From <@tcuavm.is.tcu.edu:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Tue Feb 10 03:51:15 1998 Return-Path: <@tcuavm.is.tcu.edu:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Received: from tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (TCUAVM.IS.TCU.EDU [138.237.128.148]) by cap1.CapAccess.org (8.6.12/8.6.10) with SMTP id DAA12382; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 03:51:15 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 4520; Tue, 10 Feb 98 01:40:19 CDT Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5442; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 01:41:13 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 4058 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 01:38:09 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM (NJE origin SMTP@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4057; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 17:45:16 -0500 Received: from iquest3.iquest.net by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Mon, 09 Feb 98 17:45:10 CDT Received: (qmail 3289 invoked from network); 9 Feb 1998 23:41:40 -0000 Received: from iq-kok-ns000-48.iquest.net (HELO perrce.iquest.net) (209.43.17.112) by iquest3.iquest.net with SMTP; 9 Feb 1998 23:41:40 -0000 X-Sender: perrce@pop.iquest.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980209184107.007b1480@pop.iquest.net> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 18:41:07 -0500 Reply-To: Charlie Perry Sender: Scouts-L Youth Group List From: Charlie Perry Subject: Re: Abbreviations in FAQ? To: Multiple recipients of list SCOUTS-L In-Reply-To: <03152420329611@nemonet.com> Status: RO X-Status: Wow! What a response. I got about 20 private responses on what the abbreviations were. Most everyone refered me to the Scouter application which lists the abbreviations. One other person though (forget who, sorry.) refered me to: ftp://ftp1.scouter.com/usscouts/ScoutDoc/Acronyms/abbrev.doc which also lists a bunch. For the benefit of those who only have e-mail access and not Web/FTP access, here is an excerpt: AA Associate Advisor (U.S. Explorer Post) AAC Assistant Area Commissioner AC Area Commissioner ACL Assistant Cub Leader ADC Assistant District Commissioner APC Assistant Provincial Commissioner APL Assistant Patrol Leader ARC Assistant Regional Commissioner ASM Assistant Scoutmaster ASPL Assistant Senior Patrol Leader AT Appalachian Trail BL Boy's Life (U.S. magazine) BLT Basic Leadership Training (see also CBLT, SBLT) BP Baden-Powell (Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell) BP&P By-laws, Policies & Procedures (Boy Scouts of Canada) BS Boy Scouts BSA Boy Scouts of America BSC (very rare) Boy Scouts of Canada CA Assistant Cubmaster CBLT Cub Basic Leadership Training CC Committee Chairman CI Cub Instructor CJ Canadian Jamboree CL Cub Leader CM Cubmaster CO Chartered Organization (local org. who holds a unit charter) COR Camp-o-ree; Chartered Organization Representative CP Chartered Partner CS Cub Scout CSP Council Shoulder Patch CTWB Cub Trainer Wood Badge DA Assistant Den Leader DAC District Activities Chairman DAM District Award of Merit DC District Commissioner DCL District Cub Leader DCM District Cubmaster DE District Executive DL Den Leader (U.S. Cubs) DOB Do Our Best (in Cub Grand Howl) DRP Declaration of Religious Principle DSL District Scout Leader DYB Do Your Best (in Cub Grand Howl) EA Explorer Post Advisor EOA Explorer Officers' Association FD Field Director GGC Girl Guides of Canada GL Group Leader GS Girl Scouts GSA incorrect form of GSUSA GSM Group Scoutmaster GSUSA Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. HB Handbook HQ Headquarters IHQ International Headquarters JAL Junior Activity Leader JLT Junior Leader Training JOTA Jamboree-on-the-Air (ham radio) MAL Member-at-Large (re: committees) MB Merit Badge MC Committee Member (U.S.) NOAC National Order of the Arrow Conference OA Order of the Arrow PFE Provincial Field Executive PL Patrol Leader PLC Patrol Leaders' Council POR Policy, Organisation and Rules (U.K., Aus.) PTC Philmont Training Center QM Quartermaster RC Regional Commissioner RT Roundtable SIT Scouter-in-Training SA Assistant Scoutmaster (U.S.) SBLT Scout Basic Leader Training SLHB Scout Leaders' Handbook SE Scout Executive SLWB Scout Leader Wood Badge SM Scoutmaster SME Sustaining Membership Enrollment SMF Scoutmastership Fundamentals SOR Scout-o-Rama SPL Senior Patrol Leader SWTH Scouting with the Handicapped (Can., now called SYD) SYD Scouting for Youth with Disabilities TLC Troop Leaders' Council (see PLC) TTT Train the Trainer UW United Way VIQ Venturer Interest Questionnaire WA Assistant Webelos Den Leader WAGGGS World Association of Girl Guides and Girls Scouts WB Wood Badge WDL Webelos Den Leader WJ World Jamboree WL Webelos Den Leader *********************************************************** Charlie "MOOSE" Perry Scoutmaster Troop 508 perrce@iquest.net Sagamore Council (Kokomo, IN) Eagle Class of '92 | >>>-------> | *********************************************************** From <@tcuavm.is.tcu.edu:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Wed Feb 11 08:13:47 1998 Return-Path: <@tcuavm.is.tcu.edu:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Received: from tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (TCUAVM.IS.TCU.EDU [138.237.128.148]) by cap1.CapAccess.org (8.6.12/8.6.10) with SMTP id IAA21531; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:13:47 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 5508; Wed, 11 Feb 98 07:05:50 CDT Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 1048; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 07:06:07 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 9711 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 07:05:11 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM (NJE origin SMTP@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9710; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:22:15 -0500 Received: from kami.keble.ox.ac.uk by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Tue, 10 Feb 98 19:22:11 CDT Received: from localhost (ridcully@localhost) by kami.keble.ox.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id BAA06104; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 01:19:03 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 01:19:02 +0000 Reply-To: David Ball Sender: Scouts-L Youth Group List From: David Ball Subject: Re: Abbreviations in FAQ? X-To: "David F. Delman" To: Multiple recipients of list SCOUTS-L In-Reply-To: <199802100955_MC2-32B3-C8BA@compuserve.com> Status: RO X-Status: On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, David F. Delman wrote: >You wouldn't be any relation to The Rev Charlie Morrison >now would you. ((OK OK only a Joke)). It's fun to see >people with the same first name or last name on Jon's >Scouts-L List. An Old Guy (older than me anyway) formerly >of Texas Way (A Radio Man and HAM to boot) now in Arizona >and a young guy from London, UK are two of the many who >share my first name and we are each "Beloved and Dance" >Hi David Zinder,(How did your recent event turn out) >Hi David Ball( Tue Feb 10 11:43:13 1998 Return-Path: <@tcuavm.is.tcu.edu:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Received: from tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (TCUAVM.IS.TCU.EDU [138.237.128.148]) by cap1.CapAccess.org (8.6.12/8.6.10) with SMTP id LAA20024; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 11:43:13 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 4854; Tue, 10 Feb 98 09:33:47 CDT Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7489; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:34:41 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 7421 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:33:56 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM (NJE origin SMTP@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7418; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:26:46 -0500 Received: from dub-img-5.compuserve.com by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Tue, 10 Feb 98 09:23:23 CDT Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by dub-img-5.compuserve.com (8.8.6/8.8.6/2.10) id JAA07474 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:56:02 -0500 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <199802100955_MC2-32B3-C8BA@compuserve.com> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:55:22 -0500 Reply-To: "David F. Delman" Sender: Scouts-L Youth Group List From: "David F. Delman" Subject: Abbreviations in FAQ?/ Welcome To: Multiple recipients of list SCOUTS-L Status: RO X-Status: <> Hi Charlie, First a little fun, You wouldn't be any relation to The Rev Charlie Morrison now would you. ((OK OK only a Joke)). It's fun to see people with the same first name or last name on Jon's Scouts-L List. An Old Guy (older than me anyway) formerly of Texas Way (A Radio Man and HAM to boot) now in Arizona and a young guy from London, UK are two of the many who share my first name and we are each "Beloved and Dance" Hi David Zinder,(How did your recent event turn out) = Hi David Ball(If you don't get what you want and need >Or you got stuff but need more, or you got nothing >Persevere and Hit Scouts-L once, twice, three times, > making sure you tell us it is your 2nd or 3rd time. >The Vast Majority of Scout-Lrs do their best yet miss sometimes >We tend to know each other and expect someone is going to respond >publicly to the list or privately. We have so many good people here >who practice the SS that it is hard to believe we as a mind mass >miss things. We DO!! so give us your hand to help you. > >Remember we have young ladies of 92 on this list as well as >young men of 10 so temper your responses with your audience. > >Holler and Be Mad if it helps, yet as Jon notes remember the SO > and SL and pass questionable items to Jon. > >If you are a paid professional or a person who is breaking your = >council's current rules be a bit careful since you do owe a bit = >more allegiance to your local group than you do to cyberspace. Some, but not all, of the abbreviations you will see some of us make up on the fly for shortness are: YiS Yours in Scouting IMHO In My Humble Opinion SO Scout Oath SL Scout Law SE Scout Executive = CE or Council Executive DE District Executive COH Chartering Organizational Head IH or Institutional Head COR Chartering