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Talk:ChurchofJesusChrist.org Search

2017-09-20T11:12:44Z

Jcarroll: question on talk page (discussion page)

Is it possible to restrict search results by time (by year)? --[[User:Jcarroll|Jcarroll]] ([[User talk:Jcarroll|talk]]) 05:12, 20 September 2017 (MDT)

Template:MobileGospelLibraryIndex

2017-07-22T20:36:59Z

Jcarroll: Fixed broken link for iOS

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* [[Mobile Gospel Library Project | Home]]
* [[Gospel Library for Android | Android Project]]
* [[Gospel Library for BlackBerry | BlackBerry Project]]
** [[Gospel Library for BlackBerry screenshots | Screenshots]]
** [[Gospel Library for BlackBerry getting started | Getting started]]
* [[Gospel Library for eBooks|eBooks (iPad iBook, Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, Sony Reader)]]
* [[Gospel Library for iOS]] (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)
** [[Gospel Library for iPhone functional specifications | Functional specifications]]
** [[Gospel Library for iPhone wish lists | Wish lists]]
** [[Gospel Library for iPhone development info | Development Info]]
* [[Gospel Library for Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle Project]]
* [[Gospel Library for Palm Pre | WebOS (Palm Pre, Palm Pixi) Project]]
* [[Gospel Library for Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile Project]]
* [[Gospel Library for Windows Phone | Windows Phone Project]]
* [[Gospel Library for JavaME | JavaME Project]]
* [[Gospel Library Web Service]]
* [[Gospel Library Catalog Web Service]]
* [[Gospel Library Mobile Content]]
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== Documentation ==
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Use this template to include the an index of the major Mobile Gospel Library project articles within the wiki. The index will appear at the top right corner of the article page.

=== Categorization ===
Pages that include this template will be automatically included in the [[:Category:Mobile Gospel Library]] (unless you supply the "category=" parameter).

=== Usage ===
Simply insert the template at the top of the article by typing '''<nowiki>{{MobileGospelLibraryIndex}}</nowiki>'''.
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TechWiki:Guidelines

2017-06-18T21:01:52Z

Jcarroll: /* Outdated content */ Clarified language (removed "if you created a project page", which is irrelevant)

These '''guidelines''' will create consistency for additions and corrections to the LDSTech wiki.

== Creating new articles ==
An '''article''' in this wiki should be similar to an encyclopedia article. It should cover a single topic, and should stand on its own (although it may and generally should link to other articles). Topics may be very broad, or quite specific.

=== Appropriate content ===
All pages (including uploaded files) should fit within the scope of the wiki: [[Clerks|clerk-related topics]], [[Family Safety]], [[LDSTech|LDSTech projects]], and [[Meetinghouse technology]]. This wiki is '''not''' a place for individuals or units of the Church to upload files or other information that is for the use of only individuals or specific units. No private information (names, phone numbers, email addresses, membership details, etc.) may be posted. And of course, all content should be consistent with Church standards, policies, and doctrine.

=== Article title ===
The '''title''' of the article should be chosen carefully. It should describe the content well, and be a term that others would naturally apply to this content. A user of the wiki can type a title in the '''search box''' of the wiki and click '''Go''' (or press '''Enter''') and go directly to an article if an article with that title exists. Words in titles should not be capitalized, except for the first word and any proper nouns.

If the article title needs to provide context, include the context in parentheses after the title. For example, "Rights and roles (directory)" is distinguished from "Rights and roles (calendar)"; using this convention puts the significant words of the article upfront where they are more visible (as opposed to "Calendar rights and roles").

Do '''not''' use a slash to create subpages to provide context (e.g., "Calendar/Rights and roles") since this wiki reserves the use of subpages in the main namespace for the [[LDSTech:Translation|translation]] procedure; subpages also have the unfortunate effect of obscuring the significant words of a title later in the title where they are not as visible.

Except for [[LDSTech:Translation|translated]] titles, do not use the '''<nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE}}</nowiki>''' magic word to change the title, except for capitalization (e.g., a title that starts with a lowercase letter such as "iPhone") and other minor changes. Significantly changing the title using DISPLAYTITLE breaks the convention that the displayed title should match the page name and thus the page link (see the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAllowDisplayTitle#Details MediaWiki documentation]).

=== Before creating a page ===
Before you create a new page, make sure that
* The content is not already covered on another page
* The content is appropriate to the LDSTech wiki
* You have chosen an appropriate title

=== Introduction ===
Every wiki article should begin with a brief introduction. This allows readers to know at a glance the subject matter of the article. Where it is reasonable, the title of the article (or the significant words from the title) should appear early in the article (preferably at the very beginning) and should be '''bolded'''. Look at the introduction to this article for an example.

The introduction should not have any heading (such as "Overview" or "Summary"); since an introduction has no heading, it will appear at the very top of the article, before the table of contents, which makes it appropriately prominent.

=== Point of view ===
All articles should be written in third person. There may be situations, particularly for [[:Category:Projects|projects]], where an individual may report an experience or take responsibility for an action item. In such situations, do not use first person, and never sign your name (as you would with a discussion page). Instead, use a link to your username (e.g., <code><nowiki>[[User:Aebrown|Aebrown]]</nowiki></code>) and refer to yourself in the third person (e.g., "[[User:Aebrown|Aebrown]] will report back on the decision of the executive team").

== Editing pages ==
The content of the wiki makes progress because many users make contributions, from making simple spelling corrections to adding new articles. Be bold so that you move the project forward, but don't be hasty -- sloppy edits will just create more work for others and lower the quality of the wiki.

=== Use Preview ===
Before you click '''Save page''' to save your changes, use the '''Show preview''' button to see how your changes will actually appear. This can help save you from posting content with obvious errors.

=== Make changes at one time ===
Use the preview button liberally as you are creating a page or making edits. Whenever possible, make all your changes to a page in a single session. If you save the page often, you will needlessly clutter the history of the page and fill up the '''recent changes''' log with many entries. This makes it more difficult for other users to discover what has actually changed.

=== Headings ===
The [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Section#Creation_and_numbering_of_sections MediaWiki style guide] suggests avoiding H1 level headings (i.e., <code>= This is an incorrect article heading =</code>) in your articles, as those type of headings are used for the article titles. All article sub-headings should begin with H2 level headings (i.e., <code>== This is a correct article heading ==</code>) and then go downwards from there. Words in headings should not be capitalized, except for the first word and any proper nouns. Headings should not include wikilinks or any wikitext (see Wikipedia article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ACCESS#Links links]).

=== Links ===
Links (both wikilinks and external links) should be attached to text that is a natural part of the article. Avoid the common blog practice of putting links around the word "here."
* '''Incorrect''': Read the MediaWiki Handbook [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents here].
* '''Correct''': Read the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki Handbook].

=== Minor edits ===
As you save your changes after editing a page, there is a check box labeled "This is a minor edit." As explained in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_edit#Minor_edits Wikipedia article on minor edits], these are to be used only for "typo corrections, formatting and presentational changes, rearranging of text without modifying content, etc. A minor edit is a version that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute." Any addition of new content can never be a minor edit, even if it is not a lot of text.

=== Categories ===
Every article should be in at least one category. Generally you add a category by adding something like '''<nowiki>[[Category:Android applications]]</nowiki>'''. As with article titles and headings, categories should not use title case. In general, when a subcategory is included, the parent category is not explicitly included (e.g., since [[:Category:Community Services SSO]] is a subcategory of [[:Category:Community Services]], an article in the ''Community Services SSO'' category would not be explicitly included in the ''Community Services'' category).

Before you create a new category, check to see if a similar category exists (see the [[Special:Categories|list of all categories]]), and follow existing naming conventions where possible.

=== Style guide ===
For consistent formatting and usage of common words and concepts, please reference the [[LDSTech:Manual of Style|style guide]].

=== Changing the title ===
If you need to change the title of an article, do not simply create a new article and copy the content from the old page to the new page. Instead, use the MediaWiki '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_rename_(move)_a_page Move]''' feature (one of the top tabs). '''Move''' lets you specify a new title for the page, then moves the content and the associated talk page to the new page, and finally edits the old page to be a redirect to the new page. This is far easier than doing it manually. It also keeps the discussion page with the new title, which is generally desirable, and leaves a clearer history of the actual title change.

== Discussion pages ==
Each article has a '''discussion page''' or '''talk page'''. These pages provide a forum for the community to come to a consensus as to the direction a particular article should take. If there is anything at all controversial about a change you have made or think ought to be made, start a discussion using the discussion pages.

You should '''never''' put discussion, questions, or comments in the body of articles. Discussion should be limited to the discussion page.

=== Topics ===
Discussion pages can be organized into topics. This is particularly helpful for articles that have multiple sections and thus may have ongoing discussion related to different sections.

If you are responding to a particular question, use one or more colons to indent your response so that it is clear what comment or question you are responding to.

=== Sign your name ===
You can easily sign your name by adding four tildes to the end of your comment. This will add your username and a time stamp. You can use three tildes for just your name or five tildes for just the timestamp, but the preferred signature uses four tildes to include both. The appearance of your username is determined by the preferences you have set. Comments in discussion pages should always be signed, but signatures should not be placed in articles.

== Add sources ==
Although opinions and personal ideas can be helpful, statements purported to be official Church policy will be more effective if backed up from [[official sources]]. You may want to use the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite/Cite.php#Usage Cite extension] to document the reference to the source.

== Formatting code ==
The wiki provides options for formatting inline code or blocks of code. For inline code elements, use the '''<nowiki><tt></nowiki>''' or '''<nowiki><code></nowiki>''' tag; for multi-line blocks of code, use the '''<nowiki><pre></nowiki>''' tag or the Syntax Highlighting extension.

=== Inline code elements ===
For formatting inline code, such as references to variables, methods, filenames, or other code elements, use the '''<nowiki><tt></nowiki>''' or '''<nowiki><code></nowiki>''' tag. Each of these will produce text in a monospaced font.

{| border=1
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|<pre>... implement the <code>ISerializable</code> interface ...</pre>
|... implement the <code>ISerializable</code> interface ...
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|<pre>... modify the <tt>pom.xml</tt> file ...</pre>
|... modify the <tt>pom.xml</tt> file ...
|-
|}
{{-}}

=== Syntax Highlighting ===
We have Syntax Highlighting on the wiki so that if you paste source code snippets, they will show up with highlights. The [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight extension documentation] explains how to use syntax highlighting for your source code (including Java, HTML, SQL, XML, and many more). Here's a simple example:

{| border=1
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|<pre><source lang="java">
public static void main(final String[] args)
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System.out.println("Hello, World!");
int m = 3 * 4;
}
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|<source lang="java">
public static void main(final String[] args)
{
// Here is a comment
System.out.println("Hello, World!");
int m = 3 * 4;
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|-
|}
{{-}}

== Translation ==
{{main|LDSTech:Translation}}
To translate pages into languages other than English, follow the documented [[LDSTech:Translation|translation]] procedure, which will insure consistent linking between different language versions of articles.

==Outdated content==
If a project is no longer active and the information no longer needed, the project page should be removed from the wiki. Deleting a page requires administrative permission, so please add a note on the page indicating that it is no longer needed. You can also contact a wiki administrator, such as [[user:Johnsonth]] or [[user:Aebrown]].

== Use templates to flag questionable or incomplete content ==
If you come across an article that needs to be edited or should be deleted, you can flag the article by inserting a template. To do this, simply edit the article and insert the text '''<nowiki>{{Template_Name|Parameter}}</nowiki>'''. The parameters for a template are documented on the template page, which you can examine by going to the appropriate template page: '''<nowiki>Template:Template_Name</nowiki>'''.

=== Template:Edit ===
Use the {{tl|Edit}} template if you find a page that requires editing, but you don't have the time or skill to edit it. This template may be inserted at the top of the page if it applies to the entire page, or at the beginning of a section if it only applies to that section. It has a parameter that is a brief description of what needs to be corrected. For example, the annotation
<pre>{{Edit|Eliminate first person from this section}}</pre>
would result in a box appearing in the text as follows:
{{Edit|Eliminate first person from this section|category=}}

=== Template:Delete ===
Use the {{tl|Delete}} template to flag a page for deletion. For example, the annotation
<pre>{{Delete|This page is spam}}</pre>
would result in a box appearing in the text as follows:
{{Delete|This page is spam|category=}}

=== Template:Draft ===
Use the {{tl|Draft}} template for policy or guideline pages that are in a draft stage (do not confuse this with {{tl|stub}} which is used for incomplete pages or {{tl|Under construction}}). This template should be inserted at the top of the page. It has a parameter that is a brief description of the reason for the draft status. For example, the annotation
<pre>{{Draft|Waiting for approval}}</pre>
would result in a box appearing in the text as follows:
{{Draft|Waiting for approval|category=}}

=== Template:Need Input ===
Use the {{tl|Need Input}} template when a particular issue in an article or discussion requires additional information, clarification, or collaboration. Indicate what is needed with a brief description of the issue or ask a question. For example, the annotation
<pre>{{Need Input|Should Bishops be able to assign responsibility for a household to a quorum?}}</pre>
would result in a box appearing in the text as follows:
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=== Template:Unresolved ===
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<pre>{{Unresolved|This database architecture is too complicated}}</pre>
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=== Template:Stub ===
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=== Template:ToDo ===
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=== Template:Merge ===
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[[Category:Help]]
[[Category:LDSTech Administration]]

Training checklists

2012-10-28T13:33:43Z

Jcarroll: /* Ward executive secretary */

All too frequently record keepers learn their responsibilities through a haphazard process of on-the-job trial and error. Below are checklists to ensure that members with record-keeping responsibilities are properly oriented, trained (even "certified", if you like), as qualified to perform their callings well.

The clerk wiki is a valuable resource packed with information, but a newly called clerk needs a guide (a simple lesson plan, really) to navigate the content, moving from basic to more complex concepts, in an order that makes sense. The checklists below could follow the order found in the designs of the [https://clerksupport.lds.org record-keeping and technology support training] on lds.org, but this is not a requirement.

Each item in the checklist should be brief. Do not try to explain policies and procedures here. Simply link from an item in the checklist to the explanation in an appropriate content source (another wiki page, an online lesson, a notice, or some other document). If the explanation isn't available, start a new page for it. As these checklists grow we can create individual pages for each.

