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(ADMIN), a contraction or shortening of the word
administration, admin is used as a noun to denote the actions involved in
administering an organization. The clerical and executive decisions, actions
and duties necessary to the running of an organization, such as originating and
answering mail, typing, filing, dispatching, applying policy and all those actions,
large and small which make up an organization. Admin is also used to denote the
action or fact of keeping auditor’s reports, summary reports, worksheets and
other records related to an auditing session. “He kept good admin,” meaning
that his summary report, auditor’s report and worksheets were neat, exactly on
pattern, in proper sequence and easily understood as well as complete. “His
admin was bad”; from the scribble and disorderly keeping of records of the
session while it was in progress one could not make out what had happened in the
session. You will also see the word admin in connection with the three musts of
a well-run organization. It is said that its ethics, tech and admin must be “in,”
which mean they must be properly done, orderly and effective. The word derives
from minister, which means to serve. Administer means to manage, govern,
to apply or direct the application of laws, or discipline, to conduct or execute
religious offices, dispense rights. It comes from the Latin, administrare, to
manage, carry out, accomplish, to attend, wait, serve. In modern English, when
they use administration they mean management or running a government or the
group that is in charge of the organization or the state. (LRH Def. Notes)