Organization Representative IR or Institutional Representative UC Unit Commissioner CC Committee Chairman SM Scout Master ASM Assistant ScoutMaster SA or ScoutMasters Assistant CM Cub Master CSL Cub Scout Leader ACSL Assistant Cub Scout Leader CM Scout Committee Member MC or Member of Committee SPL Scout Senior Patrol Leader Boy PL Scout Patrol Leader Boy PLC Scout Patrol Leader Council Boys QM Scout Quarter Master Boy COH Court of Honor A Ceremony A in front of almost anything to mean Assistant- You will note that we have some disagreement, Oh Well! (The difference sometimes is the 2 digit code = (that is used in the BoyScout Computer. For Additional information check out the following ftp://ftp1.scouter.com/usscouts/ScoutDocuments/Acronyms/ >http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~adam/CLEVER/acronyms in the Scoutmaster Resource section. YiS, IMHO, and may we each attempt to live the SO,SL,SS,SM Mr Dave (Hawleyton, NY (Susquenango Council From <@tcuavm.is.tcu.edu:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Wed Feb 11 08:02:48 1998 Return-Path: <@tcuavm.is.tcu.edu:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Received: from tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (TCUAVM.IS.TCU.EDU [138.237.128.148]) by cap1.CapAccess.org (8.6.12/8.6.10) with SMTP id IAA19539; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:02:48 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 5487; Wed, 11 Feb 98 06:54:31 CDT Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0813; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 06:54:32 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 0745 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 06:53:52 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0743; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 06:36:20 -0500 Approved-By: EIDSON@TCUBVM Received: from TCUBVM (NJE origin SMTP@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9765; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:46:57 -0500 Received: from berlin.atlantic.net by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Tue, 10 Feb 98 19:46:51 CDT Received: from rio.atlantic.net (atlantic.net [204.215.255.3]) by berlin.atlantic.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA01174 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 20:44:04 -0500 Received: from Commonwealth.atlantic.net (spr-ts3-ip-01.atlantic.net [207.30.198.160]) by rio.atlantic.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with SMTP id UAA31649 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 20:44:01 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Message-ID: <199802110144.UAA31649@rio.atlantic.net> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 20:43:35 -0500 Reply-To: "Lawrence E. Faust" Sender: Scouts-L Youth Group List From: "Lawrence E. Faust" Subject: Re: Abbreviations in FAQ? To: Multiple recipients of list SCOUTS-L Status: RO X-Status: Ho, all--- Moose asked: >Does Scouts-L have a FAQ? I keep running into all of these >abbreviations that I've never seen before. Settummanque! said: >One of our Scouters here put together an "frequently used abbrevations" >listing which I believe can be obtained from our archives. I couldn't find >it on my copy of the archive list, but mine is dated back from the fall. Here's the one I have (from zaba@enterprise.net on the rec.uk.scouting newsgroup): ==================================================== INTERNET ACRONYMS AFAIR As Far As I Recall AFAIK As Far As I Know ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange BFN Bye For Now BBS Bulletin Board Systems BTW By The Way FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FOAD F**k Off And Die FTP File Transfer Protocol FWIW For What it's Worth FYI For Your Information grins HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol IAP Internet Access Provider IIRC If I Recall Correctly IMHO In My Humble Opinion (plus variations) IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion ISP Internet Service Provider LOL Laughing Out Loud MOPPeT My Own Personal PEt Theory NNWWSNM Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink, Say No More OTOH On The Other Hand POP Point Of Presence ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Arse Off SNAFU Situation Normal, All F**ked Up TTFN Ta Ta For Now YMMV Your Milage May Vary INTERNET SCOUTING ACRONYMS BBS British Boy Scouts (formally British Brotherhood of Scouts) B-PSA Baden-Powell Scouts' Association BSA Boy Scouts of America CBSI Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland FSE Federation of European Scouts JOTA Jamboree On The Air JOTI Jamboree On The Internet r.s.* rec.scouting.* heirarchy r.s.misc rec.scouting.misc r.s.usa rec.scouting.usa r.s.issues rec.scouting.issues SA Scout Association (UK) SBUK ScoutBaseUK SNUK ScoutNetUK UKSA UK Scout Association u.r.s. uk.rec.scouting WFIS World Federation of Independent Scouts WOSM World Organisation of Scouting Movements (World Bureau, Geneva) YIS [or YiS] Yours in Scouting ---------------- Scouting is a way of life, Larry ;-) Cub Scout Pack 303 Gulf Ridge Council (visit us at http://rio.atlantic.net/~lfaust/pack303/index.html) Email: lfaust@atlantic.net UIN: 657022