print("sending privmsg to %s: %s" % (msg.target, msg.message))
+                self.bot.privmsg(msg.target, msg.message)
+                msg.processed=True
+                msg.save()
+            else:
+                print("skipping message to channel %s because the bot is not in the channel" % msg.target)
+
+        # call this function again in 60 seconds
+        self.bot.loop.call_later(60, self.bot.get_outgoing_messages)
+
+
diff --git a/ircbot/management/__init__.py b/ircbot/management/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/ircbot/management/commands/__init__.py b/ircbot/management/commands/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/ircbot/management/commands/ircbot.py b/ircbot/management/commands/ircbot.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9ceb799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ircbot/management/commands/ircbot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils import timezone
+from time import sleep
+import irc3, sys, asyncio
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    args = 'none'
+    help = 'Runs the BornHack IRC bot to announce talks and manage team channel permissions'
+
+    def output(self, message):
+        self.stdout.write('%s: %s' % (timezone.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), message))
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        self.output('IRC bot worker running...')
+        # connect to IRC
+        config = {
+            'nick': 'BornHack',
+            'autojoins': ['#tirsdagsfilm'],
+            'host': 'ircd.tyknet.dk',
+            'port': 6697,
+            'ssl': True,
+            'timeout': 30,
+            'includes': [
+                'ircbot.irc3module',
+            ],
+        }
+        irc3.IrcBot(**config).run(forever=True)
+
diff --git a/ircbot/migrations/0001_initial.py b/ircbot/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed1a4d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ircbot/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.5 on 2017-01-29 20:29
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='OutgoingIrcMessage',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('created', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ('updated', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+                ('target', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+                ('message', models.CharField(max_length=200)),
+                ('processed', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'abstract': False,
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/ircbot/migrations/__init__.py b/ircbot/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/ircbot/models.py b/ircbot/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06eb7b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ircbot/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from utils.models import UUIDModel, CreatedUpdatedModel
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class OutgoingIrcMessage(CreatedUpdatedModel):
+    target = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    message = models.CharField(max_length=200)
+    processed = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+
diff --git a/ircbot/views.py b/ircbot/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91ea44a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ircbot/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e7d4f986..08d64d35 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Pillow==4.0.0
 PyPDF2==1.26.0
 Unidecode==0.04.20
 argparse==1.2.1
+asyncio==3.4.3
 bleach==1.5.0
 django-allauth==0.30.0
 django-bleach==0.3.0
@@ -11,8 +12,10 @@ django-bootstrap3==8.1.0
 django-debug-toolbar==1.6
 django-environ==0.4.1
 django-wkhtmltopdf==3.1.0
+docopt==0.6.2
 future==0.16.0
 html5lib==0.9999999
+irc3==0.9.8
 oauthlib==2.0.1
 olefile==0.44
 psycopg2==2.6.2
@@ -23,5 +26,6 @@ requests==2.12.5
 requests-oauthlib==0.7.0
 six==1.10.0
 sqlparse==0.2.2
+venusian==1.0
 webencodings==0.5
 wsgiref==0.1.2
diff --git a/requirements3.txt b/requirements3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b3a534d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+CommonMark==0.7.3
+Django==1.10.5
+Pillow==4.0.0
+PyPDF2==1.26.0
+Unidecode==0.04.20
+argparse==1.2.1
+asyncio==3.4.3
+bleach==1.5.0
+django-allauth==0.30.0
+django-bleach==0.3.0
+django-bootstrap3==8.1.0
+django-debug-toolbar==1.6
+django-environ==0.4.1
+django-wkhtmltopdf==3.1.0
+docopt==0.6.2
+future==0.16.0
+html5lib==0.9999999
+irc3==0.9.8
+oauthlib==2.0.1
+olefile==0.44
+psycopg2==2.6.2
+python-openid==2.2.5
+pytz==2016.10
+qrcode==5.3
+requests==2.12.5
+requests-oauthlib==0.7.0
+six==1.10.0
+sqlparse==0.2.2
+venusian==1.0
+webencodings==0.5
diff --git a/shop/urls.py b/shop/urls.py
index 704cd7ea..7a6f2636 100644
--- a/shop/urls.py
+++ b/shop/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.conf.urls import url
-from views import *
+from .views import *
 