== Stake president ==
The purpose of this checklist is to help a stake president understand his record-keeping responsibilities. Review the following topics:
# [[Confidentiality|Confidentiality of records]]
# [[Leaders' responsibilities for record keeping#Stake President's Responsibilities for Record Keeping|The record-keeping responsibilities of the stake president]]
# Delegation of record-keeping responsibilities
#* [[Stake clerk]]
#* [[Assistant stake clerk]]
#* [[Stake technology specialist]]
# On-line training
#* {{TrainingURL|stakepresident}}
# Reports and forms the stake president reviews and/or signs
#* [[Quarterly Report]]
#* [[Financial audit|Stake financial audit]]
#* [[Annual financial reporting|Ward Tithing Declaration Reports]]
#* [[Ordinance and Ordination Certificates|Melchizedek Priesthood Ordination Certificates]]
#* [[Annual history]]

== Stake clerk ==
The purpose of this checklist is to help a stake clerk understand his major responsibilities. Review the following topics:
# [[Confidentiality|Confidentiality of records]]
# Four Responsibilities
#* [[Stake clerk#Trainer|Trainer]]
#* [[Stake clerk#Administrator|Administrator]]
#* [[Stake clerk#Record keeper|Record keeper]]
#* [[Stake clerk#Problem solver|Problem solver]]
# On-line training
#* {{TrainingURL|stake_clerk}}
# Reports the stake clerk reviews and/or signs
#* [[Membership audit]]
#* [[Annual financial reporting#Stakes|Ward Tithing Declaration Reports]]
#* [[Annual History]]
#* [[Quarterly Report]]

== Stake membership clerk ==

== Stake finance clerk ==
# The [[companionship principle]]
# [[Reconciliation]]

== Stake auditor ==

== Stake audit committee member ==

== Bishop ==
The purpose of this checklist is to help a bishop understand his record-keeping responsibilities. Review the following topics:
# [[Confidentiality|Confidentiality of records]]
# [[Leaders' responsibilities for record keeping#Bishop's Responsibilities for Record Keeping|The record-keeping responsibilities of the bishop]]
# Delegation of record-keeping responsibilities
#* [[Ward clerk]]
#* [[Assistant ward clerk]]
# On-line training
#* {{TrainingURL|bishop}}
# Reports and forms the bishop reviews and/or signs
#* [[Quarterly Report]]
#* [[Financial audit|Ward financial audit]]
#* [[Annual financial reporting|Ward Tithing Declaration Report]]
#* [[Ordinance and Ordination Certificates|Aaronic Priesthood Ordination Certificates]]
#* [[Annual history]]

== Ward clerk ==
# The [[Clerks Overview|importance]] of accurate record keeping
# [[Confidentiality]] and data privacy requirements
# Password security
# [[Companionship principle]]
# [[Training]] resources
#* [[Stake clerk]] - every six months in stake priesthood leadership meetings or as needed
#* [https://clerksupport.lds.org Online lessons]
#* MLS help
#* [[Main Page|Clerk wiki]]

== Ward membership clerk ==
# The [[Clerks Overview|importance]] of accurate record keeping
# [[Confidentiality]] and data privacy requirements
# Password security
# Receiving records of new move-ins
# Updating/correcting records of current ward members (ordinances and ordinations, etc.)
# Records of members who move out
# [[Training]] resources
#* [[Ward clerk]] - within 30 days of calling and as needed thereafter
#* [https://clerksupport.lds.org Online lessons] about membership records
#* MLS help and the Membership Policies included there
#* [[Main Page|Clerk wiki]]

== Ward finance clerk ==
# The [[companionship principle]]
# [[Reconciliation]]

== Ward executive secretary ==
The purpose of this checklist is to help the Ward Executive Secretary understand his role and responsibilities. Review the following topics:

[[Category:Unit Administration]]
# [[Confidentiality]] of records
# Interview scheduling, [[Companionship principle]] as it applies to interviewing
# Assignment tracking
# Agenda preparation
# Business letters
#* Disciplinary council notifications
# Bishops monthly personal priesthood interview with Stake President
# Military personnel tracking
# Church publications

Glossary

2012-09-13T02:53:48Z

Jcarroll: /* M */

{{A2ZTOC}}
== A ==
;Active : Participating on a regular basis, such as attending meetings, observing the principles of the gospel, and accepting Church callings; Under current Church policy, those who attend meetings at least once a month.

; AD - Active Directory
: Active Directory is an implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use in Windows environments. AD (also known as EAD) stores information and settings relating to an organization in a central, organized, accessible database.

; AF - Ancestral File
: A database containing family history information contributed by members of the Church and others from 1979 to 1999. The file contains millions of names linked in family groups and pedigrees. Ancestral File data may be accessed on FamilySearch.org.

;Agent Bishop : The Bishop responsible for a meetinghouse when that building has multiple wards.

; AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
: AJAX is a Web development technique for creating interactive Web applications. It exchanges small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes, so that the entire Web page does not have to be reloaded each time the user makes a change.

; API - Application Programming Interface
: An application programming interface (API) is a source code interface that a computer library provides to support requests to be made of it by a computer program.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface Wikipedia Definition]

;Area : A geographical administrative region of many stakes and missions, usually including hundreds of thousands of members. Areas often cover many nations and are presided over by either a General Authority or an Area Authority Seventy.

;Area Presidency : A Presidency of general or regional leaders who preside over an area of the Church.

;Area President : A general or regional leader, a General Authority or Area Authority Seventy, who presides over an area of the Church.

; ASA
: Church-managed Cisco ASA 5505 firewall used for meetinghouse Internet connections.

; ASCII
: American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standard definition employing characters that can be read without conversion.

; ASE - Application Service Engineer

; ASP - Active Server Pages
: ASP is Microsoft's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated Web pages. Programming ASP Web sites is made easier by various built-in objects.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Server_Pages Wikipedia Definition]

;Auxiliary Organizations : Organizations in a ward that do not include the priesthood quorums. These organizations include the Relief Society, Primary, Young Women, Young Men, and Sunday School.

== B ==
; B2B - Business-to-Business
: Business-to-business (or B2B for short) is a marketing strategy that involves the transaction of goods or services between businesses (as opposed to relations between businesses and other groups, such as consumers or public administration).
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2B Wikipedia Definition]

; B2C - Business-to-Consumer
: B2C (also business-to-customer) describes activities of commercial organization serving the end consumer with products and services.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2C Wikipedia Definition]

; B2E - Business-to-Employee
: B2E uses an intrabusiness network that allows companies to provide products and services to their employees. Typically, companies use B2E networks to automate employee-related corporate business.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2E Wikipedia Definition]

;Baptism : The initiatory saving ordinance performed on those who have joined the Church or who have reached the age of eight, characterized by immersing the person completely in water. Baptisms therefore need to be recorded on Membership records.

; BEZ - Back End Zone
: All servers in the Provo Data Center have a "Front Door" and a "Back Door" interface. The "Back Door" interface is BEZ. BEZ is a flat network with all servers in the same IP subnet. Access to BEZ gives you access to all zones.

; BI - Business Intelligence
: BI is a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, providing access to, and anlyzing data for the purpose of helping enterprise users make better business decisions.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Intelligence Wikipedia Definition]

;Bishop : A priesthood leader responsible for the spiritual and temporal welfare of a ward. Bishops preside over most ward functions and activities, interview members of their wards for worthiness, call members of their ward to callings within the ward and oversee efforts to provide for ward members unable to provide for themselves.

;Block Schedule : A schedule of Sunday meetings that takes place in a three-hour period. The block schedule contains the sacrament meeting and Melchizedek Priesthood, Aaronic Priesthood, Relief Society, Young Women, Primary, and Sunday school meetings. See ''Handbook 2: Administering the Church'', section [http://lds.org/handbook/handbook-2-administering-the-church/meetings-in-the-church 18] for timing and sequence of meetings.

; Blog - Web Log
: A blog is a Web site where entries are made in journal style and displayed in reverse chronological order.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog Wikipedia Definition]

; BO - BusinessObjects
: Enterprise software that is used for business intelligence.

; Born in the Covenant (BIC) : A child who is born in the covenant does not have to be sealed to the parents. A child whose parents were sealed to one another in the temple before the child was born is BIC. A child born after the mother's sealing to her husband is canceled is not BIC. A child born after one of the parents is excommunicated is not BIC.

;Branch : The smallest organized unit of the Church. A congregation not large enough to be made into a ward, or not in an area with enough members to make a stake.

;Branch Clerk : A priesthood leader responsible for the administrative functions of a branch; generally managing the membership and financial records of a branch.

;Branch President : The priesthood holder called and set apart to lead a branch.

;Bulletin : (a k a Ward Bulletin or Sacrament Meeting Program) The printed listing of planned prayers, talks and other sacrament meeting elements passed out at the beginning of each Sacrament Meeting in most LDS congregations.

== C ==
;CAB : Church Administration Building

;Calling : An office or assignment in the Church; An invitation to accept an office or assignment in the Church.

; CCN - Church Communications Network
: The Church's global network.

;[[CDOL]] : Church Directory of Organizations and Leaders

; CES - Church Educational System : The '''Church Educational System (CES)''' serves as the umbrella for all education programs of the Church, including Church-owned universities and colleges, institutes of religion, and seminary programs worldwide.

;CFAR : ''Obsolete''. See CUBS.

;CHI : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;CHQ : Church Headquarters

;Church Handbook of Instructions : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;Clerk : A priesthood holder responsible for tracking financial and membership information and maintaining the associated records.

;Clerk's Office : The room in an LDS meetinghouse or stake center that is used by the Clerks. The room where a unit's financial and membership transactions are made and the associated records are kept.

;COB : Church Office Building

;Confirmation : An ordinance performed after baptism whereby a person becomes a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This ordinance is performed under the direction of the bishop. One or more Melchizedek Priesthood holders place their hands on the person’s head and confirm them as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and use the wording “Receive the Holy Ghost.” May also pronounce a blessing as inspired by the Holy Ghost. Confirmation for eight-year-old [[members of record]] is performed at the baptism. Confirmation for converts is performed at a sacrament meeting on a Sunday following the baptism.

;[[Consolidated Financial Statement]] : Monthly summary for the stake of all units' financial activity.

;Convert
: An individual nine years of age or older who is baptized and confirmed a member of the Church, or an eight-year-old whose parents are not members or are being baptized at the same time. Individuals under the age of eighteen must have the permission of both parents before being baptized.

; COTS - Commercial Off-the-Shelf
: COTS is a term for software or hardware products that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. They are often used as alternatives to in-house development projects.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_off-the-shelf Wikipedia Definition]

;Court : ''Obsolete''. See Disciplinary Council

; CRM - Customer Relationship Management
: CRM is a broad term that covers concepts used by companies to manage their relationships with customers, including the catpure, storage, and analysis of customer information.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_relationship_management Wikipedia Definition]

;CUBS - Church Unit Banking Services
: Introduced in 2010, a worldwide back office system used by administrative offices for financial record-keeping. Over time, all regions will transition from CFAR or LURBS to CUBS.

;CUFS : [[Church Unit Financial Statement]] (Bank Statement) This has been replaced by the Unit Financial Statement.

== D ==
;Disciplinary Council : A council of local leaders and other priesthood holders held to review the inappropriate behavior of a Church member and to decide on appropriate consequences. Councils may also be reconvened after a period of time to see if a member has repented sufficiently to be restored to full fellowship. See chapter 6 of ''Handbook 1: Stake Presidents and Bishops'' for details.

;District : A district is a smaller version of a stake, organized as the parent unit of branches instead of wards. A district may be organized when there are enough branches in an area to allow easy communication and convenient travel to district meetings. A district president presides over the district and reports to the mission presidency.

;District Clerk : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a district.

;District President : The district president presides over the district and is assisted by two counselors. The district president reports to and receives direction from the mission president.

; DIZ - Development Integration Zone

== E ==
; EAD - Enterprise Active Directory
: Active Directory is an implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use in Windows environments (also known as AD) stores information and settings relating to an organization in a central, organized, accessible database.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory Wikipedia Definition]

; EFD - Exploration Findings Document
: This document is used to identify possible solutions for a specific project.

;Elders Quorum : A quorum in the Church is a combination of a class, a fraternity of brethren, and a service organization. An elders quorum is a group of brethren in a ward consisting of up to 96 elders. After this number is reached, the quorum may be divided under direction of the stake president.

;Elders Quorum President : The elders quorum in a ward is presided over by an elders quorum president and two counselors.

;Endowment : Instruction received in the temple pertaining to the purposes and plans of the Lord in creating and peopling the earth and in exalting his children in the life to come.

;Equalized Contribution : Refers to the support from the General Missionary Fund that results in each missionary serving from a specific country contributing the same amount irrespective of where in the world they serve.

;ERC : Employment Resource Center

; ERS - [http://providentliving.org/content/list/0,11664,1962-1,00.html Employment Resource Services]

; EUP - End-User Productivity

== F ==
;Family History Center : A Family History Center is a branch facility of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains staff to help patrons identify their ancestors through the use of computer programs and microfilms and microfiche that may be ordered from the Family History Library.

;Fast Offering : Fast offerings are funds freely given monthly by members of the Church to help the needy. As a general guideline members fast for two meals and contribute the cash equivalent of the cost of the two meals to the Church. The use of fast offerings is at the discretion of the bishop under the direction of the stake president.

; FCH - Family and Church History Department

;FHC : Family History Center

; FHL - [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library]

;[[Financial Clerk]] : Person responsible for financial matters in the unit.

;FIS : Old DOS-based local unit financial software that is no longer used. See [https://tech.lds.org/wiki/index.php?title=Glossary#M MLS]

;FM Group : Facilities Management Group

; FWIW - For What It's Worth

== G ==
;General Handbook of Instructions : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;[[Geo code]] : A code used to group members into geographic areas, usually to analyze how a unit might be divided.

;GHI : General Handbook of Instructions. ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

; GIDS - Global Identity Services
: Project to create LDS Sign-in.

; GIS - Geographic Information System
: A geographic information system (GIS) is a system for capturing, storing, analyzing, and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gis Wikipedia Definition]

; GSC - [[Global Service Center]]
: The GSC helps with questions and problems related to computers, Distribution Services, and clerk and leader issues.

; GSD - Global Service Desk
: Former name for the Global Service Center (GSC).

== H ==
;Handbook : The policy manual for administering the Church, consisting of two volumes: ''Handbook 1: Bishops and Stake Presidents'' and ''[http://lds.org/handbook/handbook-2-administering-the-church Handbook 2: Administering the Church]''.

;High Priests Group : The stake president presides over the stake quorum of high priests, made up of all the high priests in the stake. The quorum is divided at the ward level into individual high priests groups.

;High Priests Group Leader : The high priest group in a ward is presided over by a high priest group leader and two assistants. Under the bishopric’s direction, the high priests group leader coordinates temple and family history work in the ward.

;[[Annual History|Historical Specialist]] : Clerk responsible for preparing the [[Annual_History|annual historical reports]].

;Home Teacher : Home teachers are priesthood brethren who are assigned families at the ward level to visit monthly, to help and to strengthen. They are assigned by priesthood leaders.

;Home Teaching : Home teaching is the responsibility of all Melchizedek Priesthood holders and of those who are teachers and priests in the Aaronic Priesthood. As part of their responsibility to watch over the members of the Church, home teachers visit their assigned families at least once each month to teach and strengthen them.

== I ==
; ICS - Information and Communications Systems Department

; IGI - International Genealogical Index
: A list of names of deceased persons for whom temple ordinances have been performed. The most current version is available on the [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] Web site.

; IMOS - Internet Mission Office System

;Inactive : A term not officially used in the Church any more. See '''Less Active'''.

;Inactivity

;[[Individual Ordinance Summary]] : A form that contains most of the information on a [[Membership Records|Membership Record]] that can appropriately be given to a member.

;Investigator

;[[Individual Ordinance Summary|IOS]] : Individual Ordinance Summary

; IP - Internet Protocol
: An Internet protocol is a unique address that devices use to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network utilizing the Internet protocol standard (IP).
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address Wikipedia Definition]

; IROP - Internal Record Of Purchase : A document used to record internal Church purchase transactions. The most common IROP transactions for Church units are those made at LDS Distribution Services online through the LDS Store, in person, or by telephone. Unit IROPs are transmitted electronically through MLS.

== J ==
; JSMB - [http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1872-1-1-1,00.html Joseph Smith Memorial Building]

== K ==
; KB - KnowledgeBase
: A database of articles that help employees resolve issues.

== L ==
;Less Active : Participating in Church on an irregular basis, which may vary from coming to a few things a year to never coming at all. Members who attend meetings less than once a month are considered less active.

;[[Priesthood Line of Authority|Line of Authority]] : The chain of ordinations for a priesthood holder showing who ordained him to his current office, who ordained the ordainer, and so on back to Jesus Christ.

