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Common In Use Scouting Abbreviations


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Not meant to be complete by any means:

 

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

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OGE,

 

Nice job with the list, but don't forget that POR is more commonly known as Position Of Responsibility.

 

Ryan

 

(By the way, I'm not trying to start a "you forgot to add this one" kind of response which prompts another 1200 postings with another 3000 obscure acronyms that weren't on the list)

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