# IOI jargon
Last updated: 2023-06-20
URL for this page: https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/jargon
URL for this site: https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/how-we-work
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This page is under construction. :hammer_and_wrench:
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This page is meant to list and explain evolving terms, acronyms, and nicknames used by IOI staff in internal communications.
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AB = Amy Buckland.
Arcadia = Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin; one of IOI's philanthropic funders.
B + O = Weekly business and operations meeting.
BnO = Weekly business and operations meeting.
Civi = CiviCRM, IOI's internal database for tracking contact information of collaborators and stakeholders.
Clarifying questions =
Cobudget = Collective or participatory funding.
COI = Conflict of interest.
COIs = Catalog of Open Infrastructure Services.
Collaborator Call = Quarterly virtual meeting for leaders of aligned initiatives, institutions, consortia, and funders to share knowledge, identify collective action opportunities, and build relaionships.
Community discussion =
CSS = Code for Science and Society, IOI's fiscal sponsor.
CZI = Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, an IOI sponsor.
CY = Calendar year.
DPA = [Data processing agreement](https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/standards#Vendors).
Deliverable =
DI = Digital infrastructure.
ECB =
ED = Executive director.
Focus task =
FOS = [Future of Open Scholarship](https://investinopen.org/research/future-of-open-scholarship/) research project.
Friday blogpost = Biweekly "[What We Are Working On](https://investinopen.org/tag/friday-updates/)" blogpost. Started 2022-02.
FY = [Fiscal year](https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/standards#Fiscal-year).
Infra Costs = [Costs of Open Infrastructure](https://investinopen.org/research/costs-of-open-infrastructure/) research project.
JROST = Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools.
KT = Kaitlin Thaney, IOI Executive Director since 2020-03.
Mellon = Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, one of IOI's philanthropic funders.
OI = Open scholarly infrastructure.
OKR = Objectives and key results.
OOO = Out of office.
The Packet = IOI's annually updated orientation packet (or guide), intended especially for new members of our governance bodies.
PI = Preliminary research investigation.
Probing questions =
PTO = Personal time off.
R + S = Research and Strategy, a former division of IOI. In operation 2022-01 through 2022-12.
Research weekly stand-up = Weekly meeting of the research team.
Scoping =
Shared notes =
Single source of truth =
Steering = IOI's steering committee.
Thursday team meeting = Weekly research meeting.
Toxic positivity =
Tuesday team meeting = Weekly business and operations meeting.
## Further reading
* [The upside of workplace jargon: Acronyms and slang can help build cultures and improve efficiency](https://www.economist.com/business/2023/06/15/the-upside-of-workplace-jargon), The Economist, 2023
## See also
* https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/oitp-acronyms
* https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/who-is-who
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This page first published: 2023-01-30
###### tags: `about-us` `process` `onboarding`
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