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Revision as of 07:41, 22 April 2009

Common Abbreviations / Acronyms and Their Meanings

The following acronyms are commonly used on Freecycle(TM)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

B

BOD Board of Directors

E

EF [/manual/mod_ersatzfriend Ersatzfriend] is commonly used as a neutral backup CO-owner on Freecycle lists.
EULA Short for End-User License Agreement, the type of license used for most software. An EULA is a legal contract between the manufacturer and/or the author and the end user of an application.


[/manual/notices_software ADMIN - Distribution of Software]

F

FC FC - Freecycle - "Our mission is to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources & eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community."

G

GO Group Owner (Also Lead Moderator)
GOA [/contact Group Outreach and Assistance] is there to help group mods that have problems they need to resolve. Overlap? They figure it out with the local mods. Abandoned group? Sales offer being allowed? The GOA has the authority and experience to be the final arbiter of any and every issue out there.

H

HUB A team which consist of the lead mods of each volunteer team which includes the Mod Squad, Tech Team, Interim Mods, Back Office, Group Outreach and Assistance, and the New Group Approvers.

I

IMOD Interim Moderator is just what the name implies. This team takes over orphaned and abandoned groups, and managed parallel groups until a local moderator can be found and trained. ( [/manual/volunteering#imod More information])

L

LM Lead Moderator (of a Freecycle group)

M

MF My Freecycle - http://my.freecycle.org ( [/manual/my_1 More information])
MM Mentor Mods - ( [/manual/volunteering#mentor More information])
MMods Mentor Mods - ( [/manual/volunteering#mentor More information])
MOD Moderator (of a Freecycle group)
MRA Moderator Resource Assistance
MS Modsquad
MYF My Freecycle - http://my.freecycle.org ( [/manual/my_1 More information])

N

NGA The New Group Approver has the authority to help potential new groups get their ducks in a row and to either approve or deny their request for a new group. These fine people help avoid overlap with existing groups and make sure that the new group moderators are on the right path

O

OIDG The Org Issues Discussion Group focuses on issues central to the ongoing development of Freecycle.org. It is a separate yahoo group started by a vote from Mod Squad members to remove organizational issues from within the Mod Squad group.

P

PPU Pending Pickup (not recommended but is used on some member lists)

S

STC Subject to Collection (not recommended but is used on some member lists)

T

TFN The Freecycle Network
TM Trademark
TOS Terms Of Service
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