Acroynmes


ACM	Assistant Cubmaster
ADC	Assistant District Commissioner
AOL	Arrow of Light
AOM	Award of Merit
APL	Assistant Patrol Leader (appointed by the SPL)
ASM	Assistant Scoutmaster
ASPL	Asst. Sr. Partol Leader (Appointed by SPL)
BALOO	Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation
BOR	Board of Review -- Must be last item for advancement. Typically conducted by three (or more) MCs, and never by a UL or any person of which the candidate is also the child, ward or relative thereof. Advancement -- Scout - First Class "The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must be earned in sequence." Advancement -- Star - Eagle Active tenure, active service in a Position(s) of Responsibility, and work on a Service Project(s), must be accomplished while a "_____" Scout. For example, the moment the BOR signs off on a Scout's Life BOR, he immediately becomes a Life Scout--at that very moment... not before, not after, not the date of the COH, not the date the Scout receives his (Life Rank) Advancement Card, which is supposed to, but may not, reflect the date of the BOR.
BSA	Boy Scouts of America
BP	Baden-Powell
CC	Committee Chairman
CM	Cubmaster (not Committee Member, which is MC)
COH	Court of Honor
COR	Chartered Organization Representative
CR	Chartered Organization Representative
Crew	Venture Crew
CSC	Council Service Center
DC	District Commissioner
DD	District Director (senior DE)
DE	District Executive (see a complete job description)
DL	Den Leader
EO	Executive Officer (identical to IH, just different words)
ESBOR	Eagle Scout Board of Review -- Three to six people sit on this board. (Note, I did not say registered Scouters, MCs, or anything like that. Just no ULs.)
ESLP	Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project
ER	Eagle-required MB
G2SS	Guide To Save Scouting
IH	Institution Head -- doesn't pay any reg. fee, unless he/she is an active leader in the unit.
JASM	Jr. Asst. Scoutmaster (appointed by SM)
JLT	Junior Leader Training
Key-3	The Council Key-3: Council President, Council Commissioner, Scout Executive. The District Key-3: The District Chairman, District Commissioner, the District Executive. The OA Lodge Key-3: The Lodge Adviser (OA), the Lodge Chief, the Staff Adviser
Key-6	The District Key-6 is the District Key-3 plus the District Program Chairman, District Finance Chairman, and the District Membership Chairman
LS	Lone Scout
LSP	Lone Scout Program
MC	Member of Committee
MB	Merit Badge
MBC	Merit Badge Councilor
NESA	National Eagle Scout Association
NSJ	National Scout Jamboree
NOAC	National Order of the Arrow Conference
OA	Order of the Arrow
OCC	Orange County Council
OFD	Orange Frontier District
PL	Patrol Leader
PLC	Patrol Leader Council
QM	Quartermaster (Appointed by SPL)
RTC	Roundtable Commissioner
SA	Assistant Scoutmaster
SDE	Senior District Executive
SE	Scout Executive, a.k.a. Council Executive
SLC	Scouting Leadership Conference
SM	Scoutmaster
SMC	Scoutmaster's Conference (for Eagle) -- Must be conducted by a UL. Although more than one may be conducted, the "date of completion" for the SMC for Eagle must always be AFTER everything -and- I mean everything (except, of course, the ESBOR)... otherwise, National will kick it back.
SPL	Senior Patrol Leader -- (Normally elected by youth, but may, on occasion, be appointed by SM)
TDL	Two-Deep Leadership
UC	Unit Commissioner
UL	Unit Leaders -- SM or ASM * ULs sign Blue Cards (start and finish) and SMCs, but may not sit on -or- sign BOR.
Volunteer	A person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service. See Characteristics and Areas of Interest for BSA volunteers here.
WB	Wood Badge
WDL	Webelos Den Leader
WLOT	Webelos Leader Outdoor Training
YIS	Yours in Scouting
YPT	Youth Protection Training