;LUAAT : Local Unit Area Auditor Trainer

;[[Budget Allowance|LUBA]] : Local Unit Budget Allowance

;LURBS : Local Unit Receipting, Reporting, and Banking System - A back office system used by administrative offices for financial record-keeping outside of North America. It provides various reports for local units, including a [[Ward/Branch Monthly Financial Report|monthly financial report]].

;[[Administrative office#Local Unit Support|LUS]] : Local Unit Support Group - Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, provides support for priesthood leaders in Canada and the United States.

;[[LUWS]] - [http://www.lds.org/units/ Local Unit Web Site]
: Official Church Web sites that are accessible by members, at the branch, ward, and stake level that contains information about those units. Local unit Web sites contain information about specific units.

== M ==
;Member : A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a person eight years old or older who has been baptized and confirmed a member of the Church.

;Membership : The state of being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as evidenced by records kept at Church headquarters and in the local unit's MLS. Records are also created for children of members of the Church who are under eight years old; however, these children are not considered members until eight years old, when they are baptized and confirmed.

;[[Membership Clerk]] : Person responsible for maintaining membership records on the members of a unit.

;[[Membership Records|Membership Record]]

;MIS : Old DOS-based local unit membership software. See [[MLS]] for current software.

;[[MLS]] - Member and Leader Services (membership and financial software)
: MLS software is for use by unit leaders, clerks, auxiliary and quorum leaders, and secretaries at both the ward and stake levels. MLS is designed to make Church record-keeping easier and more efficient.

;MRN : Membership Record Number

;[[Administrative office|MSR]] : Membership and Statistical Records Department - the Church department that is commonly known to clerks as the [[administrative office]].

== N ==
;[[NQI]] : Non-quality item - a financial transaction that is not complete after 2 months.

; NOB - North Office Building
: The building that is directly north of the Church Office Building and was previously called the Data Center.

== O ==
;Office : A position in the priesthood (such as priest, elder, and high priest) that has attached to it certain duties, responsibilities, and rights.

;Ordinance : A ceremony performed by the priesthood for a specific purpose. Examples are baptism/confirmation, ordination to the priesthood, and temple sealings. Some are saving ordinances and must be received by members in order to be saved, such as baptism/confirmation. Others may not necessarily be saving ordinances, such as a child blessing.

;Ordination : The bestowal of the priesthood and/or a priesthood office. For example, when a male member is ordained to the office of elder, he receives the Melchizedek Priesthood and is ordained to the office of elder within the Melchizedek Priesthood. Later in life, if he is ordained to the office of high priest, he does not receive the Melchizedek Priesthood again, but is ordained to the office of high priest within the Melchizedek Priesthood. Both examples are considered ordinations.

== P ==
; PAF - Personal Ancestral File
: A Church-produced computer software program that enables people to compile and organize their genealogy on their personal computers. PAF can help members identify ancestors and prepare their names for temple work.

;Patriarch : Patriarch is an office in the Melchizedek Priesthood, and not a calling. A patriarch is recommended by the stake president, sustained in stake conference or stake priesthood meeting, and ordained by the First Presidency or one of the Twelve Apostles or (with written permission from the Twelve) the stake president. Patriarchs give personal blessings to members of the stake (see Patriarchal Blessing).

;Patriarchal Blessing : A blessing given to a member by the patriarch of his or her stake. After the member obtains a recommendation from the bishop, he or she is given a blessing in which the patriarch may give the member's lineage, list weaknesses and strengths, pronounce advice from the Lord concerning the member's future, and any other direction or guidance.

; PC - Personal Computer

; PDD - Project Definition Document

;PEC : Priesthood Executive Committee

;PEF : Perpetual Education Fund

;Perpetual Education Fund

;Personal Priesthood Interview : ''Obsolete''. See Priesthood Interview

;Physical Facilities Representative : A local priesthood holder responsible for the physical status of a meetinghouse.

;PI : Priesthood Interview

; PIX
: Church-managed Cisco PIX firewall used primarily for FHC Internet connections.

;PLT : Priesthood Leadership Travel

;PPI : Personal Priesthood Interview. ''Obsolete''. See Priesthood Interview

;Presiding Bishop : A General Authority of the Church. The Presiding Bishop and his counselors serve under the direction of the First Presidency to administer the temporal affairs of the Church.

; PRF - Pedigree Resource File
: A file of lineage-linked data submitted by both members and nonmembers through the [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] Web site. The master index is available online and the entire file is available on CD. The Pedigree Resource File is the successor to the Ancestral File.

;Priesthood Executive Committee

;Priesthood Interview : A private stewardship meeting between a priesthood leader and a person who reports to him

== Q ==
;[[Quarterly Report]] : A report of member attendance and other key statistics submitted by wards to the stake and the Church each quarter

== R ==
;Recommend

;Record

;Record Keeping

;REFIS

;Relief Society : The women's organization of the Church, organized by Joseph Smith in 1842, dedicated to "the exercise of all benevolent purposes." The Relief Society provides Sunday gospel instruction, other Relief Society meetings, visiting teaching, and welfare and compassionate service opportunities.

;RS : Relief Society

; RSS - Really Simple Syndication
: RSS is a Web-feed format that is used to publish frequently updated digital content to consumers who use RSS aggregators to notify them of updates.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS Wikipedia Definition]

== S ==
; SAV - Symantec Anti-Virus : An anti-virus software formerly used on Church-owned computers, such as those used in stakes and wards. All computers should now have the Sophos anti-virus software.

; SDK - Software Development Kit
: SDK is typically a set of development tools that allows a software engineer to create applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, and more.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_kit Wikipedia Definition]

; SEO - Search Engine Optimization

; SERP - Search Engine Results Page

;Set Apart

;SFS : ''Obsolete''. See Consolidated Financial Statement.

; SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
: A protocol for exchanging XML-based messages over a computer network, normally using HTTP.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP Wikipedia Definition]

; Sophos Anti-Virus : An anti-virus software currently used on Church-owned computers, such as those used in stakes and wards.

; SORT
: An internal conference hosted by ICS for technical Church employees.

; SRD - Solutions Requirement Document
: The SRD is used to identify the business requirements and business case for a proposed technology project.

; SSH - Secure Shell
: SSH is a communication system that uses public-key cryptography to establish a secure connection between remote computers.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssh Wikipedia Definition]

;Stake

;[[Stake Clerk]] : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a stake.

;Stake President : The stake president presides over the stake and is assisted by two counselors. The stake president reports to and receives direction from the presidency of the Seventy or from the Area President.

;[[Stake Technology Specialist]] : Person responsible for the technology assets of the stake and each ward in the stake.

;[[Statistical Clerk]] : Person responsible for collecting and preparing the [[Quarterly Report]].

== T ==

;[[Desktop Management Software|TEM]] - Tivoli Endpoint Manager
: Replaced LANDesk as the official software CHQ uses to centrally manage and secure the global fleet of Church-owned computers. TEM will install and utilize the BES Client service.

;Temple

;Temple Ordinances

;Temple Recommend

;Temporal

;Tithing

;Tithing Settlement

== U ==
;Unit : A congregation or other function in the Church that is responsible for its budget. Wards, Stakes, Branches, Districts, Family History Centers, etc., are all examples of Units.

;Unit Financial Statement : the Unit Financial Statement has replaced the old Church Unit Financial Statement.

== V ==
;Visiting Teacher

;Visiting Teaching

; VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
: The technology that allows voice communication (such as telephone) over a network instead of through traditional phone lines. The Church has deployed VoIP in several locations indlucing BYU, the North Office Building, the Triad Center, and Ghana.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voip Wikipedia Definition]

; VPN - Virtual Private Network
: VPN is a private communications network often used within a company, or by several companies or organization, to communication confidentially over a publicly accessible network.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vpn Wikipedia Definition]

== W ==
;Ward

;Ward Budget

;[[Ward Clerk]] : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a ward.

;Ward Council

;Ward Welfare Committee

;Welfare

;Welfare Services

== Y ==
;Young Men

;Young Single Adults

;Young Women

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== A ==
;Active : Participating on a regular basis, such as attending meetings, observing the principles of the gospel, and accepting Church callings; Under current Church policy, those who attend meetings at least once a month.

; AD - Active Directory
: Active Directory is an implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use in Windows environments. AD (also known as EAD) stores information and settings relating to an organization in a central, organized, accessible database.

; AF - Ancestral File
: A database containing family history information contributed by members of the Church and others from 1979 to 1999. The file contains millions of names linked in family groups and pedigrees. Ancestral File data may be accessed on FamilySearch.org.

;Agent Bishop : The Bishop responsible for a meetinghouse when that building has multiple wards.

; AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
: AJAX is a Web development technique for creating interactive Web applications. It exchanges small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes, so that the entire Web page does not have to be reloaded each time the user makes a change.

; API - Application Programming Interface
: An application programming interface (API) is a source code interface that a computer library provides to support requests to be made of it by a computer program.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface Wikipedia Definition]

;Area : A geographical administrative region of many stakes and missions, usually including hundreds of thousands of members. Areas often cover many nations and are presided over by either a General Authority or an Area Authority Seventy.

;Area Presidency : A Presidency of general or regional leaders who preside over an area of the Church.

;Area President : A general or regional leader, a General Authority or Area Authority Seventy, who presides over an area of the Church.

; ASA
: Church-managed Cisco ASA 5505 firewall used for meetinghouse Internet connections.

; ASCII
: American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standard definition employing characters that can be read without conversion.

; ASE - Application Service Engineer

; ASP - Active Server Pages
: ASP is Microsoft's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated Web pages. Programming ASP Web sites is made easier by various built-in objects.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Server_Pages Wikipedia Definition]

;Auxiliary Organizations : Organizations in a ward that do not include the priesthood quorums. These organizations include the Relief Society, Primary, Young Women, Young Men, and Sunday School.

== B ==
; B2B - Business-to-Business
: Business-to-business (or B2B for short) is a marketing strategy that involves the transaction of goods or services between businesses (as opposed to relations between businesses and other groups, such as consumers or public administration).
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2B Wikipedia Definition]

; B2C - Business-to-Consumer
: B2C (also business-to-customer) describes activities of commercial organization serving the end consumer with products and services.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2C Wikipedia Definition]

; B2E - Business-to-Employee
: B2E uses an intrabusiness network that allows companies to provide products and services to their employees. Typically, companies use B2E networks to automate employee-related corporate business.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2E Wikipedia Definition]

;Baptism : The initiatory saving ordinance performed on those who have joined the Church or who have reached the age of eight, characterized by immersing the person completely in water. Baptisms therefore need to be recorded on Membership records.

; BEZ - Back End Zone
: All servers in the Provo Data Center have a "Front Door" and a "Back Door" interface. The "Back Door" interface is BEZ. BEZ is a flat network with all servers in the same IP subnet. Access to BEZ gives you access to all zones.

; BI - Business Intelligence
: BI is a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, providing access to, and anlyzing data for the purpose of helping enterprise users make better business decisions.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Intelligence Wikipedia Definition]

;Bishop : A priesthood leader responsible for the spiritual and temporal welfare of a ward. Bishops preside over most ward functions and activities, interview members of their wards for worthiness, call members of their ward to callings within the ward and oversee efforts to provide for ward members unable to provide for themselves.

;Block Schedule : A schedule of Sunday meetings that takes place in a three-hour period. The block schedule contains the sacrament meeting and Melchizedek Priesthood, Aaronic Priesthood, Relief Society, Young Women, Primary, and Sunday school meetings. See ''Handbook 2: Administering the Church'', section [http://lds.org/handbook/handbook-2-administering-the-church/meetings-in-the-church 18] for timing and sequence of meetings.

; Blog - Web Log
: A blog is a Web site where entries are made in journal style and displayed in reverse chronological order.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog Wikipedia Definition]

; BO - BusinessObjects
: Enterprise software that is used for business intelligence.

; Born in the Covenant (BIC) : A child who is born in the covenant does not have to be sealed to the parents. A child whose parents were sealed to one another in the temple before the child was born is BIC. A child born after the mother's sealing to her husband is canceled is not BIC. A child born after one of the parents is excommunicated is not BIC.

;Branch : The smallest organized unit of the Church. A congregation not large enough to be made into a ward, or not in an area with enough members to make a stake.

;Branch Clerk : A priesthood leader responsible for the administrative functions of a branch; generally managing the membership and financial records of a branch.

;Branch President : The priesthood holder called and set apart to lead a branch.

;Bulletin : (a k a Ward Bulletin or Sacrament Meeting Program) The printed listing of planned prayers, talks and other sacrament meeting elements passed out at the beginning of each Sacrament Meeting in most LDS congregations.

== C ==
;CAB : Church Administration Building

;Calling : An office or assignment in the Church; An invitation to accept an office or assignment in the Church.

; CCN - Church Communications Network
: The Church's global network.

;[[CDOL]] : Church Directory of Organizations and Leaders

; CES - Church Educational System : The '''Church Educational System (CES)''' serves as the umbrella for all education programs of the Church, including Church-owned universities and colleges, institutes of religion, and seminary programs worldwide.

;CFAR : ''Obsolete''. See CUBS.

;CHI : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;CHQ : Church Headquarters

;Church Handbook of Instructions : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;Clerk : A priesthood holder responsible for tracking financial and membership information and maintaining the associated records.

;Clerk's Office : The room in an LDS meetinghouse or stake center that is used by the Clerks. The room where a unit's financial and membership transactions are made and the associated records are kept.

;COB : Church Office Building

;Confirmation : An ordinance performed after baptism whereby a person becomes a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This ordinance is performed under the direction of the bishop. One or more Melchizedek Priesthood holders place their hands on the person’s head and confirm them as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and use the wording “Receive the Holy Ghost.” May also pronounce a blessing as inspired by the Holy Ghost. Confirmation for eight-year-old [[members of record]] is performed at the baptism. Confirmation for converts is performed at a sacrament meeting on a Sunday following the baptism.

;[[Consolidated Financial Statement]] : Monthly summary for the stake of all units' financial activity.

;Convert
: An individual nine years of age or older who is baptized and confirmed a member of the Church, or an eight-year-old whose parents are not members or are being baptized at the same time. Individuals under the age of eighteen must have the permission of both parents before being baptized.

; COTS - Commercial Off-the-Shelf
: COTS is a term for software or hardware products that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. They are often used as alternatives to in-house development projects.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_off-the-shelf Wikipedia Definition]

;Court : ''Obsolete''. See Disciplinary Council

; CRM - Customer Relationship Management
: CRM is a broad term that covers concepts used by companies to manage their relationships with customers, including the catpure, storage, and analysis of customer information.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_relationship_management Wikipedia Definition]

;CUBS - Church Unit Banking Services
: Introduced in 2010, a worldwide back office system used by administrative offices for financial record-keeping. Over time, all regions will transition from CFAR or LURBS to CUBS.

;CUFS : [[Church Unit Financial Statement]] (Bank Statement) This has been replaced by the Unit Financial Statement.

== D ==
;Disciplinary Council : A council of local leaders and other priesthood holders held to review the inappropriate behavior of a Church member and to decide on appropriate consequences. Councils may also be reconvened after a period of time to see if a member has repented sufficiently to be restored to full fellowship. See chapter 6 of ''Handbook 1: Stake Presidents and Bishops'' for details.

;District : A district is a smaller version of a stake, organized as the parent unit of branches instead of wards. A district may be organized when there are enough branches in an area to allow easy communication and convenient travel to district meetings. A district president presides over the district and reports to the mission presidency.

;District Clerk : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a district.

;District President : The district president presides over the district and is assisted by two counselors. The district president reports to and receives direction from the mission president.

