Awards – Definitions and Abbreviations
| Adult Member | An Adult Member of Girl Guides Australia or a State Girl Guide Organisation is aged eighteen years or over, lives their life as a female and satisfies the requirements for membership. |
| Area of Work | The area of Girl Guiding in which the nominee predominantly provides her good service – Unit, District, Region, State, National or International. |
| Awards Committee | Committee appointed by either a SGGO or GGA |
| Chief Commissioner | The Volunteer Leader responsible for Girl Guiding in Australia |
| Girl Guides Australia Adult Good Service Award Committee | This committee coordinates and implements the GGA Adult Good Service Awards and Membership Recognition Policy in accordance with the procedures included on Guide Lines. |
| Guide Lines | Guide Lines for Girl Guides and Girl Guide Volunteers is an online library where the policies and procedures of Girl Guides Australia can be found. Guide Lines should be italicised when it is referenced. |
| Leader | Adult Member over eighteen years of age committed to principles of Guiding, who has completed a GGA Leadership qualification and is appointed to a leadership role. |
| Non-Member Volunteer | A person who is not an Adult Member of a SGGO or GGA but supports Girl Guiding in a volunteer capacity |
| Olave Program Member | Members aged eighteen to thirty years undertaking the Olave Program |
| SGGO | State Girl Guide Organisation |
| State Commissioner | Volunteer Leader responsible for Girl Guiding in a State Girl Guide Organisation |
| Support Group | Group of adults within a Girl Guiding District who work to support Guiding but are not members |
| Trefoil Guild | The Trefoil Guild links Adult Members, former Adult Members, female members of Scouts Australia, and women who have not been Adult Members but who are prepared to make the Girl Guide Promise. |
| Unit | Separate groups of youth members working with support of a Leader |
| WAGGGS | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts |
| Youth member | Current financial member of a SGGO under 18 years of age |
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