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Common Abbreviations / Acronyms and Their Meanings
The following acronyms are commonly used on Freecycle(TM) |
- BOD
- Board of Directors
- EF
- 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.
- 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."
- GO
- Group Owner (Also Lead Moderator)
- GOA
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. ( More information)
- LM
- Lead Moderator (of a Freecycle group)
- MF
- My Freecycle - http://my.freecycle.org ( More information)
- MM
- Mentor Mods - ( More information)
- MMods
- Mentor Mods - ( More information)
- MOD
- Moderator (of a Freecycle group)
- MRA
- Moderator Resource Assistance
- MS
- Modsquad
- MYF
- My Freecycle - http://my.freecycle.org ( More information)
- 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.
- 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.
- PPU
- Pending Pickup (not recommended but is used on some member lists)
- TFN
- The Freecycle Network™
- TM
- Trademark
- TOS
- Terms Of Service