; DIZ - Development Integration Zone

== E ==
; EAD - Enterprise Active Directory
: Active Directory is an implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use in Windows environments (also known as AD) stores information and settings relating to an organization in a central, organized, accessible database.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory Wikipedia Definition]

; EFD - Exploration Findings Document
: This document is used to identify possible solutions for a specific project.

;Elders Quorum : A quorum in the Church is a combination of a class, a fraternity of brethren, and a service organization. An elders quorum is a group of brethren in a ward consisting of up to 96 elders. After this number is reached, the quorum may be divided under direction of the stake president.

;Elders Quorum President : The elders quorum in a ward is presided over by an elders quorum president and two counselors.

;Endowment : Instruction received in the temple pertaining to the purposes and plans of the Lord in creating and peopling the earth and in exalting his children in the life to come.

;Equalized Contribution : Refers to the support from the General Missionary Fund that results in each missionary serving from a specific country contributing the same amount irrespective of where in the world they serve.

;ERC : Employment Resource Center

; ERS - [http://providentliving.org/content/list/0,11664,1962-1,00.html Employment Resource Services]

; EUP - End-User Productivity

== F ==
;Family History Center : A Family History Center is a branch facility of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains staff to help patrons identify their ancestors through the use of computer programs and microfilms and microfiche that may be ordered from the Family History Library.

;Fast Offering : Fast offerings are funds freely given monthly by members of the Church to help the needy. As a general guideline members fast for two meals and contribute the cash equivalent of the cost of the two meals to the Church. The use of fast offerings is at the discretion of the bishop under the direction of the stake president.

; FCH - Family and Church History Department

;FHC : Family History Center

; FHL - [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library]

;[[Financial Clerk]] : Person responsible for financial matters in the unit.

;FIS : Old DOS-based local unit financial software that is no longer used. See [https://tech.lds.org/wiki/index.php?title=Glossary#M MLS]

;FM Group : Facilities Management Group

; FWIW - For What It's Worth

== G ==
;General Handbook of Instructions : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;[[Geo code]] : A code used to group members into geographic areas, usually to analyze how a unit might be divided.

;GHI : General Handbook of Instructions. ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

; GIDS - Global Identity Services
: Project to create LDS Sign-in.

; GIS - Geographic Information System
: A geographic information system (GIS) is a system for capturing, storing, analyzing, and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gis Wikipedia Definition]

; GSC - [[Global Service Center]]
: The GSC helps with questions and problems related to computers, Distribution Services, and clerk and leader issues.

; GSD - Global Service Desk
: Former name for the Global Service Center (GSC).

== H ==
;Handbook : The policy manual for administering the Church, consisting of two volumes: ''Handbook 1: Bishops and Stake Presidents'' and ''[http://lds.org/handbook/handbook-2-administering-the-church Handbook 2: Administering the Church]''.

;High Priests Group : The stake president presides over the stake quorum of high priests, made up of all the high priests in the stake. The quorum is divided at the ward level into individual high priests groups.

;High Priests Group Leader : The high priest group in a ward is presided over by a high priest group leader and two assistants. Under the bishopric’s direction, the high priests group leader coordinates temple and family history work in the ward.

;[[Annual History|Historical Specialist]] : Clerk responsible for preparing the [[Annual_History|annual historical reports]].

;Home Teacher : Home teachers are priesthood brethren who are assigned families at the ward level to visit monthly, to help and to strengthen. They are assigned by priesthood leaders.

;Home Teaching : Home teaching is the responsibility of all Melchizedek Priesthood holders and of those who are teachers and priests in the Aaronic Priesthood. As part of their responsibility to watch over the members of the Church, home teachers visit their assigned families at least once each month to teach and strengthen them.

== I ==
; ICS - Information and Communications Systems Department

; IGI - International Genealogical Index
: A list of names of deceased persons for whom temple ordinances have been performed. The most current version is available on the [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] Web site.

; IMOS - Internet Mission Office System

;Inactive : A term not officially used in the Church any more. See '''Less Active'''.

;Inactivity

;[[Individual Ordinance Summary]] : A form that contains most of the information on a [[Membership Records|Membership Record]] that can appropriately be given to a member.

;Investigator

;[[Individual Ordinance Summary|IOS]] : Individual Ordinance Summary

; IP - Internet Protocol
: An Internet protocol is a unique address that devices use to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network utilizing the Internet protocol standard (IP).
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address Wikipedia Definition]

; IROP - Internal Record Of Purchase : A document used to record internal Church purchase transactions. The most common IROP transactions for Church units are those made at LDS Distribution Services online through the LDS Store, in person, or by telephone. Unit IROPs are transmitted electronically through MLS.

== J ==
; JSMB - [http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1872-1-1-1,00.html Joseph Smith Memorial Building]

== K ==
; KB - KnowledgeBase
: A database of articles that help employees resolve issues.

== L ==
;Less Active : Participating in Church on an irregular basis, which may vary from coming to a few things a year to never coming at all. Members who attend meetings less than once a month are considered less active.

;[[Priesthood Line of Authority|Line of Authority]] : The chain of ordinations for a priesthood holder showing who ordained him to his current office, who ordained the ordainer, and so on back to Jesus Christ.

;LUAAT : Local Unit Area Auditor Trainer

;[[Budget Allowance|LUBA]] : Local Unit Budget Allowance

;LURBS : Local Unit Receipting, Reporting, and Banking System - A back office system used by administrative offices for financial record-keeping outside of North America. It provides various reports for local units, including a [[Ward/Branch Monthly Financial Report|monthly financial report]].

;[[Administrative office#Local Unit Support|LUS]] : Local Unit Support Group - Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, provides support for priesthood leaders in Canada and the United States.

;[[LUWS]] - [http://www.lds.org/units/ Local Unit Web Site]
: Official Church Web sites that are accessible by members, at the branch, ward, and stake level that contains information about those units. Local unit Web sites contain information about specific units.

== M ==
;Member : A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a person eight years old or older who has been baptized and confirmed a member of the Church.

;Membership : The state of being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as evidenced by records kept at Church headquarters and in the local unit's MLS. Records are also created for children of members of the Church who are under eight years old; however, these children are not considered members until eight years old, when they are baptized and confirmed.

;[[Membership Clerk]] : Person responsible for maintaining membership records on the members of a unit.

;[[Membership Records|Membership Record]]

;MIS : Old DOS-based local unit membership software

;[[MLS]] - Member and Leader Services (membership and financial software)
: MLS software is for use by unit leaders, clerks, auxiliary and quorum leaders, and secretaries at both the ward and stake levels. MLS is designed to make Church record-keeping easier and more efficient.

;MRN : Membership Record Number

;[[Administrative office|MSR]] : Membership and Statistical Records Department - the Church department that is commonly known to clerks as the [[administrative office]].

== N ==
;[[NQI]] : Non-quality item - a financial transaction that is not complete after 2 months.

; NOB - North Office Building
: The building that is directly north of the Church Office Building and was previously called the Data Center.

== O ==
;Office : A position in the priesthood (such as priest, elder, and high priest) that has attached to it certain duties, responsibilities, and rights.

;Ordinance : A ceremony performed by the priesthood for a specific purpose. Examples are baptism/confirmation, ordination to the priesthood, and temple sealings. Some are saving ordinances and must be received by members in order to be saved, such as baptism/confirmation. Others may not necessarily be saving ordinances, such as a child blessing.

;Ordination : The bestowal of the priesthood and/or a priesthood office. For example, when a male member is ordained to the office of elder, he receives the Melchizedek Priesthood and is ordained to the office of elder within the Melchizedek Priesthood. Later in life, if he is ordained to the office of high priest, he does not receive the Melchizedek Priesthood again, but is ordained to the office of high priest within the Melchizedek Priesthood. Both examples are considered ordinations.

== P ==
; PAF - Personal Ancestral File
: A Church-produced computer software program that enables people to compile and organize their genealogy on their personal computers. PAF can help members identify ancestors and prepare their names for temple work.

;Patriarch : Patriarch is an office in the Melchizedek Priesthood, and not a calling. A patriarch is recommended by the stake president, sustained in stake conference or stake priesthood meeting, and ordained by the First Presidency or one of the Twelve Apostles or (with written permission from the Twelve) the stake president. Patriarchs give personal blessings to members of the stake (see Patriarchal Blessing).

;Patriarchal Blessing : A blessing given to a member by the patriarch of his or her stake. After the member obtains a recommendation from the bishop, he or she is given a blessing in which the patriarch may give the member's lineage, list weaknesses and strengths, pronounce advice from the Lord concerning the member's future, and any other direction or guidance.

; PC - Personal Computer

; PDD - Project Definition Document

;PEC : Priesthood Executive Committee

;PEF : Perpetual Education Fund

;Perpetual Education Fund

;Personal Priesthood Interview : ''Obsolete''. See Priesthood Interview

;Physical Facilities Representative : A local priesthood holder responsible for the physical status of a meetinghouse.

;PI : Priesthood Interview

; PIX
: Church-managed Cisco PIX firewall used primarily for FHC Internet connections.

;PLT : Priesthood Leadership Travel

;PPI : Personal Priesthood Interview. ''Obsolete''. See Priesthood Interview

;Presiding Bishop : A General Authority of the Church. The Presiding Bishop and his counselors serve under the direction of the First Presidency to administer the temporal affairs of the Church.

; PRF - Pedigree Resource File
: A file of lineage-linked data submitted by both members and nonmembers through the [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] Web site. The master index is available online and the entire file is available on CD. The Pedigree Resource File is the successor to the Ancestral File.

;Priesthood Executive Committee

;Priesthood Interview : A private stewardship meeting between a priesthood leader and a person who reports to him

== Q ==
;[[Quarterly Report]] : A report of member attendance and other key statistics submitted by wards to the stake and the Church each quarter

== R ==
;Recommend

;Record

;Record Keeping

;REFIS

;Relief Society : The women's organization of the Church, organized by Joseph Smith in 1842, dedicated to "the exercise of all benevolent purposes." The Relief Society provides Sunday gospel instruction, other Relief Society meetings, visiting teaching, and welfare and compassionate service opportunities.

;RS : Relief Society

; RSS - Really Simple Syndication
: RSS is a Web-feed format that is used to publish frequently updated digital content to consumers who use RSS aggregators to notify them of updates.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS Wikipedia Definition]

== S ==
; SAV - Symantec Anti-Virus : An anti-virus software formerly used on Church-owned computers, such as those used in stakes and wards. All computers should now have the Sophos anti-virus software.

; SDK - Software Development Kit
: SDK is typically a set of development tools that allows a software engineer to create applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, and more.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_kit Wikipedia Definition]

; SEO - Search Engine Optimization

; SERP - Search Engine Results Page

;Set Apart

;SFS : ''Obsolete''. See Consolidated Financial Statement.

; SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
: A protocol for exchanging XML-based messages over a computer network, normally using HTTP.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP Wikipedia Definition]

; Sophos Anti-Virus : An anti-virus software currently used on Church-owned computers, such as those used in stakes and wards.

; SORT
: An internal conference hosted by ICS for technical Church employees.

; SRD - Solutions Requirement Document
: The SRD is used to identify the business requirements and business case for a proposed technology project.

; SSH - Secure Shell
: SSH is a communication system that uses public-key cryptography to establish a secure connection between remote computers.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssh Wikipedia Definition]

;Stake

;[[Stake Clerk]] : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a stake.

;Stake President : The stake president presides over the stake and is assisted by two counselors. The stake president reports to and receives direction from the presidency of the Seventy or from the Area President.

;[[Stake Technology Specialist]] : Person responsible for the technology assets of the stake and each ward in the stake.

;[[Statistical Clerk]] : Person responsible for collecting and preparing the [[Quarterly Report]].

== T ==

;[[Desktop Management Software|TEM]] - Tivoli Endpoint Manager
: Replaced LANDesk as the official software CHQ uses to centrally manage and secure the global fleet of Church-owned computers. TEM will install and utilize the BES Client service.

;Temple

;Temple Ordinances

;Temple Recommend

;Temporal

;Tithing

;Tithing Settlement

== U ==
;Unit : A congregation or other function in the Church that is responsible for its budget. Wards, Stakes, Branches, Districts, Family History Centers, etc., are all examples of Units.

;Unit Financial Statement : the Unit Financial Statement has replaced the old Church Unit Financial Statement.

== V ==
;Visiting Teacher

;Visiting Teaching

; VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
: The technology that allows voice communication (such as telephone) over a network instead of through traditional phone lines. The Church has deployed VoIP in several locations indlucing BYU, the North Office Building, the Triad Center, and Ghana.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voip Wikipedia Definition]

; VPN - Virtual Private Network
: VPN is a private communications network often used within a company, or by several companies or organization, to communication confidentially over a publicly accessible network.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vpn Wikipedia Definition]

== W ==
;Ward

;Ward Budget

;[[Ward Clerk]] : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a ward.

;Ward Council

;Ward Welfare Committee

;Welfare

;Welfare Services

== Y ==
;Young Men

;Young Single Adults

;Young Women

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== A ==
;Active : Participating on a regular basis, such as attending meetings, observing the principles of the gospel, and accepting Church callings; Under current Church policy, those who attend meetings at least once a month.

; AD - Active Directory
: Active Directory is an implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use in Windows environments. AD (also known as EAD) stores information and settings relating to an organization in a central, organized, accessible database.

; AF - Ancestral File
: A database containing family history information contributed by members of the Church and others from 1979 to 1999. The file contains millions of names linked in family groups and pedigrees. Ancestral File data may be accessed on FamilySearch.org.

;Agent Bishop : The Bishop responsible for a meetinghouse when that building has multiple wards.

; AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
: AJAX is a Web development technique for creating interactive Web applications. It exchanges small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes, so that the entire Web page does not have to be reloaded each time the user makes a change.

; API - Application Programming Interface
: An application programming interface (API) is a source code interface that a computer library provides to support requests to be made of it by a computer program.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface Wikipedia Definition]

;Area : A geographical administrative region of many stakes and missions, usually including hundreds of thousands of members. Areas often cover many nations and are presided over by either a General Authority or an Area Authority Seventy.

;Area Presidency : A Presidency of general or regional leaders who preside over an area of the Church.

;Area President : A general or regional leader, a General Authority or Area Authority Seventy, who presides over an area of the Church.

; ASA
: Church-managed Cisco ASA 5505 firewall used for meetinghouse Internet connections.

; ASCII
: American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standard definition employing characters that can be read without conversion.

; ASE - Application Service Engineer

; ASP - Active Server Pages
: ASP is Microsoft's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated Web pages. Programming ASP Web sites is made easier by various built-in objects.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Server_Pages Wikipedia Definition]

;Auxiliary Organizations : Organizations in a ward that do not include the priesthood quorums. These organizations include the Relief Society, Primary, Young Women, Young Men, and Sunday School.

== B ==
; B2B - Business-to-Business
: Business-to-business (or B2B for short) is a marketing strategy that involves the transaction of goods or services between businesses (as opposed to relations between businesses and other groups, such as consumers or public administration).
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2B Wikipedia Definition]

; B2C - Business-to-Consumer
: B2C (also business-to-customer) describes activities of commercial organization serving the end consumer with products and services.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2C Wikipedia Definition]

; B2E - Business-to-Employee
: B2E uses an intrabusiness network that allows companies to provide products and services to their employees. Typically, companies use B2E networks to automate employee-related corporate business.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2E Wikipedia Definition]

;Baptism : The initiatory saving ordinance performed on those who have joined the Church or who have reached the age of eight, characterized by immersing the person completely in water. Baptisms therefore need to be recorded on Membership records.

; BEZ - Back End Zone
: All servers in the Provo Data Center have a "Front Door" and a "Back Door" interface. The "Back Door" interface is BEZ. BEZ is a flat network with all servers in the same IP subnet. Access to BEZ gives you access to all zones.

