Explanations of a few Boy Scout terms

Aerospace Conference

(For Explorers.) At NASA in Sunnyvale. You must be at least 13 years old.

Arrow of Light

The highest Cub Scout Award. Requirements.

The Stanford Arrow of Light Weekend has the form of a Cub Parent Weekend: Cub scouts of all ages (including Tiger Cubs) are welcome and participate in activities.

Pack 6's Arrow of Light ceremony.

BCSR

Boulder Creek Scout Reservation.

AOL

Arrow of Light.

Boy's Life

BSA's Magazine for Boys.

Campex

Weekend of activities and fun-filled events for Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and their parents.

Campex 1996

Camporee

Boy Scout Weekend-Camp.

Usually the troops invite 5th grade Webelos; sometimes even 4th graders...

Commissioner

Adult volunteers working at district or council level. Unit commissioners are assigned to units and should be a friendly resource to the unit leaders.

Commissioner Meeting

Monthly meeting of the commissioners at district level.

Commissioner Cabinet

All district commissioners of the council meet.

COPE

Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience. (Boy Scout activity involving heights).

More information at Oljato  ( at USSP   at Scouters Belay   at Camp Mountaineer all inofficial)

CSR

Cutter Scout Reservation.

Cub-On

All Cub Scouts (and Tiger Cubs) are welcome. Come with your whole pack or only with your family. Cubs with their family go from activity to activity.
See here

Cub Parent Weekend

All Cub Scouts (and Tiger Cubs) are welcome. Come with your whole pack or only with your family. We make dens and have great activities.
Aliens Unite / Stardate *2*0*5*9*7* Cub Parent Weekend.

Cub Scout Leader Basic Training

Training for all Cub Scout leader positions. Also recommended for interested parents.
Training calendar  

Discovery District

Discovery district is one of the districts of the Pacific Skyline Council.

District

A subdivision of a council. Pacific Skyline Council has 4 regular districts and an exploring division.

District meeting

Semi esoteric meeting: Like a units committee meeting, but on district level. (Monthly)

District operations

Esoteric meeting at council level

DS

Discovery district

Exploring

A work-site based program of the Boy Scout organisation. Exploring

FOS

Friends Of Scouting

Friends Of Scouting

Annual fundraiser for the council. The council does not get any share of your registration fee and is gratefull for your donation.

Jamboree

Scout meeting or camp on grand scale...
National Jamboree 1997 and also here (inofficial)

Jamboree on the Air

Scouting and Ham Radio meet and establish many international contacts through the "air".
Traditionally the 3rd weekend in October.

Event at the Mountain Man Rendezvous  More   WOSM Fact sheet   Pack 77

Learning for Life

A subsidiary of scouting in support of schools. Learning for Life

LFL

Learning for Life. See above.

 

Lodge Meeting

Meeting of the Order of the Arrow.   (Ohlone Lodge)

 

Medical conference

About science in the 21st century. You must be an explorer-aged youth.

Mountain Man Rendezvous

Boy Scout camp out

5th grade Webelos are invited by troops. (If your den didn't get invited, call the council office, many troops wait eagerly to invite more webelos)

1999 Mountain Man Rendezvous

NESA

National Eagle Scout Association. (at Troop 49)

NLS

Order of the Arrow's National Leadership Seminar. @ OA web site.

OA

Order of the Arrow. See below.

Order of the Arrow

Boy Scouts elected by their peers. Also called OA.
Ohlone Lodge   Order of the Arrow fact sheet at BSA

Outdoor awareness clinic

Training for Boy Scout Leaders and Senior Patrol Leaders.

Peninsula District

Peninsula district is one of the four districts of the Pacific Skyline Council.

Pinewood Derby

Cub Scout - wooden car race.
The district pinewood derby is for cars (and boys) which won their category at their pack's race. (Tiger Cubs: verify first whether your district allows Tiger Cubs at its race).
Pack 6 Race.   Pinewood Derby (at usssp).  

Planning Meeting

Whenever the word planning makes it into the council calendar, this makes it a leader only event. (Although, parents will never be excluded.)

PN

Peninsula district

PowWow

Cub Scout PowWow: Cub Scout leader training extravaganza and idea exchange. Participants can choose from lots and lots of topics helpful for planning Cub Scout events.

Cub Scout Leader PowWow information

Order of the Arrow PowWow: See Order of the Arrow

Provisional Troop

A troop made for a special occasion.   E.g. a troop for boys which attend camp on their own because they can't attend camp with their regular troop. Troops attending a jamboree are typically provisional troops.

Recharter

Each unit designates leaders to present updated paperwork to the council.

Recognition Dinner

On recognition dinners at district or council level we usually recognize leaders, spouses and a few very special boys.
1998 Council Recognition Dinner

Roundtable

Monthly meeting for leaders to exchange ideas, fellowship, and, a few announcements. Run by the districts.  
Stanford Roundtable   The CyberScout Roundtable (at usssp)

RT

Roundtable Meeting.

Scouting for Food

Good turn event: Bags for canned food are distributed and collected the next week. 1997 our council collected 70,000 pounds of canned goods. More information

ScoutORama

Big scouting show. Cub Scout Packs and Boy Scout Troops display one of their favorite activities. The boys help out their unit and should get time to visit all other units.
ScoutORama 1999   ScoutORama 1997

Sea Scouts

A branch of scouting (actually of venturing) for young men and women who are 14 years of age.   As the name suggests, ships and boats are involved...
See "units page" for our ships...    Sea Exploring (very good site but inofficial)

Sequoia district

Sequoia district is one of the districts of the Pacific Skyline Council.

Skyliner

The Skyliner is our montly newsletter sent to registered scouters.

SQ

Sequoia district

SOR

ScoutORama

ST

Stanford district

Stanford District

Stanford district is one of the districts of the Pacific Skyline Council.

Venture Patrol

A patrol of older boys in a scout troop. This patrol is likely to do "venturing" activities.

Venturing

A program for Boys who are 14 through 20 years of age. Units are Venturing Crews. Don't confuse Venturing Crews with a Venture Patrol.

Webelos Woods

Troops mentor Webelos Scouts in the Cub Scout to Scout transition thru activities, exhibits and competitions. (4th and 5th grade Webelos)
97 event

Woodbadge

Advanced leader training.

The courses in this calendar are for Boy Scout Leaders. The Woodbadge course for Cub Scout Leaders is a trainer course, organized by the region.
Woodbadge training

Yellow Brick Road

Fancy name used for recharter party in Sequoia district.