The IFMA Foundation wishes to thank the initial contributors to FMpedia©. Close to 21500 definitions were provided by organizations from Australia, Europe and the United States including:

  1.   Facility Management Association of Australia (FMAA)   http://www.fma.com.au/
  2.   European Committee for Standardization (CEN)   http://www.cen.eu/
  3.   Computerized Facility Integration, LLC (CFI)   http://www.gocfi.com/
  4.   Graphic Systems, Inc. (GSI)   http://www.graphicsystems.biz/
  5.   EuroFM   http://www.eurofm.org/
  6.   Milliken and Company   http://www.milliken.com/

Since FMpedia© went on-line early in 2008, the glossary has grown to over 6,000 words by the end of 2009. The IFMA Foundation particularly wishes to thank BOMI International (http://www.bomi.org/) who are responsible for over 70% of the words contained in the current glossary. The Foundation is also indebted to David Catania, Anna Carey and Cara Noferi of Graphic Systems for developing, administering and hosting the FMpedia© website.