; BI - Business Intelligence
: BI is a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, providing access to, and anlyzing data for the purpose of helping enterprise users make better business decisions.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Intelligence Wikipedia Definition]

;Bishop : A priesthood leader responsible for the spiritual and temporal welfare of a ward. Bishops preside over most ward functions and activities, interview members of their wards for worthiness, call members of their ward to callings within the ward and oversee efforts to provide for ward members unable to provide for themselves.

;Block Schedule : A schedule of Sunday meetings that takes place in a three-hour period. The block schedule contains the sacrament meeting and Melchizedek Priesthood, Aaronic Priesthood, Relief Society, Young Women, Primary, and Sunday school meetings. See ''Handbook 2: Administering the Church'', section [http://lds.org/handbook/handbook-2-administering-the-church/meetings-in-the-church 18] for timing and sequence of meetings.

; Blog - Web Log
: A blog is a Web site where entries are made in journal style and displayed in reverse chronological order.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog Wikipedia Definition]

; BO - BusinessObjects
: Enterprise software that is used for business intelligence.

; Born in the Covenant (BIC) : A child who is born in the covenant does not have to be sealed to the parents. A child whose parents were sealed to one another in the temple before the child was born is BIC. A child born after the mother's sealing to her husband is canceled is not BIC. A child born after one of the parents is excommunicated is not BIC.

;Branch : The smallest organized unit of the Church. A congregation not large enough to be made into a ward, or not in an area with enough members to make a stake.

;Branch Clerk : A priesthood leader responsible for the administrative functions of a branch; generally managing the membership and financial records of a branch.

;Branch President : The priesthood holder called and set apart to lead a branch.

;Bulletin : (a k a Ward Bulletin or Sacrament Meeting Program) The printed listing of planned prayers, talks and other sacrament meeting elements passed out at the beginning of each Sacrament Meeting in most LDS congregations.

== C ==
;CAB : Church Administration Building

;Calling : An office or assignment in the Church; An invitation to accept an office or assignment in the Church.

; CCN - Church Communications Network
: The Church's global network.

;[[CDOL]] : Church Directory of Organizations and Leaders

; CES - Church Educational System : The '''Church Educational System (CES)''' serves as the umbrella for all education programs of the Church, including Church-owned universities and colleges, institutes of religion, and seminary programs worldwide.

;CFAR : ''Obsolete''. See CUBS.

;CHI : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;CHQ : Church Headquarters

;Church Handbook of Instructions : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;Clerk : A priesthood holder responsible for tracking financial and membership information and maintaining the associated records.

;Clerk's Office : The room in an LDS meetinghouse or stake center that is used by the Clerks. The room where a unit's financial and membership transactions are made and the associated records are kept.

;COB : Church Office Building

;Confirmation : An ordinance performed after baptism whereby a person becomes a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This ordinance is performed under the direction of the bishop. One or more Melchizedek Priesthood holders place their hands on the person’s head and confirm them as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and use the wording “Receive the Holy Ghost.” May also pronounce a blessing as inspired by the Holy Ghost. Confirmation for eight-year-old [[members of record]] is performed at the baptism. Confirmation for converts is performed at a sacrament meeting on a Sunday following the baptism.

;[[Consolidated Financial Statement]] : Monthly summary for the stake of all units' financial activity.

;Convert
: An individual nine years of age or older who is baptized and confirmed a member of the Church, or an eight-year-old whose parents are not members or are being baptized at the same time. Individuals under the age of eighteen must have the permission of both parents before being baptized.

; COTS - Commercial Off-the-Shelf
: COTS is a term for software or hardware products that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. They are often used as alternatives to in-house development projects.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_off-the-shelf Wikipedia Definition]

;Court : ''Obsolete''. See Disciplinary Council

; CRM - Customer Relationship Management
: CRM is a broad term that covers concepts used by companies to manage their relationships with customers, including the catpure, storage, and analysis of customer information.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_relationship_management Wikipedia Definition]

;CUBS - Church Unit Banking Services
: Introduced in 2010, a worldwide back office system used by administrative offices for financial record-keeping. Over time, all regions will transition from CFAR or LURBS to CUBS.

;CUFS : [[Church Unit Financial Statement]] (Bank Statement) This has been replaced by the Unit Financial Statement.

== D ==
;Disciplinary Council : A council of local leaders and other priesthood holders held to review the inappropriate behavior of a Church member and to decide on appropriate consequences. Councils may also be reconvened after a period of time to see if a member has repented sufficiently to be restored to full fellowship. See chapter 6 of ''Handbook 1: Stake Presidents and Bishops'' for details.

;District : A district is a smaller version of a stake, organized as the parent unit of branches instead of wards. A district may be organized when there are enough branches in an area to allow easy communication and convenient travel to district meetings. A district president presides over the district and reports to the mission presidency.

;District Clerk : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a district.

;District President : The district president presides over the district and is assisted by two counselors. The district president reports to and receives direction from the mission president.

; DIZ - Development Integration Zone

== E ==
; EAD - Enterprise Active Directory
: Active Directory is an implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use in Windows environments (also known as AD) stores information and settings relating to an organization in a central, organized, accessible database.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory Wikipedia Definition]

; EFD - Exploration Findings Document
: This document is used to identify possible solutions for a specific project.

;Elders Quorum : A quorum in the Church is a combination of a class, a fraternity of brethren, and a service organization. An elders quorum is a group of brethren in a ward consisting of up to 96 elders. After this number is reached, the quorum may be divided under direction of the stake president.

;Elders Quorum President : The elders quorum in a ward is presided over by an elders quorum president and two counselors.

;Endowment : Instruction received in the temple pertaining to the purposes and plans of the Lord in creating and peopling the earth and in exalting his children in the life to come.

;Equalized Contribution : Refers to the support from the General Missionary Fund that results in each missionary serving from a specific country contributing the same amount irrespective of where in the world they serve.

;ERC : Employment Resource Center

; ERS - [http://providentliving.org/content/list/0,11664,1962-1,00.html Employment Resource Services]

; EUP - End-User Productivity

== F ==
;Family History Center : A Family History Center is a branch facility of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains staff to help patrons identify their ancestors through the use of computer programs and microfilms and microfiche that may be ordered from the Family History Library.

;Fast Offering : Fast offerings are funds freely given monthly by members of the Church to help the needy. As a general guideline members fast for two meals and contribute the cash equivalent of the cost of the two meals to the Church. The use of fast offerings is at the discretion of the bishop under the direction of the stake president.

; FCH - Family and Church History Department

;FHC : Family History Center

; FHL - [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library]

;[[Financial Clerk]] : Person responsible for financial matters in the unit.

;FIS : Old DOS-based local unit financial software that is no longer used.

;FM Group : Facilities Management Group

; FWIW - For What It's Worth

== G ==
;General Handbook of Instructions : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;[[Geo code]] : A code used to group members into geographic areas, usually to analyze how a unit might be divided.

;GHI : General Handbook of Instructions. ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

; GIDS - Global Identity Services
: Project to create LDS Sign-in.

; GIS - Geographic Information System
: A geographic information system (GIS) is a system for capturing, storing, analyzing, and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gis Wikipedia Definition]

; GSC - [[Global Service Center]]
: The GSC helps with questions and problems related to computers, Distribution Services, and clerk and leader issues.

; GSD - Global Service Desk
: Former name for the Global Service Center (GSC).

== H ==
;Handbook : The policy manual for administering the Church, consisting of two volumes: ''Handbook 1: Bishops and Stake Presidents'' and ''[http://lds.org/handbook/handbook-2-administering-the-church Handbook 2: Administering the Church]''.

;High Priests Group : The stake president presides over the stake quorum of high priests, made up of all the high priests in the stake. The quorum is divided at the ward level into individual high priests groups.

;High Priests Group Leader : The high priest group in a ward is presided over by a high priest group leader and two assistants. Under the bishopric’s direction, the high priests group leader coordinates temple and family history work in the ward.

;[[Annual History|Historical Specialist]] : Clerk responsible for preparing the [[Annual_History|annual historical reports]].

;Home Teacher : Home teachers are priesthood brethren who are assigned families at the ward level to visit monthly, to help and to strengthen. They are assigned by priesthood leaders.

;Home Teaching : Home teaching is the responsibility of all Melchizedek Priesthood holders and of those who are teachers and priests in the Aaronic Priesthood. As part of their responsibility to watch over the members of the Church, home teachers visit their assigned families at least once each month to teach and strengthen them.

== I ==
; ICS - Information and Communications Systems Department

; IGI - International Genealogical Index
: A list of names of deceased persons for whom temple ordinances have been performed. The most current version is available on the [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] Web site.

; IMOS - Internet Mission Office System

;Inactive : A term not officially used in the Church any more. See '''Less Active'''.

;Inactivity

;[[Individual Ordinance Summary]] : A form that contains most of the information on a [[Membership Records|Membership Record]] that can appropriately be given to a member.

;Investigator

;[[Individual Ordinance Summary|IOS]] : Individual Ordinance Summary

; IP - Internet Protocol
: An Internet protocol is a unique address that devices use to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network utilizing the Internet protocol standard (IP).
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address Wikipedia Definition]

; IROP - Internal Record Of Purchase : A document used to record internal Church purchase transactions. The most common IROP transactions for Church units are those made at LDS Distribution Services online through the LDS Store, in person, or by telephone. Unit IROPs are transmitted electronically through MLS.

== J ==
; JSMB - [http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1872-1-1-1,00.html Joseph Smith Memorial Building]

== K ==
; KB - KnowledgeBase
: A database of articles that help employees resolve issues.

== L ==
;Less Active : Participating in Church on an irregular basis, which may vary from coming to a few things a year to never coming at all. Members who attend meetings less than once a month are considered less active.

;[[Priesthood Line of Authority|Line of Authority]] : The chain of ordinations for a priesthood holder showing who ordained him to his current office, who ordained the ordainer, and so on back to Jesus Christ.

;LUAAT : Local Unit Area Auditor Trainer

;[[Budget Allowance|LUBA]] : Local Unit Budget Allowance

;LURBS : Local Unit Receipting, Reporting, and Banking System - A back office system used by administrative offices for financial record-keeping outside of North America. It provides various reports for local units, including a [[Ward/Branch Monthly Financial Report|monthly financial report]].

;[[Administrative office#Local Unit Support|LUS]] : Local Unit Support Group - Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, provides support for priesthood leaders in Canada and the United States.

;[[LUWS]] - [http://www.lds.org/units/ Local Unit Web Site]
: Official Church Web sites that are accessible by members, at the branch, ward, and stake level that contains information about those units. Local unit Web sites contain information about specific units.

== M ==
;Member : A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a person eight years old or older who has been baptized and confirmed a member of the Church.

;Membership : The state of being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as evidenced by records kept at Church headquarters and in the local unit's MLS. Records are also created for children of members of the Church who are under eight years old; however, these children are not considered members until eight years old, when they are baptized and confirmed.

;[[Membership Clerk]] : Person responsible for maintaining membership records on the members of a unit.

;[[Membership Records|Membership Record]]

;MIS : Old DOS-based local unit membership software

;[[MLS]] - Member and Leader Services (membership and financial software)
: MLS software is for use by unit leaders, clerks, auxiliary and quorum leaders, and secretaries at both the ward and stake levels. MLS is designed to make Church record-keeping easier and more efficient.

;MRN : Membership Record Number

;[[Administrative office|MSR]] : Membership and Statistical Records Department - the Church department that is commonly known to clerks as the [[administrative office]].

== N ==
;[[NQI]] : Non-quality item - a financial transaction that is not complete after 2 months.

; NOB - North Office Building
: The building that is directly north of the Church Office Building and was previously called the Data Center.

== O ==
;Office : A position in the priesthood (such as priest, elder, and high priest) that has attached to it certain duties, responsibilities, and rights.

;Ordinance : A ceremony performed by the priesthood for a specific purpose. Examples are baptism/confirmation, ordination to the priesthood, and temple sealings. Some are saving ordinances and must be received by members in order to be saved, such as baptism/confirmation. Others may not necessarily be saving ordinances, such as a child blessing.

;Ordination : The bestowal of the priesthood and/or a priesthood office. For example, when a male member is ordained to the office of elder, he receives the Melchizedek Priesthood and is ordained to the office of elder within the Melchizedek Priesthood. Later in life, if he is ordained to the office of high priest, he does not receive the Melchizedek Priesthood again, but is ordained to the office of high priest within the Melchizedek Priesthood. Both examples are considered ordinations.

== P ==
; PAF - Personal Ancestral File
: A Church-produced computer software program that enables people to compile and organize their genealogy on their personal computers. PAF can help members identify ancestors and prepare their names for temple work.

;Patriarch : Patriarch is an office in the Melchizedek Priesthood, and not a calling. A patriarch is recommended by the stake president, sustained in stake conference or stake priesthood meeting, and ordained by the First Presidency or one of the Twelve Apostles or (with written permission from the Twelve) the stake president. Patriarchs give personal blessings to members of the stake (see Patriarchal Blessing).

;Patriarchal Blessing : A blessing given to a member by the patriarch of his or her stake. After the member obtains a recommendation from the bishop, he or she is given a blessing in which the patriarch may give the member's lineage, list weaknesses and strengths, pronounce advice from the Lord concerning the member's future, and any other direction or guidance.

; PC - Personal Computer

; PDD - Project Definition Document

;PEC : Priesthood Executive Committee

;PEF : Perpetual Education Fund

;Perpetual Education Fund

;Personal Priesthood Interview : ''Obsolete''. See Priesthood Interview

;Physical Facilities Representative : A local priesthood holder responsible for the physical status of a meetinghouse.

;PI : Priesthood Interview

; PIX
: Church-managed Cisco PIX firewall used primarily for FHC Internet connections.

;PLT : Priesthood Leadership Travel

;PPI : Personal Priesthood Interview. ''Obsolete''. See Priesthood Interview

;Presiding Bishop : A General Authority of the Church. The Presiding Bishop and his counselors serve under the direction of the First Presidency to administer the temporal affairs of the Church.

; PRF - Pedigree Resource File
: A file of lineage-linked data submitted by both members and nonmembers through the [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] Web site. The master index is available online and the entire file is available on CD. The Pedigree Resource File is the successor to the Ancestral File.

;Priesthood Executive Committee

;Priesthood Interview : A private stewardship meeting between a priesthood leader and a person who reports to him

== Q ==
;[[Quarterly Report]] : A report of member attendance and other key statistics submitted by wards to the stake and the Church each quarter

== R ==
;Recommend

;Record

;Record Keeping

;REFIS

;Relief Society : The women's organization of the Church, organized by Joseph Smith in 1842, dedicated to "the exercise of all benevolent purposes." The Relief Society provides Sunday gospel instruction, other Relief Society meetings, visiting teaching, and welfare and compassionate service opportunities.

;RS : Relief Society

; RSS - Really Simple Syndication
: RSS is a Web-feed format that is used to publish frequently updated digital content to consumers who use RSS aggregators to notify them of updates.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS Wikipedia Definition]

== S ==
; SAV - Symantec Anti-Virus : An anti-virus software formerly used on Church-owned computers, such as those used in stakes and wards. All computers should now have the Sophos anti-virus software.

; SDK - Software Development Kit
: SDK is typically a set of development tools that allows a software engineer to create applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, and more.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_kit Wikipedia Definition]

; SEO - Search Engine Optimization

; SERP - Search Engine Results Page

;Set Apart

;SFS : ''Obsolete''. See Consolidated Financial Statement.

; SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
: A protocol for exchanging XML-based messages over a computer network, normally using HTTP.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP Wikipedia Definition]

; Sophos Anti-Virus : An anti-virus software currently used on Church-owned computers, such as those used in stakes and wards.

; SORT
: An internal conference hosted by ICS for technical Church employees.

; SRD - Solutions Requirement Document
: The SRD is used to identify the business requirements and business case for a proposed technology project.

; SSH - Secure Shell
: SSH is a communication system that uses public-key cryptography to establish a secure connection between remote computers.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssh Wikipedia Definition]

;Stake

;[[Stake Clerk]] : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a stake.

;Stake President : The stake president presides over the stake and is assisted by two counselors. The stake president reports to and receives direction from the presidency of the Seventy or from the Area President.

;[[Stake Technology Specialist]] : Person responsible for the technology assets of the stake and each ward in the stake.

;[[Statistical Clerk]] : Person responsible for collecting and preparing the [[Quarterly Report]].

== T ==

;[[Desktop Management Software|TEM]] - Tivoli Endpoint Manager
: Replaced LANDesk as the official software CHQ uses to centrally manage and secure the global fleet of Church-owned computers. TEM will install and utilize the BES Client service.

;Temple

;Temple Ordinances

;Temple Recommend

;Temporal

;Tithing

;Tithing Settlement

== U ==
;Unit : A congregation or other function in the Church that is responsible for its budget. Wards, Stakes, Branches, Districts, Family History Centers, etc., are all examples of Units.

;Unit Financial Statement : the Unit Financial Statement has replaced the old Church Unit Financial Statement.

== V ==
;Visiting Teacher

;Visiting Teaching

; VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
: The technology that allows voice communication (such as telephone) over a network instead of through traditional phone lines. The Church has deployed VoIP in several locations indlucing BYU, the North Office Building, the Triad Center, and Ghana.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voip Wikipedia Definition]

; VPN - Virtual Private Network
: VPN is a private communications network often used within a company, or by several companies or organization, to communication confidentially over a publicly accessible network.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vpn Wikipedia Definition]

== W ==
;Ward

;Ward Budget

;[[Ward Clerk]] : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a ward.

;Ward Council

;Ward Welfare Committee

;Welfare

;Welfare Services

== Y ==
;Young Men

;Young Single Adults

;Young Women

[[Category:Help]]

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== A ==
;Active : Participating on a regular basis, such as attending meetings, observing the principles of the gospel, and accepting Church callings; Under current Church policy, those who attend meetings at least once a month.

; AD - Active Directory
: Active Directory is an implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use in Windows environments. AD (also known as EAD) stores information and settings relating to an organization in a central, organized, accessible database.

; AF - Ancestral File
: A database containing family history information contributed by members of the Church and others from 1979 to 1999. The file contains millions of names linked in family groups and pedigrees. Ancestral File data may be accessed on FamilySearch.org.

;Agent Bishop : The Bishop responsible for a meetinghouse when that building has multiple wards.

; AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
: AJAX is a Web development technique for creating interactive Web applications. It exchanges small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes, so that the entire Web page does not have to be reloaded each time the user makes a change.

; API - Application Programming Interface
: An application programming interface (API) is a source code interface that a computer library provides to support requests to be made of it by a computer program.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface Wikipedia Definition]

;Area : A geographical administrative region of many stakes and missions, usually including hundreds of thousands of members. Areas often cover many nations and are presided over by either a General Authority or an Area Authority Seventy.

;Area Presidency : A Presidency of general or regional leaders who preside over an area of the Church.

;Area President : A general or regional leader, a General Authority or Area Authority Seventy, who presides over an area of the Church.

; ASA
: Church-managed Cisco ASA 5505 firewall used for meetinghouse Internet connections.

; ASCII
: American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standard definition employing characters that can be read without conversion.

; ASE - Application Service Engineer

; ASP - Active Server Pages
: ASP is Microsoft's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated Web pages. Programming ASP Web sites is made easier by various built-in objects.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Server_Pages Wikipedia Definition]

;Auxiliary Organizations : Organizations in a ward that do not include the priesthood quorums. These organizations include the Relief Society, Primary, Young Women, Young Men, and Sunday School.

== B ==
; B2B - Business-to-Business
: Business-to-business (or B2B for short) is a marketing strategy that involves the transaction of goods or services between businesses (as opposed to relations between businesses and other groups, such as consumers or public administration).
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2B Wikipedia Definition]

; B2C - Business-to-Consumer
: B2C (also business-to-customer) describes activities of commercial organization serving the end consumer with products and services.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2C Wikipedia Definition]

; B2E - Business-to-Employee
: B2E uses an intrabusiness network that allows companies to provide products and services to their employees. Typically, companies use B2E networks to automate employee-related corporate business.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2E Wikipedia Definition]

;Baptism : The initiatory saving ordinance performed on those who have joined the Church or who have reached the age of eight, characterized by immersing the person completely in water. Baptisms therefore need to be recorded on Membership records.

; BEZ - Back End Zone
: All servers in the Provo Data Center have a "Front Door" and a "Back Door" interface. The "Back Door" interface is BEZ. BEZ is a flat network with all servers in the same IP subnet. Access to BEZ gives you access to all zones.

; BI - Business Intelligence
: BI is a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, providing access to, and anlyzing data for the purpose of helping enterprise users make better business decisions.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Intelligence Wikipedia Definition]

;Bishop : A priesthood leader responsible for the spiritual and temporal welfare of a ward. Bishops preside over most ward functions and activities, interview members of their wards for worthiness, call members of their ward to callings within the ward and oversee efforts to provide for ward members unable to provide for themselves.

;Block Schedule : A schedule of Sunday meetings that takes place in a three-hour period. The block schedule contains the sacrament meeting and Melchizedek Priesthood, Aaronic Priesthood, Relief Society, Young Women, Primary, and Sunday school meetings. See ''Handbook 2: Administering the Church'', section [http://lds.org/handbook/handbook-2-administering-the-church/meetings-in-the-church 18] for timing and sequence of meetings.

; Blog - Web Log
: A blog is a Web site where entries are made in journal style and displayed in reverse chronological order.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog Wikipedia Definition]

; BO - BusinessObjects
: Enterprise software that is used for business intelligence.

; Born in the Covenant (BIC) : A child who is born in the covenant does not have to be sealed to the parents. A child whose parents were sealed to one another in the temple before the child was born is BIC. A child born after the mother's sealing to her husband is canceled is not BIC. A child born after one of the parents is excommunicated is not BIC.

;Branch : The smallest organized unit of the Church. A congregation not large enough to be made into a ward, or not in an area with enough members to make a stake.

;Branch Clerk : A priesthood leader responsible for the administrative functions of a branch; generally managing the membership and financial records of a branch.

;Branch President : The priesthood holder called and set apart to lead a branch.

;Bulletin : (a k a Ward Bulletin or Sacrament Meeting Program) The printed listing of planned prayers, talks and other sacrament meeting elements passed out at the beginning of each Sacrament Meeting in most LDS congregations.

== C ==
;CAB : Church Administration Building

;Calling : An office or assignment in the Church; An invitation to accept an office or assignment in the Church.

; CCN - Church Communications Network
: The Church's global network.

;[[CDOL]] : Church Directory of Organizations and Leaders

; CES - Church Educational System : The '''Church Educational System (CES)''' serves as the umbrella for all education programs of the Church, including Church-owned universities and colleges, institutes of religion, and seminary programs worldwide.

;CFAR : ''Obsolete''. See CUBS.

;CHI : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;CHQ : Church Headquarters

;Church Handbook of Instructions : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;Clerk : A priesthood holder responsible for tracking financial and membership information and maintaining the associated records.

;Clerk's Office : The room in an LDS meetinghouse or stake center that is used by the Clerks. The room where a unit's financial and membership transactions are made and the associated records are kept.

;COB : Church Office Building

;Confirmation : An ordinance performed after baptism whereby a person becomes a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This ordinance is performed under the direction of the bishop. One or more Melchizedek Priesthood holders place their hands on the person’s head and confirm them as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and use the wording “Receive the Holy Ghost.” May also pronounce a blessing as inspired by the Holy Ghost. Confirmation for eight-year-old [[members of record]] is performed at the baptism. Confirmation for converts is performed at a sacrament meeting on a Sunday following the baptism.

;[[Consolidated Financial Statement]] : Monthly summary for the stake of all units' financial activity.

;Convert
: An individual nine years of age or older who is baptized and confirmed a member of the Church, or an eight-year-old whose parents are not members or are being baptized at the same time. Individuals under the age of eighteen must have the permission of both parents before being baptized.

; COTS - Commercial Off-the-Shelf
: COTS is a term for software or hardware products that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. They are often used as alternatives to in-house development projects.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_off-the-shelf Wikipedia Definition]

;Court : ''Obsolete''. See Disciplinary Council

; CRM - Customer Relationship Management
: CRM is a broad term that covers concepts used by companies to manage their relationships with customers, including the catpure, storage, and analysis of customer information.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_relationship_management Wikipedia Definition]

;CUBS - Church Unit Banking Services
: Introduced in 2010, a worldwide back office system used by administrative offices for financial record-keeping. Over time, all regions will transition from CFAR or LURBS to CUBS.

;CUFS : [[Church Unit Financial Statement]] (Bank Statement) This has been replaced by the Unit Financial Statement.

== D ==
;Disciplinary Council : A council of local leaders and other priesthood holders held to review the inappropriate behavior of a Church member and to decide on appropriate consequences. Councils may also be reconvened after a period of time to see if a member has repented sufficiently to be restored to full fellowship. See chapter 6 of ''Handbook 1: Stake Presidents and Bishops'' for details.

;District : A district is a smaller version of a stake, organized as the parent unit of branches instead of wards. A district may be organized when there are enough branches in an area to allow easy communication and convenient travel to district meetings. A district president presides over the district and reports to the mission presidency.

;District Clerk : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a district.

;District President : The district president presides over the district and is assisted by two counselors. The district president reports to and receives direction from the mission president.

; DIZ - Development Integration Zone

== E ==
; EAD - Enterprise Active Directory
: Active Directory is an implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use in Windows environments (also known as AD) stores information and settings relating to an organization in a central, organized, accessible database.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory Wikipedia Definition]

; EFD - Exploration Findings Document
: This document is used to identify possible solutions for a specific project.

;Elders Quorum : A quorum in the Church is a combination of a class, a fraternity of brethren, and a service organization. An elders quorum is a group of brethren in a ward consisting of up to 96 elders. After this number is reached, the quorum may be divided under direction of the stake president.

;Elders Quorum President : The elders quorum in a ward is presided over by an elders quorum president and two counselors.

;Endowment : Instruction received in the temple pertaining to the purposes and plans of the Lord in creating and peopling the earth and in exalting his children in the life to come.

;Equalized Contribution : Refers to the support from the General Missionary Fund that results in each missionary serving from a specific country contributing the same amount irrespective of where in the world they serve.

;ERC : Employment Resource Center

; ERS - [http://providentliving.org/content/list/0,11664,1962-1,00.html Employment Resource Services]

; EUP - End-User Productivity

== F ==
;Family History Center : A Family History Center is a branch facility of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains staff to help patrons identify their ancestors through the use of computer programs and microfilms and microfiche that may be ordered from the Family History Library.

;Fast Offering : Fast offerings are funds freely given monthly by members of the Church to help the needy. As a general guideline members fast for two meals and contribute the cash equivalent of the cost of the two meals to the Church. The use of fast offerings is at the discretion of the bishop under the direction of the stake president.

; FCH - Family and Church History Department

;FHC : Family History Center

; FHL - [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library]

;[[Financial Clerk]] : Person responsible for financial matters in the unit.

;FIS : Old DOS-based local unit financial software that is no longer used.

;FM Group : Facilities Management Group

; FWIW - For What It's Worth

== G ==
;General Handbook of Instructions : ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

;[[Geo code]] : A code used to group members into geographic areas, usually to analyze how a unit might be divided.

;GHI : General Handbook of Instructions. ''Obsolete''. See Handbook.

; GIDS - Global Identity Services
: Project to create LDS Sign-in.

; GIS - Geographic Information System
: A geographic information system (GIS) is a system for capturing, storing, analyzing, and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gis Wikipedia Definition]

; GSC - [[Global Service Center]]
: The GSC helps with questions and problems related to computers, Distribution Services, and clerk and leader issues.

; GSD - Global Service Desk
: Former name for the Global Service Center (GSC).

== H ==
;Handbook : The policy manual for administering the Church, consisting of two volumes: ''Handbook 1: Bishops and Stake Presidents'' and ''[http://lds.org/handbook/handbook-2-administering-the-church Handbook 2: Administering the Church]''.

;High Priests Group : The stake president presides over the stake quorum of high priests, made up of all the high priests in the stake. The quorum is divided at the ward level into individual high priests groups.

;High Priests Group Leader : The high priest group in a ward is presided over by a high priest group leader and two assistants. Under the bishopric’s direction, the high priests group leader coordinates temple and family history work in the ward.

;[[Annual History|Historical Specialist]] : Clerk responsible for preparing the [[Annual_History|annual historical reports]].

;Home Teacher : Home teachers are priesthood brethren who are assigned families at the ward level to visit monthly, to help and to strengthen. They are assigned by priesthood leaders.

;Home Teaching : Home teaching is the responsibility of all Melchizedek Priesthood holders and of those who are teachers and priests in the Aaronic Priesthood. As part of their responsibility to watch over the members of the Church, home teachers visit their assigned families at least once each month to teach and strengthen them.

== I ==
; ICS - Information and Communications Systems Department

; IGI - International Genealogical Index
: A list of names of deceased persons for whom temple ordinances have been performed. The most current version is available on the [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] Web site.

; IMOS - Internet Mission Office System

;Inactive : A term not officially used in the Church any more. See '''Less Active'''.

;Inactivity

;[[Individual Ordinance Summary]] : A form that contains most of the information on a [[Membership Records|Membership Record]] that can appropriately be given to a member.

;Investigator

;[[Individual Ordinance Summary|IOS]] : Individual Ordinance Summary

; IP - Internet Protocol
: An Internet protocol is a unique address that devices use to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network utilizing the Internet protocol standard (IP).
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address Wikipedia Definition]

; IROP - Internal Record Of Purchase : A document used to record internal Church purchase transactions. The most common IROP transactions for Church units are those made at LDS Distribution Services online through the LDS Store, in person, or by telephone. Unit IROPs are transmitted electronically through MLS.

== J ==
; JSMB - [http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1872-1-1-1,00.html Joseph Smith Memorial Building]

== K ==
; KB - KnowledgeBase
: A database of articles that help employees resolve issues.

== L ==
;Less Active : Participating in Church on an irregular basis, which may vary from coming to a few things a year to never coming at all. Members who attend meetings less than once a month are considered less active.

;[[Priesthood Line of Authority|Line of Authority]] : The chain of ordinations for a priesthood holder showing who ordained him to his current office, who ordained the ordainer, and so on back to Jesus Christ.

;LUAAT : Local Unit Area Auditor Trainer

;[[Budget Allowance|LUBA]] : Local Unit Budget Allowance

;LURBS : Local Unit Receipting, Reporting, and Banking System - A back office system used by administrative offices for financial record-keeping outside of North America. It provides various reports for local units, including a [[Ward/Branch Monthly Financial Report|monthly financial report]].

;[[Administrative office#Local Unit Support|LUS]] : Local Unit Support Group - Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, provides support for priesthood leaders in Canada and the United States.

;[[LUWS]] - [http://www.lds.org/units/ Local Unit Web Site]
: Official Church Web sites that are accessible by members, at the branch, ward, and stake level that contains information about those units. Local unit Web sites contain information about specific units.

