Glossary

Glossary of terms used in documents

• Board -
• Board Discussion Group - Yahoo group, used as the working space for Directors to discuss business and hold Board meetings
• Candidates - nominees who have confirmed ((usually to the Returning Officer) that they are willing to stand for election
• Central - Freegle UK Central Yahoo group http://freegle.it/Central
• Central Mod Team - team of Volunteers who own and moderate Central
• Chairman -
• Director -
• Freegle - Freegle Ltd
• Freegle Ltd - the association/network of affiliated groups (not the individual groups themselves)
• Freegle Member- a voting, paid up member of Freegle Ltd
• Freegle UK - the previous unincorporated association/network of affiliated groups
• Freegle Wiki - this! http://wiki.ilovefreegle.org
• GAT - Group Affiliation Team, the team that processes applications for affiliating groups to Freegle
• GM - Group Mentor, person appointed by GAT to assist a new group
• GO - Group Owner
• Nominees - people put forward to stand for election to a post
• ORO Team - Ombudsman and Returning Officer Team
• Ombudsman - one of the elected team of two Ombudsmen
• Returning Officer - one of the elected team of two Returning Officers
• RO email address - returning_officer@ilovefreegle.org
• Rules - the primary document for running Freegle, which has replaced the previous Constitution
• Secretary -
• Self-Nomination - volunteers nominating themselves as candidates
• Society - Freegle Ltd (term used with the Rules)
• Treasurer -
• Volunteer - an owner, moderator or volunteer of a group affiliated to Freegle
• Wiki - the Freegle wiki