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^$', ShopIndexView.as_view(), name='index'),
diff --git a/shop/views.py b/shop/views.py
index 1c6583fe..d60d6dc8 100644
--- a/shop/views.py
+++ b/shop/views.py
@@ -447,21 +447,18 @@ class EpayCallbackView(SingleObjectMixin, View):
 
         if 'orderid' in request.GET:
             query = OrderedDict(
-                map(
-                    lambda x: tuple(x.split('=')),
-                    request.META['QUERY_STRING'].split('&')
-                )
+                [tuple(x.split('=')) for x in request.META['QUERY_STRING'].split('&')]
             )
             order = get_object_or_404(Order, pk=query.get('orderid'))
             if order.pk != self.get_object().pk:
-                print "bad epay callback, orders do not match!"
+                print("bad epay callback, orders do not match!")
                 return HttpResponse(status=400)
 
             if validate_epay_callback(query):
                 callback.md5valid=True
                 callback.save()
             else:
-                print "bad epay callback!"
+                print("bad epay callback!")
                 return HttpResponse(status=400)
             
             if order.paid:
@@ -479,7 +476,7 @@ class EpayCallbackView(SingleObjectMixin, View):
                 ### and mark order as paid (this will create tickets)
                 order.mark_as_paid()
             else:
-                print "valid epay callback with wrong amount detected"
+                print("valid epay callback with wrong amount detected")
         else:
             return HttpResponse(status=400)
 
@@ -541,7 +538,7 @@ class CoinifyRedirectView(LoginRequiredMixin, EnsureUserOwnsOrderMixin, EnsureUn
             # check if it expired
             if parse_datetime(order.coinifyapiinvoice.invoicejson['expire_time']) < timezone.now():
                 # this coinifyinvoice expired, delete it
-                print "deleting expired coinifyinvoice id %s" % order.coinifyapiinvoice.invoicejson['id']
+                print("deleting expired coinifyinvoice id %s" % order.coinifyapiinvoice.invoicejson['id'])
                 order.coinifyapiinvoice.delete()
                 order = self.get_object()
 
@@ -568,10 +565,10 @@ class CoinifyRedirectView(LoginRequiredMixin, EnsureUserOwnsOrderMixin, EnsureUn
             # Parse response
             if not response['success']:
                 api_error = response['error']
-                print "API error: %s (%s)" % (
+                print("API error: %s (%s)" % (
                     api_error['message'],
                     api_error['code']
-                )
+                ))
                 messages.error(request, "There was a problem with the payment provider. Please try again later")
                 return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse_lazy('shop:order_detail', kwargs={'pk': self.get_object().pk}))
             else:
@@ -580,7 +577,7 @@ class CoinifyRedirectView(LoginRequiredMixin, EnsureUserOwnsOrderMixin, EnsureUn
                     invoicejson = response['data'],
                     order = order,
                 )
-                print "created new coinifyinvoice id %s" % coinifyinvoice.invoicejson['id']
+                print("created new coinifyinvoice id %s" % coinifyinvoice.invoicejson['id'])
         return super(CoinifyRedirectView, self).dispatch(
             request, *args, **kwargs
         )
@@ -603,7 +600,7 @@ class CoinifyCallbackView(SingleObjectMixin, View):
 
         # make a dict with all HTTP_ headers
         headerdict = {}
-        for key, value in request.META.iteritems():
+        for key, value in request.META.items():
             if key[:5] == 'HTTP_':
                 headerdict[key[5:]] = value
 
@@ -625,7 +622,7 @@ class CoinifyCallbackView(SingleObjectMixin, View):
                 try:
                     coinifyinvoice = CoinifyAPIInvoice.objects.get(invoicejson__id=callbackjson['data']['id'])
                 except CoinifyAPIInvoice.DoesNotExist:
-                    print "unable to find CoinifyAPIInvoice with id %s" % callbackjson['data']['id']
+                    print("unable to find CoinifyAPIInvoice with id %s" % callbackjson['data']['id'])
                     return HttpResponseBadRequest('bad coinifyinvoice id')
 
                 # save new coinifyinvoice payload
@@ -641,7 +638,7 @@ class CoinifyCallbackView(SingleObjectMixin, View):
             else:
                 return HttpResponseBadRequest('unsupported event')
         else:
-            print "invalid coinify callback detected"
+            print("invalid coinify callback detected")
             return HttpResponseBadRequest('something is fucky')