== M ==
;Member : A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a person eight years old or older who has been baptized and confirmed a member of the Church.

;Membership : The state of being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as evidenced by records kept at Church headquarters and in the local unit's MLS. Records are also created for children of members of the Church who are under eight years old; however, these children are not considered members until eight years old, when they are baptized and confirmed.

;[[Membership Clerk]] : Person responsible for maintaining membership records on the members of a unit.

;[[Membership Records|Membership Record]]

;MIS : Old DOS-based local unit membership software

;[[MLS]] - Member and Leader Services (membership and financial software)
: MLS software is for use by unit leaders, clerks, auxiliary and quorum leaders, and secretaries at both the ward and stake levels. MLS is designed to make Church record-keeping easier and more efficient.

;MRN : Membership Record Number

;[[Administrative office|MSR]] : Membership and Statistical Records Department - the Church department that is commonly known to clerks as the [[administrative office]].

== N ==
;[[NQI]] : Non-quality item - a financial transaction that is not complete after 2 months.

; NOB - North Office Building
: The building that is directly north of the Church Office Building and was previously called the Data Center.

== O ==
;Office : A position in the priesthood (such as priest, elder, and high priest) that has attached to it certain duties, responsibilities, and rights.

;Ordinance : A ceremony performed by the priesthood for a specific purpose. Examples are baptism/confirmation, ordination to the priesthood, and temple sealings. Some are saving ordinances and must be received by members in order to be saved, such as baptism/confirmation. Others may not necessarily be saving ordinances, such as a child blessing.

;Ordination : The bestowal of the priesthood and/or a priesthood office. For example, when a male member is ordained to the office of elder, he receives the Melchizedek Priesthood and is ordained to the office of elder within the Melchizedek Priesthood. Later in life, if he is ordained to the office of high priest, he does not receive the Melchizedek Priesthood again, but is ordained to the office of high priest within the Melchizedek Priesthood. Both examples are considered ordinations.

== P ==
; PAF - Personal Ancestral File
: A Church-produced computer software program that enables people to compile and organize their genealogy on their personal computers. PAF can help members identify ancestors and prepare their names for temple work.

;Patriarch : Patriarch is an office in the Melchizedek Priesthood, and not a calling. A patriarch is recommended by the stake president, sustained in stake conference or stake priesthood meeting, and ordained by the First Presidency or one of the Twelve Apostles or (with written permission from the Twelve) the stake president. Patriarchs give personal blessings to members of the stake (see Patriarchal Blessing).

;Patriarchal Blessing : A blessing given to a member by the patriarch of his or her stake. After the member obtains a recommendation from the bishop, he or she is given a blessing in which the patriarch may give the member's lineage, list weaknesses and strengths, pronounce advice from the Lord concerning the member's future, and any other direction or guidance.

; PC - Personal Computer

; PDD - Project Definition Document

;PEC : Priesthood Executive Committee

;PEF : Perpetual Education Fund

;Perpetual Education Fund

;Personal Priesthood Interview : ''Obsolete''. See Priesthood Interview

;Physical Facilities Representative : A local priesthood holder responsible for the physical status of a meetinghouse.

;PI : Priesthood Interview

; PIX
: Church-managed Cisco PIX firewall used primarily for FHC Internet connections.

;PLT : Priesthood Leadership Travel

;PPI : Personal Priesthood Interview. ''Obsolete''. See Priesthood Interview

;Presiding Bishop : A General Authority of the Church. The Presiding Bishop and his counselors serve under the direction of the First Presidency to administer the temporal affairs of the Church.

; PRF - Pedigree Resource File
: A file of lineage-linked data submitted by both members and nonmembers through the [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] Web site. The master index is available online and the entire file is available on CD. The Pedigree Resource File is the successor to the Ancestral File.

;Priesthood Executive Committee

;Priesthood Interview : A private stewardship meeting between a priesthood leader and a person who reports to him

== Q ==
;[[Quarterly Report]] : A report of member attendance and other key statistics submitted by wards to the stake and the Church each quarter

== R ==
;Recommend

;Record

;Record Keeping

;REFIS

;Relief Society : The women's organization of the Church, organized by Joseph Smith in 1842, dedicated to "the exercise of all benevolent purposes." The Relief Society provides Sunday gospel instruction, other Relief Society meetings, visiting teaching, and welfare and compassionate service opportunities.

;RS : Relief Society

; RSS - Really Simple Syndication
: RSS is a Web-feed format that is used to publish frequently updated digital content to consumers who use RSS aggregators to notify them of updates.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS Wikipedia Definition]

== S ==
; SAV - Symantec Anti-Virus : An anti-virus software formerly used on Church-owned computers, such as those used in stakes and wards. All computers should now have the Sophos anti-virus software.

; SDK - Software Development Kit
: SDK is typically a set of development tools that allows a software engineer to create applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, and more.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_kit Wikipedia Definition]

; SEO - Search Engine Optimization

; SERP - Search Engine Results Page

;Set Apart

;SFS : ''Obsolete''. See Consolidated Financial Statement.

; SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
: A protocol for exchanging XML-based messages over a computer network, normally using HTTP.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP Wikipedia Definition]

; Sophos Anti-Virus : An anti-virus software currently used on Church-owned computers, such as those used in stakes and wards.

; SORT
: An internal conference hosted by ICS for technical Church employees.

; SRD - Solutions Requirement Document
: The SRD is used to identify the business requirements and business case for a proposed technology project.

; SSH - Secure Shell
: SSH is a communication system that uses public-key cryptography to establish a secure connection between remote computers.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssh Wikipedia Definition]

;Stake

;[[Stake Clerk]] : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a stake.

;Stake President : The stake president presides over the stake and is assisted by two counselors. The stake president reports to and receives direction from the presidency of the Seventy or from the Area President.

;[[Stake Technology Specialist]] : Person responsible for the technology assets of the stake and each ward in the stake.

;[[Statistical Clerk]] : Person responsible for collecting and preparing the [[Quarterly Report]].

== T ==

;[[Desktop Management Software|TEM]] - Tivoli Endpoint Manager
: Replaced LANDesk as the official software CHQ uses to centrally manage and secure the global fleet of Church-owned computers. TEM will install and utilize the BES Client service.

;Temple

;Temple Ordinances

;Temple Recommend

;Temporal

;Tithing

;Tithing Settlement

== U ==
;Unit : A congregation or other function in the Church that is responsible for its budget. Wards, Stakes, Branches, Districts, Family History Centers, etc., are all examples of Units.

;Unit Financial Statement : the Unit Financial Statement has replaced the old Church Unit Financial Statement.

== V ==
;Visiting Teacher

;Visiting Teaching

; VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
: The technology that allows voice communication (such as telephone) over a network instead of through traditional phone lines. The Church has deployed VoIP in several locations indlucing BYU, the North Office Building, the Triad Center, and Ghana.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voip Wikipedia Definition]

; VPN - Virtual Private Network
: VPN is a private communications network often used within a company, or by several companies or organization, to communication confidentially over a publicly accessible network.
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vpn Wikipedia Definition]

== W ==
;Ward

;Ward Budget

;[[Ward Clerk]] : Person responsible for all clerical activities in a ward.

;Ward Council

;Ward Welfare Committee

;Welfare

;Welfare Services

== Y ==
;Young Men

;Young Single Adults

;Young Women

[[Category:Help]]

TechWiki:Community portal

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The '''Community Portal''' is the central place to find out what's happening on the [[Main_Page | LDSTech Wiki]] (see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal Community Portal] on [[Wikipedia:Main_Page|Wikipedia]] for a model). Learn what tasks need to be done, or get or post news about recent events or current activities. If you think something should be done, add it to the lists here, even if you don't have the time or expertise to create the content yourself.

=== News ===
I'd like to start reviewing the content on the wiki to make sure it's up to date. There are about 1,000 pages on this wiki. One problem is that there's no ownership of the content, so people can create a page, then leave it alone while it becomes outdated, irrelevant, and full of errors. Meanwhile, the page's original creator has moved on to different roles and projects.

My approach may seem somewhat manual, but I'd like to start somewhere. Maybe this strategy will work:
# Approach each portal categorization first.
# Create a spreadsheet of each page in the portal.
# E-mail likely page owners asking them if the content is up to date.
# If the page owner is unknown, add a review tag on the page requesting a review.
# If the review is ignored, add a delete tag on the page.
# After one week, delete the page.
--[[User:Johnsonth|Tom Johnson]] 21:19, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

=== Tasks ===
Here are some tasks you can do:

* '''Request''': If you have an idea for a helpful article or wiki feature, but don't have time or ability or inclination to create it, record the idea in [[LDSTech:New wiki content requests|new wiki content requests]].
* '''Wikify''': Follow the [[LDSTech:Guidelines|guidelines]] to make articles use links, headings, sources, templates, and categories in a standard way.
* '''Annotate''': Use templates to flag articles that need attention if you are unable to make the necessary changes.
** {{tl|Stub}} flags articles or sections that are incomplete and need to be expanded
** {{tl|Draft}} flags articles that are in a Draft stage and not approved as authoritative yet
** {{tl|Edit}} flags articles or sections that need to be rewritten
** {{tl|ToDo}} flags articles or sections that have tasks that need to be accomplished
** {{tl|Need Input}} flags articles or sections that are in need of input
** {{tl|Unresolved}} flags Talk Page discussions that are currently unresolved
** {{tl|Resolved}} flags Talk Page discussions that have been resolved
** {{tl|Under construction}} flags pages (for a brief time) pages that are undergoing major construction
* '''Create''': If there is a topic you think needs to be addressed, create a new article. If your page is related to a project, please follow the [[Development Project Guidelines]]. Also, a red link anywhere on this wiki indicates that someone thought an article ''should'' exist, but they didn't have the time or expertise to write it themselves. If you can, get that topic started by writing the first draft yourself. You can see the entire list of such articles at [[Special:Wantedpages]]; also see [[LDSTech:New wiki content requests|New wiki content requests]] for additional desired articles.
* '''Expand''': Some articles may be incomplete stubs which should be improved by fleshing out the content. You can see the entire list of such articles at [[:Category:Stubs]].
* '''Resource''': Add attachments or links to sample documents, spreadsheets, or templates that will add breadth and depth to the articles.
* '''Copyedit''': Fix grammar, punctuation, style to be more accurate, and in accordance with the [[LDSTech:Manual of Style|LDSTech Style Guide]].
* '''Source''': Although opinions and personal ideas can be helpful, statements purported to be official Church policy will be more effective if backed up from [[official sources]].
* '''See also''': Adding "See also" sections to the end of articles can improve navigation
* '''Add missing standard pages''': Several pages have standard links in the user interface of the wiki, but have not been written yet. These include:
** '''[[LDSTech:Copyrights]]''': Write/Edit this page, which is linked to from the Editing page that appears whenever you edit a page; this should briefly explain Public Domain, Fair Use, and improper use of copyrighted materials.
** '''[[Help:Editing]]''': Write/Edit this page, which is linked to from the Editing page that appears whenever you edit a page; this should give help with the actual editing process, and link to the [[Guidelines]] page and other helpful existing pages. Currently this simply redirects to [[Help:Contents]].
* '''User page''': Add your own [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:User_page user page] to give people some idea of your background and experience. A user page also gives you a place to create your own sandbox using [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Subpages subpages].

=== Needs attention or action ===
For a list of pages needing discussion, input, or specific actions, review the following category pages:

:[[:Category:Need Input]]
:[[:Category:Help Needed]]
:[[:Category:ToDo]]
:[[:Category:Unresolved]]

=== Cleanup ===
For a list of pages needing cleanup, review the following category pages:

:[[:Category:Stubs]]
:[[:Category:Pages to be edited]]
:[[:Category:Drafts]]

== Guidelines, help, and resources ==
=== Guidelines ===
* Consult the [[LDSTech:Guidelines|Guidelines]] page so that the content you create can be consistent across the wiki.

=== Help ===
[[Help:Contents]]: Flesh out this page which is linked to from the main navigation panel displayed to the left of every page, as well as from the Search Results page.

[[Category:LDSTech Administration|Community Portal]]

TechWiki:New wiki content requests

2012-03-18T13:09:33Z

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Anyone can add to this page any '''requests for new content''' on the LDSTech wiki. This wiki is always a work in progress. Sometimes contributors will notice that something is missing, or think of a new topic that would be very helpful. This page provides a place to quickly capture those ideas, especially when the person with the idea can't make the changes personally for any reason.

People who have time and expertise to contribute content are welcome to come here and help fulfill some of these requests. Once a topic has been added to the wiki, it should be removed from this page.

Feel free to discuss the merits of any of these suggestions on the [[LDSTech_talk:New Content Requests|discussion page]].

== New clerk content ==
Add bullet points below regarding new topics that should be added to the wiki.

* [[Language]] issues in MLS: [[Changing the Language Setting in MLS]] explains how to run MLS in a different language, but we should also explain how to print forms and certificates in a different language (without changing the MLS language). This could go in that same article (but broaden the title), or in a separate article. There may also be some language-specific issues related to MLS Exports (see {{LDSTech|post=35775}}).
* [[Local Unit Website]]: Break this article into a user-oriented page and an administrator page. The administration page could then spawn additional detailed articles. For example, resource scheduling could be its own topic, as well as [http://tech.lds.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3105 How to get members to use LUWS].
* [[Stake President]] and [[Bishop]] currently redirect to [[Leaders' responsibilities for record keeping]]. But there have been discussions on LDSTech forums such as [http://tech.lds.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1244 New Stake Presidency] about what clerks need to do, especially in the technology realm, to help get new stake presidencies and bishops acquainted with Church systems and get the proper access. This would apply to new clerks as well. It would be helpful to capture this "getting started" information.
* [[Executive secretary]] article contains only a brief outline of responsibilities. There is a surprising dearth of training information for executive secretaries. It would be nice to flesh out some information that would be much more helpful to new executive secretaries. One particular item would be explaining the MLS Action and Interview List.
* [[Members without callings]]: This MLS report has several options, and how to use it is not clear to all clerks. See {{LDSTech|thread=3690|title=Members Without Callings List}}.
* [[Agent ward expenses]]: Document how financial clerks might account for expenses when wards share a building.

== New projects ==
* [[Subversion]] article could gather the information on SVN scattered throughout the [[:Category:Projects]] pages. Then it would be a simple link in each project page that tells how to check out source code so we wouldn't have to repeat that info. It could combine or reference the following:
*# Little note in [[Mobile_Scriptures_Windows_Mobile#How to check out and build the project]]
*# [[Checking_Out_a_LDS_Java_Stack_Project_with_Eclipse#Install_the_Subclipse_plugin]]
*# [[Subversion_Change_to_Dev]]
* [[Jira]] article would be similar to the [[Subversion]] article in that it would explain what Jira is (with link to the Atlassian site), how to get authorization, distinction between internal Jira and external. Then project pages wouldn't have to duplicate that information -- they could just link to the [[Jira]] article and provide the specific URL.

== New wiki features ==
Add bullet points below regarding changes to the structure of the wiki, or guidelines or procedures, such as templates or categories.

* Add template for references to the Church Handbook of Instructions (CHI)
* Add [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:InterWiki InterWiki] [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:InterWikimedia_links|linking]] between https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/ using something like: <code><nowiki>[[FamilySearch:]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[FS:]]</nowiki></code>.

== Other ==
Add bullet points below for any other suggestions that do not fit the above topics.

