Acronym Guide

Common BSC Acronyms

17Cs – The Section of BSC bylaws that allow for extenuating circumstances (for housing contracts) to be heard by AdCom.

AA – Administrative Assistant

AdCode – Administrative Code

AdCom – Administrative Committee, chaired by the AdCom Chair

ASUC – Associated Students of the University of California. This is the student government of UC Berkeley.

BAPs – Board Approved Projects

Board Pack – The packet that goes to Board Reps before board meetings with policies, minutes, etc.

Board – Board of Directors

BSC – Berkeley Student Cooperative

BMD - BSC Members Digest. This newsletter is published every other Monday to the membership. it’s purpose is to share important information from staff members at the Central Office.

BSCAA – Berkeley Students Cooperative Alumni Association. This is a separate non-profit made up of alumni of the BSC that help with fundraising and social events.

BSCEA – Berkeley Student Cooperative Employee Association. Also the USCAEA: USCA Employee Association.

BSCIT - BSC Information Technology, a set of standards and pool of funding for purchasing computers and internet equipment at the houses

CAT - Covid Action Team (created during the pandemic)

CExM, CEM, CXM, CxM - Cooperative Experience Manager

CFCom – Capital & Finance Committee (combination of old CapCom & FiCom, eff. 2014)

CFS - Central Food and Supplies (Central Warehouse)

CK – Central Kitchen (old name of CFS)

CL – Central Level

CM – Central Maintenance

CO – Central Office

ConCom – Conduct Committee, chaired by the ConCom Chair

CZ – Casa Zimbabwe

DARCom - Development & Alumni Relations Committee. This committee is supervised by the Development Director.

DD - Development Director

DSP - Disabled Students’ Program

EA - Employee Association (Union)

EACom – External Affairs Committee. Chaired by VPEA.

ED – Executive Director

EDRC – Executive Director Review Committee

EDRCRC – Executive Director Review Committee Review Committee – a committee that reviewed the EDRC process.

EOP - Educational Opportunity Program

ERT - Emergency Response Team

ETCom – Education & Training Committee, formerly Member Services Member Education Committee. Chaired by VPET, formerly VPMA

FiCom – Finance Committee. (committee combined with CapCom in 2014; now CFCom)

Fish - A person staying at a unit in violation of Section XI.B.2

GMM – General Membership Meeting

Hab - Habitability Coordinator

HabCode – Habitability Code

HABRs - House Account Budget Summary

HAPs – House Approved Projects

HEC - Health Education Coordinator

HiCom – Hiring Committee. An ad-hoc committee made up of people who are “Hi-Com” trained who, you guessed it, hire student/staff employees!

HiCom Chair – Hiring Committee Chair

Hip House – Hillegass-Parker (cross streets) House

HLBAPs – Pronounced “Hell-Baps.” House Labor Board Approved Projects. When Board approves money for supplies where the labor comes from the house’s cooperative residents.

HM – House Manager

HP - House President

IACom – Internal Affairs Committee (combination of old HRCom & OpCom, eff. 2014)

IED - Interim Executive Director

KM – Kitchen Manager

MCCL - Mediation & Conduct Committee Liaison

MEC - Member Education Coordinator

ML - Maintenance Liaison

MM – Maintenance Manager

MRC - Member Resources Coordinator

MRN – Member Resource Newsletter. A newsletter compiled by the Member Resources Assistant that goes out to the membership with announcements from the membership.

MT - Maintenance Technician

NASCO – North American Students of Cooperation. This is an umbrella organization that helps to enhance the cooperative movement throughout North America. We contribute a large portion of its finances and make up a large portion of its membership. Any NASCO member (which all USCA members are) can stay at any other NASCO house for a limited but significant amount of time! Sweet!

NECM - Two elected Non-Executive Cabinet Members.

NMO – New Member Orientation

OM - Operations Manager

OpCom – Operations Committee, one half of the former PopCom, chaired by the VPO. (Combined with HRCom in 2014; now Internal Affairs Committee).

PerCom - Personal Claim Committee (Staff)

PMO - Prospective Member Orientation

PNG: Persona Non Grata. The process to remove a BSC member and prohibit their reentry under specific conditions.

Policy Wiki - Fundamental guide to the policies of the BSC located at policy.bsc.coop

PopCom – Policy and Operations Committee. Chaired by VPIA. Split into two committees in Spring 2010: OpCom, chaired by VPO, and HRCom, chaired by VPIA

Temperature check: When a group expresses their opinion about a proposal without a formal decision.

PRC – President Review Committee

RRR week - "Reading, Review, and Recitation", week before finals week at UC Berkeley.

ShiCom - Staff Hiring Committee

SHPT - Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

SHSV Policy - Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Policy, under the Conduct Code of the BSC

SM - Social Manager

SMT - Senior Maintenance Technician

STEAM – Supervisory TEAM (STEAM… get it?), made up of Managers at Central Office

SumCom - Summer Committee for when there is no full board

USCA – University Students Cooperative Association, the original name of the BSC. (name officially changed in 2009)

ULM - Unit-level Manager

VOC – Vote of Confidence. Compensation Elections. At Board (President, VPs, SEC). At House level (compensated manager positions).

VPCA – Vice President Capital Affairs (Formerly VPSM) (Combined with VPFA to form VPCF in 2014)

VPCF – Vice President of Capital & Finance

VPEA – Vice President of External Affairs

VPET – Vice President of Education & Training

VPIA – Vice President of Internal Affairs

VPO – Vice President Operations (Combined with VPIA to form VPIA in 2014)

WM – Workshift Manager

WRC – Waste Reduction Coordinator