Beavah Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Some more training: SSD Safe Swim Defense SA Safety Afloat CoS Climb on Safely NLE New Leader Essentials TLT Troop Leader Training JLT Junior Leader Training (the old version of TLT) WFA Wilderness First Aid WFR Wilderness First Responder LNT Leave No Trace Some training providers: ARC American Red Cross NRA National Rifle Association PADI Professional Association of Diving Instructors ACA American Canoe Association NOLS National Outdoor Leadership School LNT Leave No Trace center for outdoor ethics Some weird ones that come from the two-letter position code used when registering adults: MC Committee member SA Assistant Scoutmaster IH Institutional Head (CEO of the chartering organization) The big kahuna: CSE Chief Scout Executive (top paid official in the BSA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 TGIF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 LOL GMTA BFFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudu Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 METABS = Mass Exodus to Anything but Scouting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbender Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 While the big Kahuna is the CSE, there is also the very amorphous and perhaps vast group of BSA illuminati in various and sundry roles, those who decide things and sit on undisclosed committees, also known as TPTB -- The Powers That Be ;^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 RHIP - Rank Has Its Privileges FUBAR - Fouled up Beyond All Recognition SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fouled Up Going a little further afield. Vicki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair LSMFT - Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronquera Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Wow, we seem to have gone a little overboard. Hehe. I appreciate all the input. ESPECIALLY the input that had ANYTHING to do with scouting. Thanks Yours in Scouting, David McCaughtry DL ACM MSGT (??-HEHE) PEON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoutfish Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Last but not least... ID10T- also known as ID10T Error: When a committee has to hold more than 3 meetings to handle something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrsap Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 OOW! One hOur per Week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartHumphries Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Perhaps a forums person could take this list and edit it into the first post in the thread, so that it doesn't get lost in succeeding pages of replies -- I put it together based on all of the "proper" acronyms suggested so far: AM Adult Member AC Advancement Chair SA Alternate form of Assistant Scoutmaster (sometimes ASM) MC Alternate form of Committee Member (sometimes CM) ACA American Canoe Association ARC American Red Cross AD Aquatic/Area Director AC Area Commissioner ACM Assistant Cubmaster ADL Assistant Den Leader ASE Assistant Scout Executive ASM Assistant Scoutmaster AWDL Assistant Webelos Den Leader BALOO Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (precursor to Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills if you've never been camping) BOR Board of Review BL Boy's Life CD Camp/Climbing Director COPE Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience CA Chaplin Aide CO Chartered Organization COR Chartered Organization Representative CG Chief Guide CSE Chief Scout Executive CoS Climb On Safely CC Committee Chair CM Committee Member/Cubmaster CAC Council Advancement Chair CP Council President CoH/COH Court of Honor CSDC Cub Scout Day Camp DL Den Leader DAC District Advancement Chair DC District Chair/Committee/Commissioner or Den Chief DD District Director) DE District Executive EBOR Eagle Board of Review FD Field Director GSUSA Girl Scouts (USA) GTA Good Turn for America G2SS Guide to Safe Scouting IH Institutional Head (top person in the chartering organization) ILSC Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews IOLS Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills JLT Junior Leader Training (now Troop Leader Training) KS Kitchen Staff LNT Leave No Trace MB Merit Badge NAYLE National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience NAUI National Association of Underwater Instructors (see also PADI) NCS National Camp School NC National Commissioner NOLS National Outdoor Leadership School NRA National Rifle Association NYLT National Youth Leadership Training (nothing to do with New York) NLE New Leader Essentials OM Operations Manager OA Order of the Arrow PT Pack Trainer PL Patrol Leader POR Position of Responsibility -- required to hold in a troop for so many months to advance in each rank past First Class PADI Professional Association of Diving Instructors (see also NAUI) QM Quartermaster RC Regional Commissioner RT Roundtable RTC Roundtable Commissioner SSD Safe Swim Defense SA Safety Afloat SE Scout Executive SM Scoutmaster SMC Scoutmaster Conference SS Sea Scout SPL Senior Patrol Leader SSD Shooting Sports Director T21 Tenderfoot to First Class -- a guide for taking boys from beginning scouts to earning First Class Irving the National Council, based on the headquarters location in Texas) Trail's End The people who make that popcorn Supply Those who produce/distribute items for the Scout shops TL Tiger (Den) Leader) TDL Tiger Den Leader TCD Trainer Development Conference TCC Troop Committee Challenge TG Troop Guide TLT Troop Leader Training UC Unit Commissioner VC Venturing Crew WFD Water Front Director WDL Webelos Den Leader WOE Webelos Outdoor Experience WEBELOS We'll be loyal scouts WFA Wilderness First Aid WFR Wilderness First Responder WB Wood Badge WAGGGS World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts WCA World Conservation Award YM Youth Member YP Youth Protection (Training) YPT Youth Protection Training(This message has been edited by BartHumphries) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow_White Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 As this is in the Cub Scout section, don't forget KISMIF - Keep It Simple, Make It Fun! (Oops, missed SSScout's variation on this one.)(This message has been edited by Snow_White) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudu Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 SDI = SCUBA Diving International http://www.floridafundive.net/BSA_Scuba_Merit_Badge_Certification_Crysta_River_FL.html Yours at 300 Feet, Kudu http://kudu.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartHumphries Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Yeah, along with PADI and NAUI, I should have listed SDI, PDIC, SSI, and IDEA. I myself went with PADI, because that's who the local dive shop is set up with -- they were just switching over from NAUI when I took my first class.(This message has been edited by BartHumphries) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavah Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Ugh, we might have to add EDGE (da real version, not Kudu's ). Or can I put in a vote that we add CRAPPPO?! Beavah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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