[[Category:LDSTech Administration|New Content Requests]]

Community Project Handbook

2012-03-18T12:56:42Z

Jcarroll: Formatting only: Added emphasis to key points

{{communityprojecthandbook}}
The Community Project Handbook provides guidance to project leaders, volunteers, and other community members engaged in the LDSTech community effort. This handbook compiles an ongoing set of principles and best practices intended to demystify, improve, and advance community projects. Because this is a wiki, you can add your own tips and experiences to this ongoing, growing handbook.

At the heart of the handbook are two main sections: one for project managers, and one for volunteers. You'll notice that the instruction for project managers appears before the instruction for volunteers. There's a purpose behind this arrangement. The number one reason community projects fail is not due to lack of volunteer resources or talent. A project's failure or success depends on ''how the project manager guides the project and volunteer efforts''.

To be successful, '''project managers need to understand the dynamics of managing remotely located, part-time volunteers with varying interests, backgrounds, and schedules.''' As such, the rules for managing community projects differ significantly from managing internal projects with on-site, paid employees. Hence the justification for this guide.

Likewise, volunteers also need to understand the dynamics of community projects. Too many projects stagnate with volunteers who join and wait to be engaged. While project managers should reach out and welcome new volunteers, recognize that the more hand-holding and guidance you need, the more management overhead your participation requires.

At some point, if the management overhead is too high, project managers begin to question the value of the community effort. Therefore '''it is critical that volunteers be proactive, self-guiding, and willing to step up even when not specifically directed to do so.''' Most projects should have ample information on their wiki pages and a list of items to tackle in JIRA. Don't wait for an invitation -- jump in and act.

We recognize that not all projects are run the same way, of course. Some projects may not rely on many of these principles. Others, such as testing projects, which have hundreds of volunteers, will not find it practical to reach out and individually welcome new volunteers.

Even so, these principles and guidelines apply generally and will help you be successful with your community endeavors. As you learn how to better manage your projects, please share what works for you so that others -- both project managers and volunteers -- can benefit.

Main Page

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==Welcome to the LDSTech Wiki==
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<div style="font-size: 1.15em;">The purpose of this wiki is for the Church and community members to collaborate on various documents and technology projects sponsored by the Church. We invite all to participate. '''New users''', please review the [[Community Project Handbook]] for information on getting started, and the [[LDSTech:Guidelines|Wiki guidelines]] for information on editing the wiki.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.15em;">'''[[Clerks | Clerks]]'''</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.15em;">'''[[LDS.org applications| LDS.org applications]]'''</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.15em;">'''[[Meetinghouse_technology | Meetinghouse Technology]]'''</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.15em;">'''[[Family_Safety | Internet and Family Safety]]'''</span><br />
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Tech Projects

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==LDSTech Information and Guidelines==
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<div style="font-size: 1.15em;">The purpose of this wiki is for the Church and community members to collaborate on various documents and technology projects sponsored by the Church. We invite all to participate. </div>
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=== Project Wiki Menu ===
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=====General Volunteer Guidelines=====
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* [https://tech.lds.org/index.php/projects?controller=projects&view=projects&task=display Current Project List]
* [[LDSTech broadcasts]]
*[[Community_Project_Handbook|Community Project Handbook]]
*[[Starting_and_running_an_LDSTech_chapter|Starting and running an LDSTech chapter]]
*[[Best practices for increasing volunteer productivity]]
*[[Successfully Running a LDSTech Project]]
* [https://tech.lds.org/jira JIRA]
* [[LDSTech:Guidelines|Wiki Guidelines]]

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=====Developer Resources=====
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* [[Getting started with the LDSTech IDE (Java WebApp platform)]]
* [[LDS Java Stack|LDS Java Stack Documentation]]
* [[Using code libraries in your projects]]
* [[Community Services]]
* [[Community Services List of Services]]
* [[Third-party API for gospel content]]

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=====Other Development Guidelines=====
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* [[Community UI Development]]
* [[Community Database| Database Development]]
* [[Community Quality Assurance| Quality Assurance]]
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=====Security Guidelines=====
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* [[Community Security Engineer| Security Engineering]]
* [[Church Application Security Requirements]]
* [[Church Security Risk Assessment Process]]
* [[Community Development Security Essentials]]
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=====General Information=====
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*[[History of LDSTech]]
*[http://www.youtube.com/ldstech LDSTech Youtube Channel]
*[https://tech.lds.org/index.php/community-guidelines/190-individual-contributors-license-agreement Individual Contributor's License Agreement]
* [https://tech.lds.org/index.php/ask-a-question Ask a Question]
* [[IRC|IRC (Internet Relay Chat)]]
* [[LDS Account]]
* [[LDSTech Project FAQs]]
*[[Requirements for participation]]
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ChurchofJesusChrist.org apps

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==LDS.org applications==
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<div style="font-size: 1.15em;">This page lists help material for LDS.org applications, tools, and resources. '''New users''', please review the [[Requirements for Participation]] and [[Guidelines|Wiki Guidelines]] pages.</div>
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=====Tools=====
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* [[Calendar]]
* [[Directory]]
* [[LDS_Maps_help/en|Maps]]
* [[My Study Notebook]]
* [[Newsletter]]
* [[Lesson Schedules]]
* [[My Study Notebook]]
* [[Leader Resources and Clerk Resources]]
* [[LDS.org Tools menu]]
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=====Other=====
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* [[LDS.org getting started guides]]
* [[LDS.org Search]]
* [[Leadership Training Library]]
* [[LDS.org scriptures]]
* [[LDS Account]]

* [[Local unit application beta testing]]

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Talk:Data privacy settings in Directory

2012-03-18T12:40:49Z

Jcarroll: Suggestion: Icons to represent each degree of privacy

== Suggestion: Icons to represent each degree of privacy ==

The new privacy settings are welcome and a good improvement to the directory. I recommend that we use some simple, grayscale icons similar to those below to represent the three levels of privacy:
# [[File:Icon-priesthood-leader.PNG|16px]] Leaders only
# [[File:Icon-home.PNG|16px]] Ward
# [[File:Icon-meeting-house.PNG|16px]] Stake
Rolling over the icon would give a text tip explaining the meaning. This suggestion is patterned after the icons used on Facebook and Google+: a beach ball for publicly visible, a padlock for "only me", etc.

The icons above were taken from the LDS Maps application:
[[File:Suggested_Icons_for_lds.org_Directory_privacy_setting-cropped.PNG]]

File:Icon-meeting-house.PNG

2012-03-18T12:34:55Z

Jcarroll: Icon of meeting house. Taken from LDS Maps application.

Icon of meeting house. Taken from LDS Maps application.

File:Icon-home.PNG

2012-03-18T12:34:42Z

Jcarroll: Icon of home. Taken from LDS Maps application.

Icon of home. Taken from LDS Maps application.

File:Icon-priesthood-leader.PNG

2012-03-18T12:34:22Z

Jcarroll: Icon of priesthood leader. Taken from LDS Maps application.

Icon of priesthood leader. Taken from LDS Maps application.

File:Suggested Icons for lds.org Directory privacy setting-cropped.PNG

2012-03-18T12:21:40Z

Jcarroll: Five existing icons from LDS Maps application. I recommend that these icons, or similar icons, be used to represent the three privacy levels of the LDS Directory 2.0 application.

Five existing icons from LDS Maps application. I recommend that these icons, or similar icons, be used to represent the three privacy levels of the LDS Directory 2.0 application.

Tech Broadcasts

2012-02-12T13:06:12Z

Jcarroll: /* When do I show up? */

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We will have an LDSTech Broadcast on the first Friday of each month (except in April). The annual [[LDSTech Conference]] is also broadcast (typically the week before April general conference). The locations are listed below, but anyone can join remote.



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== When do I show up? ==

You can show up at 12pm to watch the Broadcast. Dress code for on-site participants at the Riverton Office Building (ROB) is business casual to casual.

== Where are we broadcasting from? ==
In the Zion Room at the ROB (Riverton Office Building). You are welcome to join us live. It is located at 3740 West Market Centre Drive, Riverton, Utah 84065. You can [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=3740+west+market+center+drive&cp=0&qe=Mzc0MCB3&qesig=vQt4vNoIngfE9W5VTvtXXQ&pkc=AFgZ2tmwGiZnPMTPAIey56vk_z_c9Ytejibup3Pi6KpD_qi1nkTXFp9pcwyVhp6RtNd5ITnMZBitqFmNQ_ERJBbsos0cfj_ZNA&nord=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&ion=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=3740+S+Market+Centre+Dr,+Riverton,+UT+84065&gl=us&ei=cZ7BTcb8K4bk0QGDs6C4Cg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBYQ8gEwAA see a map here.] The [http://www.rideuta.com/ridinguta/routes/routefinder.aspx?r=f518 F518 bus] runs to this location, or you may provide your own transportation to and from the building. All Service Day activities will be held on the first floor, with signs to guide you. We are toying with the idea of broadcasting from other LDSTech Chapter Locations, but for now we are only doing it from the ROB.

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== 2011-12 LDSTech monthly broadcast calendar ==

We will have a 1 hour broadcast that will cover both projects and introduce products and technologies to the community. [[Media:LDSTech_Broadcast.ics|Add this event to your calendar]].
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{|class="ldstechtable sortable"
!Date
!Time
!Stream
!Presenter
|-
| 2012-12-07
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 2012-11-02
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 2012-10-05
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 2012-09-07
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 2012-08-03
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 2012-07-06
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 2012-06-01
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 2012-05-04
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 2012-03-29
| Evening 28, All-Day 29-30
| TBD
| Annual [[LDSTech Conference]]
|-
|2012-03-02
|12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
|TBD
|Meetinghouse Internet Upgrade
|-
| {{NextEvent|2012-02-03}}
| {{NextEvent|12:00pm - 1:00pm MST}}
| [https://lds.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_885FrlGiQLZUieo Watch it now]<br>
| Adding MLS Functionality to LDS.org
|-
| 2012-01-06
| 9:00am - 10:00am MST
| [http://tech.lds.org/pics/misc/LDSTech_6JAN2011.mp4 Watch it now]
| Stephan Heilner - iOS Developer, Bible Videos / iPad
|-
| 2011-12-02
| 9:00am - 10:00am MST
| [http://broadcast.lds.org/ics/techtalk/2011-12-02.html Watch it now]
| Mike Jones - Android Developer, LDS Gospel Library
|-
| 2011-11-04
| 9:00am - 9:00pm MST
| [http://tech.lds.org/pics/misc/November2011TechDayConference.mpg Watch it now]
| Lee Gibbons - Director lds.org, http://lds.org
|-
| 2011-10-07
| 9:00am - 9:00pm MST
| [http://tech.lds.org/pics/misc/October2011TechDayConference.mp4 Watch it now]
| Hal Rushton - Blackberry & Feature Phone Developer, Gospel Library
|-
| 2011-09-02
| 9:00am - 9:00pm MST
| [https://tech.lds.org/pics/misc/2Sep11_201108.mp4 Watch it now]
| Steve Knudsen - Manager Field Relationships, http://camping.lds.org
|-
| 2011-08-05
| 9:00am - 9:00pm MST
| [https://tech.lds.org/pics/misc/5Aug11_201108-201108.mp4 Watch it now]
| Kathryn Grant - Developer, Bishops Storehouse
|-
| 2011-07-01
| 9:00am - 9:00pm MST
| [https://tech.lds.org/pics/misc/1July11_201107-201107.avi Watch it now]
| Tim Riker - LDSTech Guru, Bishop's Storehouse
|-
| 2011-06-03
| 9:00am - 9:00pm MST
| [https://tech.lds.org/pics/misc/3June11_201106-201106.asf Watch it now]
| Howard Olson, Engineer, GreenHopper for Jira (Agile Project Management)
|-
| 2011-05-06
| 9:00am - 9:00pm MST
| [https://tech.lds.org/pics/misc/6May11_201105-201105.asf Watch it now]
| Tom Welch - John R. Moyle Award Recipient
|-
| 2011-03-31
| All day Mar 31 - Apr 1
| no stream
| [[LDSTech 2011]]
|}

Note: On a PC, the stream will play through Windows Media Player. If you're using a Mac to view the stream, make sure you use Quicktime with the Flip4Mac plugin installed. If you experience audio issues, make sure your volume is turned up. If you are still having trouble connecting, you may want to join us on [[IRC]] or email [[User:TimRiker]]

[[Category:LDSTech Service Days]]

Talk:Clerks

2011-10-13T02:22:47Z

Jcarroll: /* Formatting / Layout */

Hola, buenas noches...

por favor indicar si la pagina LDSTECH se edita en español
para seguir la capacitación,

Gracias.

Jorge Bolaños N.

== Formatting / Layout ==

Any way to reduce the vertical whitespace of the table? We have a 1024x768 monitor, and much of the table content is "below the fold"--too low when the page first loads, even when I use "full screen" in the browser. I also decreased the font size in my browser; the best I could get was the top of "Membership" section to show up, but none of the links within the membership section. I looked at the source and tried to look for margin-bottom or padding-bottom CSS rules, and I didn't see any. Please advise. Thanks! --[[User:Jcarroll|Jcarroll]] 02:20, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Clerks

2011-10-13T02:20:25Z

Jcarroll: /* Formatting / Layout */ new section

Hola, buenas noches...

por favor indicar si la pagina LDSTECH se edita en español
para seguir la capacitación,

Gracias.

Jorge Bolaños N.

== Formatting / Layout ==

Any way to reduce the vertical whitespace of the table? We have a 1024x768 monitor, and much of the table content is "below the fold"--too low when the page first loads, even when I use "full screen" in the browser. I looked at the source and tried to look for margin-bottom or padding-bottom CSS rules, and I didn't see any. Please advise. Thanks! --[[User:Jcarroll|Jcarroll]] 02:20, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Local Unit Messaging

2011-06-16T01:58:58Z

Jcarroll: /* Access Table for Messaging? */ new section

== Email addresses ==
* The email addresses for ward leadership groups are pretty long? I wonder if we can shorten them (e.g. eqp@domain.org for the elders quorum). --[[User:Kimsiever|Kimsiever]] 15:36, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
* Could addresses for youth groups be considered as well? priests(1,2...)@domain.org, teachers(1,2...)@domain.org, deacons(1,2...)@domain.org, laurels@, miamaids@, beehives@. Maybe another phase could allow Church-based Scouting units. troop@, scoutmaster@, scoutingcommittee@ --[[User:Greenwoodkl|Greenwoodkl]] 00:01, 29 Jun 2009 (MDT) (GMT -06:00)
* Just a suggestion, in some colleges Wards (ie BYU) there are several Elder Quorums and Relief Societies. I am not sure if this is being addressed elsewhere but there should be a way to separate the two quorums when sending messages. [[User:Chaseneb|Chaseneb]] 22:54, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

== Access Table for Messaging? ==

Who has access to the [https://lds.org/messaging/?lang=eng "Send a Message" tool] on the [https://lds.org/leader?lang=eng Leader Resources] website? Is it possible to grant access to certain people (or callings)? In our ward, we assumed it would be all Ward Council members, but it appears that this is not the default. Currently, our ward executive secretary is asked to send out emails on behalf of other ward leaders, and he'd like to delegate this to members of the Ward Council. We're mindful of spam, but we're trying to figure out who is capable of doing what under the current system.

Today I noticed that the [https://lds.org/mls/mbr/access-table.html?lang=eng Access Table] has been updated; I'm glad to see improvements in this feature. Will you please add an entry for who has access to send email from the "Messaging" tool, along with all the roles that have access to this tool?

A more general question: Where can I subscribe to receive updates on Messaging development? Obviously, I can subscribe to this Page in the wiki; but is there an "announce-only" email list to which I could subscribe? Could I get read-only access to the JIRA account for this project?
Thank you. --[[User:Jcarroll|Jcarroll]] 01:58, 16 June 2011 (UTC)