Acronym Guide

Common BSC Acronyms

Name
BEA - Board and Executive Assistant
DHR - Director of Human Resources
DFA - Director of Finance and Accounting
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
AHS - Assistant Housing Supervisor
ARC - Accounts Receivable Clerk
ASUC – Associated Students of the University of California. This is the student government of UC Berkeley.
BAPs – Board Approved Projects
eBAPs - Emergency 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)
DCX - Director of Cooperative Experience
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
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
HabCode – Habitability Code
HC - Habitability Coordinator
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
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
MD - Maintenance Director
MEC - Member Education Coordinator
ML - Maintenance Liaison (This position no longer exists)
MM – Maintenance Manager
MRC - Member Resources Coordinator
MRN – Member Resources 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
DO - Director of Operations
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
ULMT - Unit-level Manager Training
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