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AA

Associate Advisor (Explorer Post)

 

ADC

Assistant District Commissioner

 

AFAIK

As Far As I Know

 

AOL

Arrow of Light

 

AOM

Award of Merit

 

APL

Assistant Patrol Leader

 

ASPL

Assistant Senior Patrol Leader

 

ASM

Assistant Scoutmaster

 

BCSR

Boulder Creek Scout Reservation

 

BL

Boys Life Magazine

 

BLT

Basic Leadership Training

 

BOR

Board of Review

 

BSA

Boy Scouts of America

 

BSA

Baby Sitters of America

 

BSA

Boy Scout Acronyms

 

BSALT

Boy Scout Adult Leader Training

 

BTW

By The Way

 

CA

Assistant Cubmaster

 

CBLT

Cub Basic Leadership Training

 

CSALT

Cub Scout Adult Leader Training

 

CC

Committee Chairman

 

CE

Sometimes mistakenly used for SE

 

CL

Cub Leader

 

CM

Cubmaster

 

CO

Chartered Organization (local org. who holds a unit charter)

 

COH

Court of Honor

 

COPE

Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience

 

COR

Chartered Organization Representative

 

CR

Chartered Organization Representative

 

CS

Cub Scout

 

CSLBT

Cub Scout Leader Basic Training

 

CSP

Council Shoulder Patch

 

CSR

Cutter Scout Reservation

 

DA

Assistant Den Leader

 

DAC

District Activities Chairman

 

DAM

District Award of Merit

 

DC

District Chairman

 

DC

District Commissioner

 

DD

District Director

 

DC

Den Leader Coach

 

DE

District Executive

 

DL

Den Leader

 

DRP

Declaration of Religious Principle

 

DS

Discovery district

 

EA

Explorer Post Advisor

 

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

 

FOS

Friends Of Scouting

 

FYI

For Your Information

 

GSA

incorrect form of GSUSA

 

GSUSA

Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.

 

IMHO

In My Humble Opinion

 

IH

Institutional Head

 

JLT

Junior Leader Training

 

JLTC

Junior Leader Training Conference

 

JOTA

Jamboree on the Air

 

JOTI

Jamboree on the Internet

 

KISMIF

Keep It Simple Make It Fun

 

MB

Merit Badge

 

MC

Master of Ceremonies

 

MC

Committee member

 

NESA

National Eagle Scout Association

 

NLS

National Leadership Seminar.

 

NOAC

National Order of the Arrow Conference

 

PSC

Pacific Skyline Council

 

OA

Order of the Arrow

 

PL

Patrol Leader

 

PLC

Patrol Leader Conference

 

PN

Peninsula District

 

POR

Policy, Organisation and Rules

 

PTC

Philmont Training Center

 

QM

Quartermaster

 

RT

Roundtable

 

RTFM

Read The Fine Manual

 

SA

Assistant Scoutmaster

 

SE

Scout Executive

 

SIT

Staff in Training

 

SM

Scoutmaster

 

SME

Sustaining Membership Enrollment (like FOS)

 

SMF

Scoutmastership Fundamentals

 

SPL

Senior Patrol Leader

 

SQ

Sequoia district

 

SOR

ScoutORama

 

ST

Stanford district

 

TDC

Trainer Development Conference

 

TLA

Three Letter Acronym

 

TLC

Troop Leader Conference (like PLC)

 

TTT

Train the Trainer (replaced by TDC)

 

UC

Unit Commissioner

 

UW

United Way

 

WA

Assistant Webelos Den Leader

 

WB

Wood Badge

 

WDL

Webelos Den Leader

 

WAGGGS

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

 

WL

Webelos Den Leader

 

WLOT

Webelos Leader Outdoor Training

 

WOSM

World Organization of the Scout Movement

 

YIS

Yours In Scouting (This message has been edited by a staff member.)

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